# google/android-emulator-m1-preview

Repository: https://github.com/google/android-emulator-m1-preview
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android-emulator-m1-preview
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-03-10T18:56:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2093, "days_push": 2002, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1859, forks 164 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:45.203970+00:00)

## What it is
A preview build of the Android Emulator ported to run natively on Apple Silicon (M1) Macs, providing ARM64 Android emulation via Hypervisor.framework. It has since been superseded, as official M1 emulator support is now distributed through the Android SDK Manager.

## Use cases
- run android emulator on m1 mac
- emulate android arm64 on apple silicon
- test android apps on mac m1 without rosetta
- android virtual device on arm64 mac
- debug android apps from android studio on m1

## When to choose
- you are stuck on an old SDK setup without SDK Manager emulator support and need native M1 emulation
- you want to study or build the ARM64 emulator engine from source

## When to avoid
- you are on any modern Android SDK setup - just install the emulator via SDK Manager instead
- you need webview, video codecs, 32-bit ARM apps, or Vulkan stability
- you are on an Intel Mac, DTK, or non-M1 hardware

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: simulation, developer-tools
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools, android-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: android-emulator, apple-silicon, m1, arm64, avd, android-studio, qemu, deprecated, virtualization, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- google/android-emulator-m1-preview (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:45.203970+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:16:00.725463+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/google/android-emulator-m1-preview (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:45.203970+00:00, sha 2684c7b84eca)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.