How can I run an Android app in the cloud?

[digger_R]

I'm sure this is relatively easy - I simply want to run an Android app in the cloud - is there an (easy) solution for this?
I used to develop SW so I'm reasonably tech savvy - i just want an out of the box solution if I can find one - can anyone help?
Happy to pay for Google console or AWS etc - if its relatively simple to do,

[randlemarcus]

This was pretty much the first link for Azure Android emulator , sure you could refine it
https://www.apps4rent.com/visual-studio-emulator-o...

[digger_R]

As far as I can see there are many ways to run and deploy your own code/app in the cloud - but I simply want a device in the cloud to run an existing app from the play store

[beko1987]

I run an Android X86 VM on my unraid server for such things (android apps that only work when their 'open' but I don't want them open all the time on my phone etc). I havent got it signed into Google and just find the APK of what I want and install it manually, keeps it simple then

Similar sort of thing but in a remote VM should work?

[digger_R]

beko1987 said:

I run an Android X86 VM on my unraid server for such things (android apps that only work when their 'open' but I don't want them open all the time on my phone etc). I havent got it signed into Google and just find the APK of what I want and install it manually, keeps it simple then

Similar sort of thing but in a remote VM should work?

yes this sounds like the kind of thing i'm looking for. If i look on Google Cloud platform - it wants to charge me $0.5 per hour to run the VM Genymotion Cloud Android 8.1 Oreo - which is $12 per day Is that normal? Thats what Google cloud support is recommending

I'm not familiar with costs of these things - or alternatives