In Terminal you should see that your in the Runtime folder of Bluestacks.Ħ. Next you need to change directory to the Runtime folder of BlueStacks, in Terminal type:Ĭd /Applications/BlueStacks.app/Contents/Runtime/ Do not start BlueStacks, an open a Terminal window.ĥ. Build your APK file from Unity and note the location to the directory you saved the file to.Ĥ. Install to your Applications directory.ģ. NOTE: this is for Mac users, but I will provide some useful links for Windows users.Ģ.
Now the trick is installing your APK file in to BlueStacks so that is shows up in your 'My Apps' section. This program will run apk files on your PC, and is great for testing your Android builds. The emulators in Eclipse in the SDK, well I just couldn't get it to work.Īfter a lot of research and trial and error, I found a handy little program called BlueStacks. My android phone is very old, and would not accept any builds (I no longer use the phone, so the firmware version was out dated) 2. Recently I started building for Android, and found myself in a situation when I could not test because: 1.
