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Instant Bluestacks from PacktPub.com

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Figure 1: Instant Bluestacks book cover.

There are a lot of good articles and tutorials related to Android available out there in the wild world of Web. However, I mostly amazed with the job well-done by the Packt Publishing team in producing great technology books.

I do love the idea of Bluestacks Android Player because Windows and Mac users could play vast amount of FREE yet high quality games in Google Play Store without having to switch to Android device. It cannot be denied that Bluestacks is great, however the installation and first-time setup is quiet challenging. This is where the Instant Bluestacks comes handy. With lots of screenshots and step-by-step instruction, this book is very helpful to early adopter of Android ecosystem.

Reader will be guided step-by-step to download, install and set the Bluestacks Android Player both in PC and Mac. Than it demonstrate how to search for some good apps available from Google Play (and some alternative apps download centres) and install them. You will also be advised some troubles shooting techniques in case you have difficulties in using Bluestacks. If you are a developer, you will surely love the tips on how to test run your beautiful app in the Bluestacks.

The book is available from the PacktPub library or Amazon.

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Figure 1: Instant Bluestacks sample page.

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