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Android-x86 and Frida with VirtualBox on Linux(amd64)

Install Android-x86 with VirtualBox on Ubuntu 22.04 References: https://www.android-x86.org/documentation/virtualbox.html Download an ISO image (https://sourceforge.net/projects/android-x86/files/Release%209.0/ ) android-x86_64-9.0-r2.iso , in my case. Create a new VirtualBox VM Type: Linux, Version: Linux 2.6/3.x/4.x/5.x (64-bit) Hardware: Assign 4GB RAM Hard Disk: Create a Virtual Hard Disk Now Give 8GB HDD VDI (do not check Pre-allocate Full Size) Run VM and Boot with the downloaded .iso file from the Boot menu, Choose “Installation” Install Select “Create/Modify partitions” by pressing ‘C’ Decline GPT Create a New, Primary partition that uses the entire space Choose New, Choose Primary Leave it (the maximum space Size is displayed) Set it Bootable (The Flags are marked as ‘Boot’) Write (yes) Quit Choose the just created partition format ’ext4’ (for sure) Install GRUB Yes to install /system directory read-write Run Android-x86 Remove the .

Android studio and Frida on Apple silicon M2

Install Android Studio and run an AVD on MacbookPro(M2) install with brew: $ brew install --cask android-studio search and run Android Studio from Spotlight choose, “More Actions” from the main popup, then “Virtual Device Manager” Install Android SDK Platform-Tools for Mac Download the platform tools (https://developer.android.com/tools/releases/platform-tools?hl=en) Unzip the downloaded file(ex, platform-tools_rXX.X.X-darwin.zip) Move the unzipped folder somewhere and create a symbolic link to it $ sudo ln -s /Users/XXX/local/platform-tools/adb /usr/local/bin/adb Run a virtual device Device ((added a Pixel 6 device with Release S - API 31, ABI arm64-v8a, Android 12.