Hey there, I've been using Bluestacks as my main android emulator for a while, but I disliked how bloated it is, especially that their cloud service app comes preinstalled.
Im wondering if there are other android emulators that are good to use. I've already heard about emulators such as:
I haven't actually tried most of these myself yet since I don't quite trust them. They are quite sketchy and heavily advertised
Waydroid works quite well for me, but it's Linux+Wayland only.
I think you should be able to install the Play Store and Play Services on Windows Android Subsystem, there's probably guides on how to do that but I've never tried myself. I think it uses Windows Subsystem for Linux in under the hood so I imagine it's probably possible to root it/install additional stuff to it.
Waydroid only fits a small number of configurations, including Wayland and x86. I definitely wish there was something like Bluestacks for Linux
Once it runs it absolutely slaps though! I'm not sure why it's wayland-only, it still just runs in a window anyway. Nothing seems to really require Wayland there.
But of everything, the performance is impressive, as it's just a container. Makes for a sick tablet on the 2-in-1 netbooks.
It's really a shame it's Wayland only. I always have issues with Wayland; if one Wayland app crashes it effectively brings down my entire machine.
There is Anbox that's usable on Xorg but I don't think it's as performant.
You can run a Wayland compositor under x I believe (heard Weston mentioned a lot)