Step-by-Step: Using BlueStacks AppPlayer From Behind a Proxy

Introduction
BlueStack s AppPlayer is a software that brings Android applications to PCs and Mac. This tutorial will show you
how to install and use BlueStack s from behind an HTTP prox y.
A regular HTTP prox y is sufficient to provide access to the internet to BlueStack s itself and to the m ost of
Android apps. A sm all am ount of Android apps use network protocols other than HTTP and HTTPS. In order to
prox ify these latter apps, you will need a SO CKS or SSH prox y server instead.
The instructions below should apply to Mac O S X too as the setup procedure is very sim ilar.
This tutorial has been written for the version 0.8.0.2997 of BlueStack s. If you determ ine that this tutorial is
outdated, then please feel free to let us k now by sending an em ail via our contact form .

Installation
Download and install Prox yCap. Restart your system when the setup program ask s you to do so.
If you already have BlueStack s installed, sk ip to the nex t step. O therwise, download the BlueStack s installer,
and then run it. After installation com pletes, the installer will autom atically launch BlueStack s. If your access to
the internet is through the prox y server only, BlueStack s m ay stuck with the status "Downloading runtim e data"
or you m ay see a black screen. In any case, quit BlueStack s for the tim e being (right-click on the BlueStack s
task bar icon, and the click Q uit).

Configure ProxyCap to work with BlueStacks (Typical Configuration)

W e m ust define 2 separate prox y servers: HTTP and HTTPS. First let's add the HTTP prox y.
Right click on the Prox yCap task bar icon and choose Configuration.

Click the Prox ies category.

Press the New

button on the toolbar.

Select HTTP from the Type drop down list.

Fill in the other settings.
Press the O K button.

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Now add the HTTPS prox y. Set the type of the prox y server to HTTPS. The server address and the
authorization settings should be the sam e as for the HTTP prox y.

Now let's create Prox yCap routing rules for BlueStack s. W e will add 2 rules: one for the HTTP connections and
the other for HTTPS.
Click the Rules category.
Press the New

button on the toolbar.

In the Rule Action section, select the display nam e of the HTTP prox y server from the drop down list.
In the Program section, click Specify, then click the Browse

button.

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Navigate to the BlueStack s program folder. It is located in Program Files on 32-bit W indows or in Program Files
(x 86) on 64-bit W indows.
Select HD-Network .ex e.
Press the O pen button.

In the Destination Port Range section, click Specify, then type 80 in the first port field.
In the Rule Nam e section, enter a display nam e for the rule.
Press the O K button.

Now add one m ore "redirect" rule for HD-Network .ex e but with the following changes:

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1. In place of the HTTP prox y, specify the HTTPS one.

2. In place of the port 80, specify 443.

Click O K to save the configuration.

You are done, run BlueStack s and enjoy!

Configure ProxyCap to work with BlueStacks (Extended Configuration)

The above configuration is sufficient if your system uses a prox y server to connect to the internet. Besides HDNetwork .ex e, there are 2 other BlueStack s program files (HD-Agent.ex e and HD-Frontend.ex e) that require an
internet access, but, unlik e HD-Network .ex e, they respect the system prox y settings. So this ex tra
configuration step m ak es sense only if your system does NO T use a prox y server.
Select the first entry in the rule list.
Press the Properties

button on the toolbar.

Select the Program s tab.

Add HD-Agent.ex e and HD-Frontend.ex e to the Program list.

Press the O K button.

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Repeat the procedure above to add HD-Agent.ex e and HD-Frontend.ex e to the Program list in the second rule.

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