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BlueStacks is a software platform which allows you to run Android apps on Windows and Mac, without the need of an Android emulator.

BlueStacks is a software platform which allows you to run Android apps on Windows and Mac, without the need of an Android emulator. It can be obtained from http://www.bluestacks.com/

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Connect Bluestacks to Android Studio

I have recently shifted to android studio. I would like to know how I can test my apps in Bluestacks app player. I had already had the bluestacks connected and working with eclipse using adb connect localhost:5555 but it doesn't seem to work with…
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How do you adb to bluestacks 4?

I'd like to connect to android emulator on bluestacks 4 with adb. but I've got an error with adb.exe -s emulator-5554 shell checking devices. $ adb.exe devices List of devices attached BH901... device CB512... …
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Change Orientation of Bluestack : portrait/landscape mode

if using the emulator, press CTRL-F12 we will change portrait or landscape mode . How can i do this with BlueStack ?
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How can I monitor HTTP traffic from BlueStacks?

I want monitor HTTP traffic from BlueStacks so that I can debug web analytics tracking - any idea how? For example, my application calles my server. I want to know what actual API my application actually called during testing. I do not see any HTTP…
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How to check Android OS version of bluestacks Emulator

I searched a lot for this in Google, but no hope, how to check the OS version of Bluestacks emulator in Windows? There is a video in YouTube for checking bluestack version, but not the Android version used in it. I went to settings – > Advanced…
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Reliable way of detecting whether an Android app is running in 'BlueStacks'

I would like to ascertain at run-time inside an Android app whether it is running within the BlueStacks Android emulator. This is so I can modify the way the app runs when running inside BlueStacks. BlueStacks does not support multi-touch so I want…
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debugging android app via eclipse on bluestacks app player

I have read a few articles that BlueStacks App Player can be used to debug android apps via Eclipse, instead of the default android emulator. Example article But I think this refers to the Windows version, I was unable to get to it work on MacOS.…
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Access to XAMPP from Bluestacks

How can I open my localhost (in Windows 8 with XAMPP) webpage, from a browser installed in Bluestacks App Player? Thank you
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How to run apk file on Mac via Bluestacks

I use Bluestacks as a Virtual device to run apk file on my laptop. On Windows, it is quite simple. I just need to install Bluestacks, then double click to the apk file I want to run. It will automatically install to Bluestacks. However, it is a pain…
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Debugging /loading bluestacks from eclipse

Why wont the bluestacks App player show up in my device manager list when I try run an app that I am developing in eclipse the bluestacks App player is running so it should be available. I am using windows 7.
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Is there a way to send a click event to a window in the background in python?

So I'm trying to build a bot to automate some actions in a mobile game that I'm running on my pc through Bluestacks. My program takes a screenshot of the window, looks for certain button templates in the image and returns their coordinates. I would…
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The Bluestacks Android emulator is built using .Net?

I recently installed the Bluestacks Android emulator. I happened to look at the process running under ProcessExplorer and was surprised to see that it is a .NET application. The HD-Frontend.exe is the Bluestacks UI process and is highlighted yellow…
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Direction on setting up fiddler and Bluestacks

Does anyone know how to set up fiddler to monitor/sniff traffic from bluestacks? I've seen others mentioning that it can be done, but need some direction on configuring fiddler or configuring bluestacks to get it going. Currently fiddler is…
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Android studio, Bluestacks Installation failed due to: 'closed'

I am trying to build an android app using bluestacks (my phone died) Android studio can see the emulator in the devices list but when i try to run my app, android studio throws this error: Installation did not succeed. The application could not be…
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Cannot connect/deploy Visual Studio Xamarin on Bluestacks

I'm using MSVS2015Pro with Xamarin. I also installed BlueStacks to get an AVD. But for some reason the the BlueStacks AVD doesn't appear on the available devices list to debug with. Check the following image: [EDIT] FYI: On the Visual Studio Output…
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