Connect Bluestacks to Android Studio

I have recently shifted to android studio. I would like to know how I can test my apps in Bluestacks app player. I had already had the bluestacks connected and working with eclipse using adb connect localhost:5555 but it doesn't seem to work with android studio. Didn't find any help anywhere. If anyone has done this, please help.

Steps to connect Blue Stack with Android Studio

1. Close Android Studio.
2. Go to adb.exe location (default location: %LocalAppData%\Android\sdk\platform-tools)
3. Run adb connect localhost:5555 from this location.
4. Start Android Studio and you will get Blue Stack as emulator when you run your app.

In my case I don't need to start adb.exe. I only started the BlueStacks before android studio.

After that when I press "Run" in android studio, bluestacks was detected as a new emulator.

I Solved it. I just had to add the path of android studio's platform-tools after removing my earlier eclipse's path. I don't know, maybe some conflict in the command.

world !

No need to do execute batch command. With the current version, just run BLUESTACKS before ANDROID STUDIO

> In my case, none of the above approaches worked for me till I had to enable > an Android DEBUG Bridge Option under the BlueStack emulator. Check the picture below.

An approach inspired from : Vlad Voytenko

I Hope It's Helps Someone!

For those people with (cannot connect to localhost:5555: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (10061) :

Blustacks is listening at IPv4-Localhost-TCP-5555 (not IPv6). Most of the time Windows has IPv6 enabled by default and Localhost is solving ::1:

If the client (ADB) tries to connect a server using localhost and IPv6 is enabled on the main network adapter, ADB will not connect to the server.

So, you have two options :

1- Change your ADB client TCP connection string to localhost IPV4 : adb connect 127.0.0.1

OR :

2-Disable IPV6 protocol from the main network adapter.

> first open bluestacks and go to settings > preferences > check the > Enable Android Debug Bridge (ADB) and press Change path button, then > select adb path. (default location: > %LocalAppData%\Android\sdk\platform-tools) > > then install one apk in emulator (by click the installed apps > > install apk in bluestacks home screen)

after doing this works run cmd by administrator and got to adb path then run this command:

adb connect localhost:5555

now you can open VSCodde or AndroidStudio and select BlueStacks emulator.

You can easily use it in Bluestacks 5 by going to:

1. Settings
2. Advanced
3. Enable Android Debug Bridge

1. Goto Blustacks settings > Preferences > Check Enable Android Debug Bridge (ADB)
2. Restart Bluestacks and Start Android Studio
3. Done

These are all old answers, nothing works for me till I finally come out with a solution of my own. for a much later version (I'm using the 5.6x version, latest at the time of posting), just go to Settings in bluestack, click advanced, toggle on DB and run adb connect localhost:[port] with port being the number shown in the ADB information page (the one I underlined). Voila, you should automatically see another mobile device available on the Android Studio