Is there a way to test an android app made in android studio via Kotlin without emulator or an android phone?

There is an Android os that runs native to PC but I haven't had any luck with it

@AvatarOfKaine I mean like a software that tests the app and lets me know if there’s any issues as my laptop is already not great at running android studio alone

You could try running the emulator in headless Mode, but i've never tried it

@jonas-w Maybe I can try Firebase app testing?

@TheDarkDiamond you mean like something that will step through the code and predict where problems might occur if it ran that aren't syntax errors ? That's something different because otherwise you know you have to run the app to test it and perhaps write some unit tests to ensure your base code that you authored is sound

@jonas-w does that just spawn windows on your desktop ?

@TheDarkDiamond 🤷🏼‍♂️never used firebase

@jonas-w I'd think that would have the same overhead.

Isnt there some compatibility layer for Android and Linux someone was writing ?

@AvatarOfKaine don't know, there is waydroid and anbox to emulate android on linux

@jonas-w I’ll maybe try a different way I guess

@TheDarkDiamond

Disable the IDE features you don't need and get a beefy desktop PC. It doesn't have to be new.

There are companies that allow you to test your app on thier large set of android devices remotely, using automated tests you provide.

Question: why develop an android app without a supporting device or emulator

If you use Flutter/Dart instead, you can compile the app for your desktop.