Search "how to run Android apps on Mac" and for years you got the same answer: install an emulator, give it a big chunk of your RAM, and wait while a whole phone OS boots inside your laptop. Mac. apk says you can skip that part.
Source: [Dev.to](https://dev.to/alanwest/how-to-run-android-apps-on-a-mac-without-an-emulator-58-of-71-apps-work-22eb)