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Originally Posted by AlpineItaly
Hi, I am using an M1 Mac so I can't run Bluestacks. Can I use this method with Android Developer Studio (electronic eel) which now supports M1.
I have 2 particular worries about this:
1) Does android developer studio (latest version) supports installing ancient apks?
2) Does the commands used to extract the keys work with M1 Macs, since I guess paths etc will be different?
Any reply will be much appreciated.
Many thanks
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Yes, you can. You will need to do some legwork for details.
1) Android Emulator (part of Android Studio) can emulate almost anything, so it is not limited to the latest version of Android. Start with a phone or tablet that is capable of running Nougat (randomly chosen, just because it works with Bluestacks). Even Bluestacks "complains" that the Kindle app 4.16 is for an older device. It installs fine after you click the nag screen.*
2) The commands do work just the same - if you use backup adb automatically knows where to backup from. It simply needs the package name. Since by default in Android Emulator the adb shell has root access, you don't need to go the backup route, but simply download the key. (On a real device the adb shell does not have root access, including in out of box Bluestacks).
*It doesn't need Nougat, and it is very picky what processor it emulates. The mentioned Kindle 4.16 from first post does not like any x86 VMs, so the much slower (on my computer) arm is needed. Worked great with Marshmellow with Google for arm (arm64 and x86 didn't work).