Run android emulator x86 using Docker under Mac OS

Question

I installed docker.app on the my and I want to start up android x86 emulator in the docker image.
Unfortunately I met the following error(s) while trying to start the emulator. (emulator @nexus7)

ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration!
Please ensure KVM is properly installed and usable.
CPU acceleration status: KVM requires a CPU that supports vmx or svm

Given my Mac OS actually seems to support vmx, how could I startup android x86 emulator?

Answer 1

The way I've managed to do this (for now) is somewhat convoluted: I've set up an ubuntu vm in Parallels and enabled "nested virtualization"

With that setting I've managed to spin up and run our Android UI tests via docker on a Mac.

I've yet to figure out how to do that without the additional Parallels VM layer.