How to Install Android 7.0 Nougat on VirtualBox?

How to Install Android 7.0 Nougat on VirtualBox?

  August 19, 2018    Joyce Smoothers

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Create Android 7.0 Nougat Virtual Machine

Step #3. When the VirtualBox is opened on the home page click New to create a new virtual machine(VM).

Create New Virtual Machine

Step #4. On the “Name and operating system” windows, type any name that you would like to name your Android 7.0 Nougat VM then Choose Linux for type and for Version choose Other Linux (64-bit) then click Next.

Name and Operating System

Step #5. Choose the Memory size to 2048 MB and click Next.

Memory Size

Step #6. After mentioning memory size, Select Create a virtual hard disk now on the Hard disk windows and click Create.

Hard Disk

Step #7. For hard disk file type, select VDI(VirtualBox Disk Image) and click Next.

Hard Disk File Type

Step #8. Select Dynamically allocated on the Storage on physical hard disk window and click Next.

Storage on Physical Hard Disk

Step #9. Now Select the size of the virtual hard disk in megabytes. This size is the limit on the amount of file data that a virtual machine will be able to store on the hard disk. Then Name the new virtual hard disk and click on the folder icon to save where you want. But I suggest you to leave it by default and click Create.

File Location and Size

Edit Android 7.0 Nougat Virtual Machine

Step #10. After the previous step, your virtual machine should be created. So now select the VM and click on the Settings button.

Edit Android 7.0-Nougat Virtual Machine

Step #11. From left-hand side panel select System and on the Processor tab change it from 1 CPU to 2 CPU and left the others by default.

2 CPU Processor

Step #12. On Display panel, Change the video memory to 128 MB and leave the others by default.

128 MB Video Memory

Step #13. Now Select Storage panel and choose the Controller: IDE and click on the (-) minus button from the bottom of the window to remove it.

Remove Storage Controller IDE

Step #14. Again on the same panel, click the (+) Plus icon and Select Add IDE Controller.

Add IDE Controller

Step #15. On the Small Dialog box click Choose existing disk.

Choose Exiting Disk

Step #16. Now in this Step go to This PC > Local Disk (C:) > Users > username > VirtualBox VMs > Android 7.0 Nougat VM Name that you named on step 4, Finally when you found the VDI file, select that and click Open.

Select Android 7.0 Nougat-VDI

Step #17. This time, click on the (+) plus with CD icon and select Leave empty.

Leave the Controller Empty

Step #18. When you left the disk empty then select Empty with CD icon and Select the Optical Drive to IDE Secondary Master then click on the small CD icon and select Choose Virtual Optical Disk File.

Choose Virtual Optical Disk File

Step #19. Now, this time, Drive to The Android 7.0 Nougat iso file that you download from the link above then select that and click Open.

Select Android 7.0 Nougat ISO File

Step #20. When the file opened click OK and Save the Changes to that you made to the Android 7.0 Nougat virtual machine. Finally, you must be ready to play the VM.

Save Changes

Play Android 7.0 Nougat Virtual Machine

Step #21. So after all the settings that are mentioned above completed, then you’re done to go on and play the virtual machine, to install it on your VirtualBox. So now select the Android 7.0 Nougat virtual machine and click on the Start button to turn it on.