Introduction
The new MacBook M1 has an Apple-designed chip, which causes many tools to be incompatible. Both developers and security industry professionals face the same frustrations. This article addresses the issues faced by Android developers and security practitioners. In April 2021, Google released an open-source emulator (google/android-emulator-m1-preview) that works quite well.
Installing Android Studio
Official download link: https://developer.android.com/studio/archive
Version selection:
This indicates that we should choose arm and Apple silicon. After downloading, proceed with the installation as per the instructions.
Installing Android SDK and Emulator
Android SDK
Select the arm architecture and proceed to install normally. The ARM system image supports Android images for M1 and M2 chips.
Open SDK tools and select layout inspector image server for API S
After installing all dependencies, click OK to close the window.
Emulator
Open AVD manager
It should be running now; our Android emulator has successfully launched.
Quick Launch on Mac
Use Mac’s automation to quickly launch the Android emulator
cd /Users/your_username/Library/Android/sdk/emulator
./emulator -list-avdscd /Users/your_username/Library/Android/sdk/emulator
./emulator -avd Pixel_3a_API_33_arm64-v8a
After saving, you can quickly launch by replacing it with your favorite image (Walnut is my favorite ~).
Installing Applications
Currently, Google’s Android images seem to only support ARM64-v8a architecture application packages, so we need the following tools to help us find and download the installation packages.
APK Download
APK Download is a Chrome extension that helps you search for application installation packages in Google Play, find the version you need, and download it directly.
You can freely choose the version to download:
APKCombo Installer
Here is the official installation tutorial: https://apkcombo.com/zh/how-to-install/
Application Installation
Packet capture testing is currently fine, WeChat can be installed normally.
