How to create a virtual machine for the android emulator in VMware Workstation 15

Create Virtual Machine Android

In this guide, I am going to create a new virtual machine for the android emulator in the VMware workstation to install an Android emulator.

1- Open VMware Workstation, select the file tab and choose a new virtual machine.

new virtual machine

2- Select the custom settings and click next.

vmware workstation custom wizard

3- Leave the default settings for the virtual machine hardware compatibility version and click on next.

vmware workstation hardware compatibility

4- Select I will install the operating system later and click on next.

vmware workstation select installation disk

5- Under the guest operating system, select other options, under version, select the other 64-bit and click on next.

vmware workstation guest operating system

6- Type a name for the virtual machine, choose a location to save or leave it as the default and click on next.

setting up a new virtual machine

7- Choose the number of processes for the virtual machine, the cores per processor and click next.

vmware workstation processor configuration

8- Select the memory you want to assign to the virtual machine and click on next.

virtual machine memory vmware workstation

9- Select the network type, leave it to default and then click on Next.

vmware workstation network connection

10- Select the SCSI controller. Select LSI Logic (recommended) and then click on Next.

vmware workstation scsi controller

11- Select the Disk type, IDE (Recommended) and then click on Next.

vmware workstation create virtual disk

12- Select create a new virtual disk option for the virtual machine and then click on Next.

new virtual machine disk

13- Specify the disk capacity (20 GB) and then click on Next.

specify disk capacity

14- Specify the disk file and then click on Next.

specify disk file

15- Ready to create a virtual machine for the installation, of the Android operating system, so click customize hardware.

ready to create new virtual machine

16- Select CD/DVD (IDE) settings and click the browse button to select your downloaded android iso image file.

edit virtual machine settings

17- Select the display settings and enable 3D graphics, graphic memory, This is very important for the Android Operating System to run, click close and then click finish.

edit virtual machine settings display

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