Run Android 3.0 Honeycomb on Computer
 

Google has released the final SDK of Android 3.0 Honeycomb and now you can run this tablet specific OS on your Windows PC, Mac OS and Linux. Here is how you can run Honeycomb on computer.
Steps to Run Android 3.0 Honeycomb on PC

- Download the Android SDK (either ZIP or EXE) on Windows PC. You can choose to download for Mac or Linux as well. If you are already having the previous SDK installed on your computer and skip this step.
- Installation of packages – Whether you have just downloaded SDK or have the previous one, now you need to install the available packages which includes Android 3.0 API and other updates related to that and other versions. To do that, go into the “Tools” folder in the downloaded SDK Unzipped folder and click on “android” application. A window will open where you need to select the option “Installed Packages” from the left menu.
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- Click on “Update All” button available at the bottom of the window. The new packages including Android 3.0 updates will start to download. It may take time (few hours depending on your Internet connection speed) to complete the download and installation.
- Once the new packages are installed, its time to create a new AVD. To do that, go to the “Virtual Devices” option from the left menu on same screen and click on “New” button.
- It will ask for the name of the AVD and Android version that will want on that. Select the Android version as “Android 3.0 API Level 11” and give SD Card size as 10,000 MB.
- Once the AVD is created, select that AVD name from the list available under “Virtual Devices” and click on “Start” button to start the Android 3.0 stimulator
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Done. In next few minutes, you will have Android 3.0 Honeycomb running on your computer. You can explore the features, options and new UI on your computer without purchasing any Android 3.0 tablet. Of course tablet with Honeycomb will be a very different experience because of the touch screen and other UI changes done by companies but this vanilla installation of Honeycomb is also very good.
Here are few snaps that I took while running Android 3.0 Honeycomb on my Windows 7 computer.
Screenshots of Android 3.0 Honeycomb taken on Windows 7 PC

Very first screen after staring the AVD of Android 3.0
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First screen of Android 3.0 Honeycomb – having Google Search box
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Android 3.0 running – in background you can see Windows 7 desktop
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Apps available on Android 3.0 SDK vanilla
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Wireless and networks settings page on Honeycomb
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About Phone – on Settings page where you can see Android Version as 3.0
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Google running on Android 3.0 Honeycomb browser
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Internet Techies on Android 3.0 browser
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Android 3.0 Screen – Full utilization of tablet’s display real estate
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Are you planning to install SDK of Android 3.0 Honeycomb on your computer? In case you are facing any problem, read the documentation available on Android developer section. Enjoy the Honeycomb OS on your Windows, Mac or Linux and come up with some development for this beautiful tablet OS by Google.

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really cool, im gonna try this one. ty

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This is actually running in the SDK Virtual Machine correct?
Any chance I could run this in a VMWare machine?

I guess I would have to build it using the SDK.

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Unless your VMware works in a ARM architecture, no

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pretty fun running this, cool "conversation piece" at sprint store.

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this is awesome, thanks given.

going to try this on my computer at home.

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soooooo awesome! thanks for sharing :)

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I have a question how long does it take for the android honeycomb screen to load, because i installed, and ran the avd, i did notice that a couple of screens popped up and one of them said, error loading prefrences, but it went away and the screen that honeycomb suppose to run on came on but its just blank and saying that its not responding, i tried to find anything like that on the android developer section but to no avail. Can u help me out, i followed instructions given

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I tried your directions sir but i found something else on this page:
Adding SDK Components | Android Developers

And i just had to install Available Packages first then Installed Packages then Devices...Im DL right now i cant wait to see it. Hey quick question will i be able to run the apps on here and games? Is anything broken?

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Actually i still cant see what im doing wrong?? I hit update all but then the next screen doesnt have any updates for me to install. Whats the deal?

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It looks like they are already installed. Scroll down and there should be one that says Android 3.0 API Level 11.

How do i lauch it? Clicked it but nuthin happens

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Ima jacka$$ i found it , use ur head silly.

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Sick i get a lot of lag but i think thats for a first time boot only

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I guess its laggy all the time any suggestions?

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I'll try it tonight on my laptop and report back if it was laggy for me. Though my laptop does have a 1 GB Radeon video card, 1080p display, i7 CPU and 6 GB of RAM... so I am not expecting any lag.

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no lag here and im not up to your sweet specs, 1080p,i5 cpu and 4g ram.

Lol i guess i didnt expect my computer to fall short of requirements but i guess thats just the way the honeycomb crumbles :(

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Can't get this to work. I did everything right according to the directions posted but I kept getting error messages. Now I'm not getting them but nothing is happening. Help?

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Can you be more specific to what step you getting stuck on?

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Edit: found my answer, going to check this out. We were looking for something to replace the old (Single core Pentum 4) laptop we use around the house for simple webbrowsing (with a stripped verison of XP lite, web browseing and SD video playback is good on it).

I just have a hard time with a Apple product. So, this could be a good option.

Wirelessly posted (TP2: Opera/9.80 (Windows Mobile; WCE; Opera Mobi/WMD-50433; U; en) Presto/2.4.13 Version/10.00)

I hit start and nothing happens. Before I was getting an error; Something about not being able to find Honecomb. I'm trying it again now.

Update: Still can't get this thing to work.I give up for now.

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That's application of Android 3.0 Honeycom cool, Android Honeycomb is pretty much the stuff of legends, spin on the Motorola Xoom and are pretty impressed with the tablet operating system.

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very cool thanks for sharing

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Ok so I am a beginner at all of this but this is my idea. I would like to partition my Dell Duo and have possibly 3 partitions running 3 different OS's Windows 7, Ubuntu, and Android Honeycomb. I only want to do this because I want to try out Ubuntu and I like the apps available on android and windows because I don't want to give up the ability to use the programs I frequent. I have no idea how to do it or where to start. I like the concept of the Dell Duo but it is not a power house tablet in it current state.. Anyone with any advice hit me up I am open to help and learning.

Thanks in advance!

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I was reading up about how to get android SDK running on my DUO and i saw your post. I have played with dual and triple booting every thing from Ubuntu, Meego, OSX, Joli cloud, and windows 7/XP and it was a frustrating process sometimes. I am currently triple booting two different Windows 7's (until windows 8 beta gets out) and android 2.3 since honeycomb isn't ready for the DUO yet. You can get the DUO specific Android ISO from android x86 website with directions on how to install it from a USB stick. And you will need a copy of windows 7 on a USB because you will mess up your MBR (master boot record) and you need this to fix it. And you need to install Easy BCD on windows 7 to setup your boot option once you get them all installed. It took a lot of trial and error to get everything running smoothly so if you decide to try it and you have any questions feel free to PM me.

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Oh wow :headbang:thank you so much for this information. I have a question. How would I get a copy of Win7 it comes pre-installed with NO boot disc for any or my PC's. Torrent? Oh and I dont check this site often would you be apposed to a AIM Skype or oovoo contact to make it a lil easier if I have any issues along the way? if it is cool PM me one of your sn's and I will hit you up.

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you do a image backup of a fresh install of w7. My hp keeps a recovery partition on the hard drive with windows 7 image file. Basically you can do a backup of your os onto a flash drive.

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I have followed all the instructions to get Anderoid 3.2 installed on my PC but every time I click Start for the VCD I get the following error message:

invalid command-line parameter: Files\Android\android-sdk\tools/emulator-arm.exe.
Hint: use '@foo' to launch a virtual device named 'foo'.
please use -help for more information

Has anyone got any ideas?

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I seem to have sorted this problem by moving the Android directory out of the c:\program files directly to c:\

Now I can get my Android SDK to load and it comes up a black screen with 'android' in the centre and then goes to the screen with the date etc and a padlock sign but nothing else. If I click the padlock still nothing happens

Anyone any ideas?

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You have to drag the padlock horizontally to the opposite side of the screen to unlock the phone.

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phone? this is for a pc.