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I want to know if I can use two instances of BlueStacks at the same time for testing my apps with different resolutions. I drew out a rough sketch just in case to explain my theories.

Rough sketch:

Test application running at two resolutions

Emulator 1 - 720 x 1280 phone

Emulator 2 - 1280 x 768 tablet

Is it possible to run multiple instances of BlueStacks? If not, then is there a way to change to different resolutions for testing apps in various screen sizes of Android phones and tablets?

P.S. I could have used other emulators like Genymotion, or AVD from Android Studio itself, but I am on an AMD machine, which rules out the AVD from Android Studio as I believe it only works on Intel, and Genymotion is extremely slow.

In case you are wondering if my laptop is that weak, why I would want to use BlueStacks at all, let alone two instances at the same time, here are my laptop specifications:

Processor: AMD A8 Quadcore 7410 APU with 1GB Radeon R5 graphics
Graphics:  AMD Radeon R5 M335 2GB Graphics Card Built-in
RAM:       8 GB

Thanks

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    As far as genymotion goes, It is really really slow and puts a load on my machine. But bluestacks seems to run fast and smooth. Two or three instances of bluestacks won't be a problem for my machine. – Hikki Feb 23 '17 at 05:10
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    Bluestacks might have gotten faster, or people have started buying good/newer hardware. Now, new versions of bluestacks, may conversely have problems running on older systems due to driver and hardware support issues. But yeah, bluestacks has gotten faster. – Hikki Nov 05 '19 at 10:13

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Yes, to run multiple instances of an app, see here. To summarise, here are some methods:

  • Shift-clicking the icon may work for some applications
  • Since the instance is tied to your user account, you can run as a different user
  • Isolate the instances with a program such as Sandboxie
  • Use any built-in tools of the application (see below)

BlueStacks 4 (and BlueStacks 3) (on Windows only currently) allows running multiple instances inside BlueStacks, using the Instance Manger, but I'm not sure exactly how that works, since I have a Mac.

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