How to run WhatsApp on Ubuntu? [duplicate]

In Windows, you can run android application using BlueStack.

I was wondering, is there any way these apps can be run on Ubuntu 12.04?

There are some android emulator available in Ubuntu but they are not as stable and usable as bluestack.

• Download the SDK

  wget http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r10-linux_x86.tgz
  tar -zvxf android-sdk_r10-linux_x86.tgz 
  cd android-sdk-linux_x86/
  

• Run android manager and install an actual sdk platform

  ./tools/android 
  

  The go to available packages and install something like SDK Platform 2.3.3

• Now go to 'virtual devices' and create a device with the 'target' set to the SDK you installed above

• With the device highlighted, click 'start...' on the right hand side

If something doesnt work, you'll need to post exactly what you did and what the errors say

(this content is copied from the following website---) http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1742803

Some more instructions can be found at

http://xmodulo.com/2013/03/how-to-run-android-emulator-on-ubuntu-or-debian.html