UsingASIAIR APP (Android) on Windows11

bugman1954

There is a viedo on YouTube on using the ASIAir on Windows11 machines without an emmulator like BlueStacks. I've been able to get to the final step but can't open the .exe command on the final step. The video is; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMJ0o9icTQg&t=630s
When I do the adb.exe it states "No devices/emulators found".

If you could help that would be great. I had no problem running BlueStacks on my old PC using Win10 pro. This is a new machine and I feel there is something simple to apply. It just takes forever to get BlueStacks to open and get to ASIAir app.

Thanks Tom in MO

Corsair

Did you watch it properly and read the YouTube description that says:

ADB Commands
adb.exe connect 127.0.0.1:58526
adb.exe install "C:\your path to the downloaded APK File\ASIAIR_59_1.8_tencent_release.apk"

Be aware that the APK file name available from the ZWO downloads page (https://www.zwoastro.com/downloads/asiair) has the name ASIAIR_V2.1.apk

So the last command should be

adb.exe install C:\your path to the downloaded APK File\ASIAIR_V2.1.apk

I use BlueStacks 5 on both my Windows 10 Pro desktop computer and my Windows 11 Pro laptop to run the ASIAIR App, though. Works well for me.

For Windows 11, though:

If I'm connected to a Wi-Fi network with Internet access. BlueStacks 5 launches successfully.
If I've turned WiFi off so I am not connected to a WiFi network. No Internet access. BlueStacks 5 launches successfully.
If I've connected to a WiFi network without internet access (such as directly to the ASIAIR Wi-Fi). BlueStacks 5 fails to launch.

So if I plan on connecting to the ASIAIR Wi-Fi using my Windows 11 laptop - I first do either 1. or 2. above. After BlueStacks 5 has launched - I then change my laptop connection over to the ASIAIR Wi-Fi and then launch the ASIAIR App. It's strange but it works.

Corsair

Ok - well I had a go of doing this myself. I didn't use the exact process as the video in the original post to do it, though, as the process has slightly changed now.

Note: if you have already followed the steps in the video you may not need repeat any of the steps - however sometimes completely uninstalling and removing everything and starting from scratch can help resolve issues.

The first step - as shown in the video - is to enable virtualization in your BIOS/UEFI settings for your computer. This is specific to your computer hardware so you'll need to look up how to do this for your hardware. It's not difficult to do - but it is important to get it right and do this step first.

The second step is to enable virtualization in Windows 11 itself. To do this, tap on the "Windows" key on your keyboard, start typing Turn Windows Features on or off, open the program with that name, then scroll through the list and enable Hyper V, Virtual Machine Platform, Windows Hypervisor Platform, and Windows Subsystem for Linux (or whichever ones are available for you). Restart your computer.

I then went to this website - https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-run-android-apps-on-windows-11-3048569/ - and followed the steps under "How to run Android apps on Windows 11 unofficially" in order to install Windows Subsystem for Android via Powershell (rather than via the Store App - my choice but you could do either way).

I then went to this website - https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-use-adb-android-3260397/ - and followed the steps under "How to set up ADB on a computer: Windows, macOS, and Linux". Just that section. I recommend putting the "platform-tools" folder under C:\Temp in your computer (so it would be C:\Temp\platform-tools).

Now you want to start up Windows Subsystem for Android app in Windows 11, go to Advanced Settings, then enable Developer Mode. Then go to the System menu and click on the Files shortcut icon on the right to get the subsystem running. Now go back to Advanced Settings and under the heading Developer Mode double check the IP address has been set to 127.0.0.1:58526. If it is different - that's fine - just make a note of what it is.

Now download and place the ASIAIR APK file into the C:\Temp\platform-tools folder. Then right click a blank space in that folder and select "Open in Terminal".

Here's where you will now use ADB to install the ASIAIR APK file in order to run the ASIAIR App natively on your Windows 11 machine. Refer to the attached image to see what I had to do. You can see that, for me, I needed to type things in a particular way.

Also note - while it may seem like it isn't doing anything - you'll need to wait a few minutes while does the "Performing Streamed Install" before it says "Success". You can then exit/close the Powershell window.

The ASIAIR App should now be ready to run.

bugman1954

After evaluating the above steps I decided to just check what I had done right and wrong. I did miss a step about enabling Windows for LInux. and I didn't check my typing three times before I hit return. When I got to the last step and I saw it running I knew I had it. So much thanks to Corsair for helping me with this issue. Maybe Corsair should do a YouTube video on this subject. The beginning video is dated and needs additional information. Thanks and clear skies.

Corsair

To update this - I've created a video showing my steps for enabling virtualisation, installing Windows Subsystem from Android, and installing the ASIAIR APK if anyone is interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neeKs5xYOiM