Run java apps on Android

by Himanshu Shrivastava Web Designer

Android is the most widely used mobile OS as it has a huge support to everything as you can do on your computer operated on windows, Mac or Linux. However users who migrated from Symbian and Java to Android might still have Java apps as their favorite, if you are among those then you just need to follow these simple steps to run java apps on android. This we can pretty easy do using some applications that you can easily find in Play Store.

There are a variety of apps that can let you run java apps on pc, some of them are Phoneme, Netmite App Runner, Jbed, JBlend and so on. Here I have used JBED as it is quite easy to handle and manage. Before getting on the process we must first gather all the stuff we require to run java apps on your android device.

What you Require?

JBED is a simple emulator application for android that lets you run your favorite Java apps on android device; however you need certain things to make your device compatible to JBED.

· Firstly, your device needs to be rooted. As JBED will require root access.

· You need to have at least version 1.6 of android.

· Download JBED application and its library files. You can get all of these files here.

· Download Root Explorer, it is freely available on Play Store.

Jbed requires root access during its installation as will be discussed further. In case you haven’t rooted you device yet, make sure you have root your android device before getting on to following procedure. Also install JBED on your internal storage for faster accessing of the application and lower possibility of the errors.

How to Install and Configure JBED?

Running java apps on Jbed is an easy task but before you can run any of the apps; it requires to be configured correctly. Just follow the simple steps as provided here:

· As you might have already downloaded the JBED installation files from above links, now extract it and move it to your device storage.

· Run JBED.apk file to install Jbed on your device.

· Be sure to install it on internal storage of your device.

· After you installation has been completed successfully, do not run jbed immediately.

· Now you need to find the library file which you can find it in ‘Custome’ folder among the extracted files.

· Library file should be ‘libjbedvm.so’ where ‘so’ will be its extension.

· Now, open Root Explorer. Go to the directory where ‘libjbedvm.so’ is located. Be sure to use Root Explorer as ES File Manager won’t work here.

· Copy ‘libjbedvm.so’ and paste to the directory ‘/system/lib/’

· After you have successfully copied library file in the system library, restart your device. Please note that rebooting the device is mandatory and do not use JBED before restarting, as it will not work.

It was a bit easy task, now we will move onto using JBED to run Java apps on android.

How to Use JBED to Run Java Apps on Android?

After you have successfully configured JBED, your device is now ready to run java apps. To check whether above procedure was successful or not download any java application from internet and save it to your SDCARD. Here I have used Facebook app for java phones. For accessing this app you need to do following.

· Open JBED.

· Goto Menu and select SDcard, the program will now search for all the java applications available in your SDCARD and will show you all in a list.

· Select Facebook, it will now install automatically.

· When installed successfully, open the app and experience Java on your android phone.

Running java apps on your android device using JBED was quite an easy task, however it has some disadvantages which you might experience when you will use it on a daily basis like: force close in case of longer access to it, sometimes it won’t work for landscape mode and so on.

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