I am trying to test multiple screen sizes and is annoying having to shut down the emulator then open a new one just to check the size (there is a new font so I can't view it in the editor).
I open multiple emulators but the box doesn't appear to select the emulator it just runs the previous one.
I searched the answers here and they said go to Run > Edit
Configurations and Select emulator as Target or simply check the
checkbox Use same device for future launches.
I am obviously wanting the opposite so it would be unchecked. The thing is the box is unchecked but it is not giving me the option to select.
Thanks in advance
It should work if the box is unchecked. Probably a bug of android studio? In any case, I've found that clicking stop and then running again gives you the option to select device.
Click the stop button on the right to kill the app and then run again.
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I have several genymotion emulators for different API levels. The problem is this:
I run the app on a single emulator with the option 'same device for future launches' checked.
I open another emulator.
I run the the app again.
After this, the app only runs on the first emulator and I can't figure out how do I show the dialog (select target) again to run the app on both emulators.
Click Run → Edit Configurations...
Then uncheck Use same device for future launches
As mentioned by #B-GangsteR, you can also launch your app on multiple devices at the same time. To do this, select targets using ctrl key.
Note that even if "Use same device for future launches" is unchecked, you can't launch app on other device while it is still running on first device. So you've got to
terminate app on first device before running on another device,
or kill adb process (it will restart),
or run your app on multiple devices at the same time from the start (when choosing target, select multiple targets using 'ctrl' button or 'ctrl' + A)
In Android Studio 3.5 or above, the "Deployment Target" part of the configurations dialog has moved into the main toolbar.
Click Edit config beside run app.
Close the existing running app in all emulators to have this option even if the problem persist after doing configuration changes
You can change profiles by going to "Run" -> "Run..." -> "1.app" (click on the arrow) -> "Profile", then choosing which device (virtual or physical) you'd like to run on. This took me a while to find and I couldn't find anything like it in the answers above, so hopefully, I help someone out.
You can hold ctrl to select multiple devices (mentioned by #B-GangsteR).
In Android Studio 3.5, need to click on the Emulator name which is the left option of Run 'app' button.
You can select specific Emulator of your choice or multiple Emulator as well.
Does anyone know of a way (or if it's even possible) to set the default preview AVD in Android Studio v0.4.5. Every time I create a new activity it shows it in a Nexus 4 preview but as I have TEGRA Note 7 and have a custom AVD created for that, I want to see that as the default.
Is this possible and, if so, can anyone advise how to do it? I've checked all the settings but can't see anything that jumps out.
Thanks in advance.
In Android Studio 1.2.2, I was able to solve this problem by going to Run > Edit configurations...
From there, you can change the default emulator (avd) by clicking Defaults, then Android Application. From there, under Target Device, select your Preferred Android Virtual Device then click Apply or OK.
If that still does not work, you may need to also change this setting at the application level. Instead of clicking Defaults, click Android Application and select the name of the project in question. Then proceed to define the project-specific, preferred AVD as described above.
I'm developing an android app on Eclipse Juno.
The android emulator starts up properly loads my splash screen
and then moves on properly but none of the buttons on the emulator
work. All of the buttons that represent the buttons on the phone do
nothing when clicked and also when I try to click any buttons on my
app nothing happens. Anyone have this problem before?
start the eclipse
start android virtual device manager.
select the AVD which you use.
4.select edit in right corner.
in the hardware option select new.
add keyboard lid support and keyboard support.
set value yes for this properties.
now start emulator this will work.
In the new ADT, they changed the way the keyboard support works for emulators...so you need to manually add support for it. If you go to your AVD Manager then edit your AVD, in the Hardware section click New and add 'Keyboard support' and set the value to 'yes'. That should fix it for you.
I followed the tutorial to the letter. I select run then the emulator starts up. Problem is that I never get to a home screen, nor does the text hello world display.
Is there a way to test my installation of the emulator?
Take into account that the android emulator takes some time to load.
Wait for a few minutes and check logs on the DDMS to see if everything is loading correctly.
It does take a while to start up. But remember that you don't need to close and run the emulator every time you want to test your project. Just leave it open and it'll just launch your application when you want to run it.
I had the same problem and discovered (by clicking all the buttons in the emulator) that if you press the home button (little house) then the launcher icon (grid of squares) that the app I was launching had been successfully installed and I could run it by clicking on it. I still don't know why running it from Eclipse wasn't getting all the way into the app, but at least it was installed and I could run it from the emulator.
Press and hold the power button in the emulator.
If you have the time and patience, check out this site:
http://bid.berkeley.edu/cs160-fall10/index.php/Tips_and_Tricks
It provides a great walkthrough on installation and setting up Android development. See if you miss any steps?
Most of the idea is in the title, I just would like to know if it is possible to start 2 emulators at the same time with 2 different locale (to test the I18n of my app). If there was a way of doing it in Eclipse, that would be greater...
Something like
If you click the Button for starting the emulator in Eclipse (the litlle mobile phone) Eclipse should open a dialog that lets you choose which android virtual device (AVD) you want to start. You can create a second AVD in this dialog and then start them both after each other.
Now you have to change the locale of one of the emulators to the wanted language. The emulator should save this settings so you have to configure this only once.
In Eclipse, this is easy to do. Use the Android Virtual Device (AVD) manager to set up as many emulators as you want. Depending on whether you've updated to the latest version of the Eclipse plug-in, the button to launch the AVD manager will either be a black phone or the Android Robot's head above a black square with an arrow in it. Either way it's in the toolbar near the shortcuts for Save, Print, etc.
In the AVD you can create various emulators with different Android versions (download other SDKs in the 'Available Packages' menu in the left). Once you've created the emulators, start them with the button on the right. You can have multiple emulators running at the same time if you want. The emulators have a program installed on them already called 'Custom Locale' that lets you change their location information. You can't do this while creating the emulators, but it's saved when you do in the emulator so you don't need to do it every time.
After that, to choose which emulator your program will run on, change its run configuration Target to manual. This is done by clicking on the more options arrow next to the green 'Start Program' button, selecting Run Configurations, the Target tab, then selecting manual. You can also do this by right clicking on your project in the project browser (list on the left), and the option is under 'Run As' -> Run Configurations.
To connect adb to a particular emulator or device, use one of the options "-e", "-d" or "-s " as documented for the ADB tool.
http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html
In general the documentation is a great place to start.