Resize Bluestack Screen on Mac OS X

Question

I need to check the application compatibility in all device & debuging application on Bluestack App Player, can anyone please tell me how to resize the screen of Bluestack on Mac OS X? I googled it and found that in Windows the screen size can be changed via register as shown below :

Go to regedit: 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\BlueStacks\Guests\Android\FrameBuffer\0 
"Width"=dword:00000320 - change value 
"Height"=dword:00000258 - change value

But I'm new to Mac OS X where do I find the regedit?

CyberSkull · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-17T16:13:25.643

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If you can't just drag the window edge or corner to resize it, try this:

First, quit the program (Bluestacks > Quit in the menu bar or press ⌘Q).

If Bluestacks App Player is like a typical OS X application, you can find the preferences file (Mac OS X does not have a central configuration facility like the Windows Registry) in ~/Library/Preferences/. There you should look for a file like com.bluestacks.appplayer.plist or something similar.

You can open the plist file in a text editor or Xcode. Then look for a key corresponding to window size (it will probably start with NS) and then adjust the size as needed.

Based on the comment below, the property is found at guests > android > height.

Note that for more recent versions of OS X (since at least 10.9) you need to use the defaults utility in terminal to make the change.

edited Aug 17 '15 at 16:13

answered Aug 05 '13 at 12:45

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thanks a lot but there is small change in ur answer that is in com.bluestacks.appplayer.plist in guests->android->height and width can be adjusted – KOTIOS Aug 05 '13 at 12:51
@Stacks28 Gotcha. So this would be a custom property then. System properties stored in plist files often start with `NS`. – CyberSkull Aug 05 '13 at 12:54
i hv one more issue ..how ca i restart bluestack when i change the size, i tired closing bluestack process from Aactive monitor but didnt helped – KOTIOS Aug 06 '13 at 05:23
@Stacks28 Oh, sorry. You should quit Bluestacks first (open the Bluestacks menu and choose Quit at the bottom or press ⌘Q) before applying the changes to the preference file. – CyberSkull Aug 07 '13 at 00:09
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When i changed the size and re-open the app player it did resize the window but "android" didn't resize. I'd fixed that by setting the "RestartGuestOnFrontendLaunch" to 1. Can be found under guests > android > config. What it does is restarting "android" when closed out the app player/opening bluestack. You can change it back when everything is resized. – Yoram de Langen Sep 18 '13 at 07:04
I think this doesn't work anymore... – Kache Dec 17 '13 at 07:58
@Kache Could you be more specific? – CyberSkull Dec 18 '13 at 02:39
I believe I've followed the outlined procedure, correctly, but I'm not seeing any changes. – Kache Dec 19 '13 at 15:50
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@Kache If you are editing the file directly in 10.9, it may not work anymore due to preferences caching. Instead you should do `defaults write DOMAIN KEY VALUE`. – CyberSkull Dec 26 '13 at 13:31
Using that command isn't working in 10.12.6, maybe I'm not using it correctly? https://superuser.com/questions/1297568/how-to-use-the-defaults-command-to-resize-bluestacks – givanse Feb 23 '18 at 21:24

russes · Answer 2 · 2015-09-19T15:35:27.097

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In ~/Library/Preferences, you'll find a file named com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.plist. If you open this file with Xcode, you'll find the screen size settings by drilling down into: Guests->Android->FrameBuffer. You'll find the width & height settings under the FrameBuffer dictionary.

Note: Install your Android applications before you change the screen size. You may find the (web) view BlueStacks uses to access the Google Play store doesn't use your updated screen size.

edited Sep 19 '15 at 15:35

answered Sep 19 '15 at 15:16

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Did you ever find a fix for the Google Play store not being resized? – duncanc4 Jan 19 '16 at 04:16
No. I haven't had a need to look for one. – russes Jan 24 '16 at 19:34

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 10 '18 at 02:59

As of BlueStacks 2.0.1.14, the following solutions don't work anymore (editing ~/Library/Preferences/com.BlueStacks.AppPlayer.plist):

Adding/Modifying Root > Guests > Android > Config > RestartGuestOnFrontendLaunch and set to 1.
Adding/Modifying Root > Guests > Android > Height and set to desired value.

The only working solution is to change:

Root > Guests > Android > FrameBuffer >

Height: 540
Width: 960
WindowHeight: 540
WindowWidth: 960

I edit it with Xcode, save and re-launch BlueStack. Works perfectly on Mojave 10.14.1.

(I set to 960 x 540, half size of original)

Works again in v4.11 – Simon Bengtsson Aug 16 '19 at 12:11 — Simon Bengtsson, Aug 16 '19 at 12:11

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Jan 07 '14 at 11:27

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I downloaded a software called ResizeEnable (freeware) that can resize all windows, now it's working fine.

edited Jan 07 '14 at 11:27

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answered Jan 07 '14 at 10:51

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Link is incorrect: it should be: http://www.digitallis.co.uk/pc/ResizeEnable/ That app is also for Windows, and this question relates to Mac – Dave Nottage Jun 25 '18 at 13:19

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