Android Studio and HAMX installation Windows 10 Home

[Aletho]

Hello,

I'm just getting started with Android Studio and I've created my first app through the very first guide you get, after downloading the IDE. However, when I try to test my app, I'm going to use a virtual device on my laptop and to do this, I need to run HAMX.

Here's the problem:
I cannot install HAMX, because it wants me to disable Hyper-V. For whatever reason, Windows 10 Home edition does not let me configure the system, so that I can enable visualization, which would make Hyper-V show up in the "Turn Windows Feature on or off" window. As of right now, Hyper-V does not show up in this window, nor does system configuration show up in my BIOS. This means that I currently have no way to configure Hyper-V which in turn removes the ability to test my app on a virtual device.

Is it just tough luck (buy windows pro) or is there a solution I have yet to discover? I've tried countless guides, but they all state that Windows 10 Home edition, does not support many of the steps showed.
Or should I just disregard using a virtual machine and plug in an Android device for testing?

Thanks in advance,
Alex

 

[Deleted User]

Use a real device in the short term.

But of course then you don't have the ability to emulate other types of device for testing purposes.

Considering your problems with Windows, you might want to consider dual booting your system with a Linux distro (I use Ubuntu). This is my Android development platform, and I've never had any problems with either real device connections, or AVDs (emulator).