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Intel Atom x86 Image for Android* 4.4 KitKat Installation Instructions - Manually
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Introduction
ThisdocumentwillguideyouthroughinstallingtheIntelAtomx86imageforAndroid*KitKat,whichcanbeusedfordevelopmentonIntels
x86architecture.

Prerequisites
TheAndroidx86EmulatorImagerequirestheAndroidSDKtobeinstalled.ForinstructionsoninstallingandconfiguringtheAndroidSDK,refer
totheAndroiddeveloperwebsite(http://developer.android.com/sdk/(http://developer.android.com/sdk/)).
Optional:Thex86EmulatorImageforAndroidcanbeacceleratedusingIntelHardwareAcceleratedExecutionManager(HAXM).Formore
information,refertothe"Optimization"sectionofthisdocument.

Installation
Downloading Manually (Instructions for both Windows and Mac OSX)
1. CloseanyopenSDKorAVDwindows.
2. Gotohttp://www.intel.com/software/android(http://www.intel.com/software/android).
3. ClickTools&Downloads
4. DownloadtheIntelx86AtomSystemImage
(Android*4.4KitKatx86EmulatorSystemImage).
Windows
1. NavigatetothedirectorywheretheAndroidSDKislocated.Ifyouinstalledusinganexecutablefortheinstallation,youcanfindthe
AndroidSDKinthefollowinglocations.
1. Ifyouinstalledforeveryoneon64bit:"c:\ProgramFiles(x86)\android"32bit:"c:\ProgramFiles\android"
2. Ifinstalledjustforme:"c:\users\<username>\AppData\local\android"
2. Thefollowinginstructionsandscreenshotsareforawindowsinstall"justforme"butthefilesneedtobeextractedtothesamerelative
pathtoyourAndroidinstall

3. ThesystemimagesdirectorycontainsAndroidsystemimages,separatedbyarchitecture:Ifasystemimagesdirectoryoran"android
19"directorydoesnotexistthenyouwillneedtocreateit.

4. Expandandroid19(thisdirectorycontainsAPILevel19systemimages):

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5. Extractthex86directorycontainedinthedownloadedsystemimagearchivedirectlyintotheandroid19directory.Thedirectory
./AndroidSDK/systemimages/android19/x86/shouldhavethefollowingfiles:

6. Thesystemimageisnowinstalledandreadytobeused.

Mac OSX
1. NavigatetothedirectorywhereyouextractedtheSDK

2. ThesystemimagesdirectorycontainsAndroidsystemimages,separatedbyarchitecture:Ifasystemimagesdirectoryoran"android
19"directorydoesnotexistthenyouwillneedtocreateit/them.

3. Expandandroid19(thisdirectorycontainsAPILevel19systemimages):

4. Extractthex86directorycontainedinthedownloadedsystemimagearchivedirectlyintotheandroid19directory.Thedirectory
./androidsdkmacosx/systemimages/android19/x86/shouldhavethefollowingfiles:

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5. Thesystemimageisnowinstalledandreadytobeused.

Using the System Image

1. StarttheAndroidAVDManagerandcreateanewAVD,setting"Target"to"Android4.4APILevel19",and"CPU/ABI"to"IntelAtom
(x86)".
TheIntelAtomx86ImageforAndroidKitKatcanmakeuseofhardwareGPUfeaturestoincreasetheperformanceofgames,graphics
intensiveprograms,anduserinterfaceelements.Forthebestperformancemakesuretocheckthe"UseHostGPU"Boxwhencreating
theimage.
Note:ThefunctionalityandperformanceofGPUaccelerationishighlydependentonyourcomputersgraphicscardandgraphicsdrivers.
GPUaccelerationmustbeenabledonaperAVDbasis.

Note:ifthe"IntelAtom(x86)"CPU/ABIoptionisnotavailable,makesurethatthesystemimageisinstalledcorrectly.Youcanconfirmthe
systemimageinstallationbyopeningtheAndroidSDKmangerandlookingatthestatusoftheIntelx86AtomSystemImageunder
Android4.4(API19)
2. Clickthe"CreateAVD"button.
3. TheAVDhasbeensuccessfullycreatedandisnowreadytouse:

Optimization
CPU Acceleration
TheperformanceoftheIntelAtomx86ImageforAndroidKitKatcanbeimprovedwithhardwarebasedvirtualizationusingIntelVTx
technology.
IfyourcomputerhasanIntelprocessorwithVTxsupport,itisrecommendedthatIntelHardwareAccelerationExecutionManager(HAXM)be
usedinconjunctionwiththissystemimage.FormoreinformationaboutIntelHAXM,visithttp://www.intel.com/software/android

(http://www.intel.com/software/android).
Note:IntelHAXMisforWindowsandOSXoperatingsystemsonly.ForLinuxhosts,KernelbasedVirtualMachine(KVM)canbeusedto
accelerateemulationperformance.ForinformationoninstallingandconfiguringKVMonUbuntu,refertothis
guide:https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/Installation(https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM/Installation)

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