Can Android Emulator run on cloud like Amazon AWS with HAXM

Question

We know that Android Emulator can run super fast with Intel HAXM. https://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/intel-hardware-accelerated-execution-manager

I am trying to get Emulator running on cloud.

But i when i tried installing HAXM on Amazon (AWS-EC2 )windows BOx it failed stating it not supported. Are there any image on AWS where HAXM is supported . Also are there any other cloud service provider which support HAXM

Answer 1

You need to enable KVM to speed up android emulation on Linux. However, KVM requires Intel-VT/AMD-V support and neither is provided by AWS. However, there is an alternative method to get Intel-VT/AMD-V support on AWS.

Currently, I am using Ravello to run android emulators on AWS, as their nested hypervisor can enable Intel-VT/AMD-V support on top of AWS. The performance increase is significant, however, you will not have hardware accelerated graphics.

You can take a look at this blog: How to run the Android Emulator (with Hardware Acceleration) on Amazon EC2 and Google Cloud for more details.