Android Emulator

Android emulator is an Android Virtual Device (AVD), which represents a specific Android device. When we install "Android SDK Tools" on our Computer System, AVD Manager is also installed under the directory.

The advantage of this tool is that if we do not have the Android Device available for which We are developing our Android application, even then we can test how our application executes on that specific device.

We can create as many as emulator for android devices. All our Emulator store under Android Virtual Device (AVD). We can Add / Edit / Configure by AndroidSDKFolder\tools\AVDManager.exe Tool.

Create an Android Virtual Device

Follow some simple step to create a emulator.

  1. To create a new emulator, click on Create Virtual Device under Tool >> AVDManager.
    2. Create Emulator
  2. Choose a New Hardware Profile or Import Hardware Profile (optional). We will create a New Hardware profile.
    3. Emulator Select Hardware
  3. After that a new Dialog box will display where we Specifying the Various Configurations Related to Our New Android Virtual Device (AVD)
    4. AVD Hardware Config
    • Device Name
    • Device Type
    • Screen
    • Memory
    • Import
    • Suported device States
    • Camara
    • Sensors
    • Default skin
  4. Choose a device defination and category from list and click on Next.
    5. AVD Device
  5. After that choose a Android Version (latest version recommended) as your recruitment then click on Next.
    6. AVD android Verison
  6. Change the AVD Name as you want and click on Finish
    7. AVD Name

How to Run Android App on the AVD / Emulator

By doing some simple steps given below, we can run our Android app on the emulator.

  • Step 1:Open the AVD Manager directly by the AVD icon in the Toolbar, All the Emulators we create will appear in this Dialog Box select the AVD on you want to run your app.
    • Target Device
  • Step 2: Click on start button ( Shift + F10 ) to run the app.
    • Run Android App
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