I am new to android app development. I want to create an intent to launch Skype. In order to test this, I assume that the emulator must have Skype already installed.
I tried to launch the play store on the emulator to get the Skype App. But the Google Playstore, when launched on emulator it complains that there is no wifi or data connection.
How can I get the emulator to connect to the host wifi(Wifi which the laptop is connected to?)?
Is there a another way to get Skype app on emulator without playstore?
Thank you
Assuming that you're using the latest Android Studio and Emulator, you could get the Skype application APK file from other sites and drag it onto the emulator for it install the application.
However I do suggest as #CommonsWare stated, use a physical Android Device instead of an emulator as some (probably most) apps won't work correctly due to Google Play Services being missing. You could try the images in the Android SDK that contain part of the Google Play Services within them, it's worth a shot but not something to rely on for the long run.
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I am trying to download an app from virtual emulator using google play. Google play list all my real devices that I have used my email on and asks to download this app to one of them. I want to install it in the mobile emulator instead, is this even possible ?
Google play emulator download
Yes this is possible,
Open the AVD manager in android studio
create a virtual device
choose a device definition with the play store icon
Using this AVD you'll be able to login and access the play store. You can then install apps on this device via the browser too
If your emulator having the "PlayStore" then you can sign with your Gmail account, and can download the app likewise the real device,
I installed Play Store in my android emualtor. for some reasons I can't download many applications to my Emulator, because when it says "your device isn't compatible with this version" or just not appearing when I'm searching it.
Is there any way to "disguise" my emulator as Nexus 5 so that many application won't block me from downloading it?
I suggest you use the perfect Android emulator called: Genymotion: http://www.genymotion.com/, and then take look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvTYDcYOFyw to set up the Google play service on it. It works perfectly, and I can have different devices to emulate and download what I want.
I don't have a google glass device. But I am very interested to do apps for Google Glass. I want to run a Hello World in Google Glass without the use of device.
I followed the tutorials for Google Glass. Then I found some sample projects of Google glass. Can Anyone tell me how to run a simple Google Glass Project on an emulator or without a device.
And can you tell, Is there any alternative way to test the Glass APK developed by us without device.
First you need to set up Glass On mobile or an Emulator in Web. Gooogle Glass is orignally a launcher over android you need to install the apks of that launcher.
Here you will find the APK's (however Camera for Glass never worked for me.)
Here is an Album showing you the process (on Nexus 7)
And This is the set of Demo's
After all set up you have to connect the android phone and then install the apk's using adb.
e.g.
adb install -r com.sample.packagee
after that you can launch the app through voice command or if it doesnot support voice trigger then launch it like
adb shell am start -n com.mikedg.android.glass.launchy/.MainActivity
I am writing down a wiki for the issues and the to do's Please check it here..
There are no simulators right now available to do perform testing without the device.
First :
You can try this https://github.com/zhuowei/Xenologer and install the apk on mobile device which is more or less similar to what you are looking for.
Second :
You can try thus but u have to build your application based on Mirror API http ://glasssim.com/ or
https ://developers.google.com/glass/tools-downloads/playground
Third to have your custom apk install :
https ://developers.google.com/glass/develop/gdk/quick-start#installing_the_samples
To display your hello world Try second option it should work. It will add your card in Glass Timeline.
Hope this answers your question.
Thanks
There is not an emulator for Glass at this time. Testing on Glass is an important part of a Glassware development life cycle as the user experience is completely different from what you can experience on a phone or an emulator.
Feel free to follow issue 253 on our issue tracker for updates as the GDK evolves.
Hi guys, I know most of people faced the problem same like me.
But I still cant solve this problems.
I had build android app and this app is using Google Map API and Google Places API.
I had signed my apk file using Eclipse wizard, but when I transfer it to my tab (taiwan product) using SD Card it said "application not installed". I never installed this app with debug key before. All others Google Map apps I downloaded from Play store can use well in this tab.
I set min android version is 2.2 and highest is 4.0.3. My tab running on 4.0.3.
I also tried to install this app to other brands low end tablet, and it was successful.
But in my tablet, it failed.
Anybody have idea why I can't install this signed apk file? I had tried so much to solve this.
thanks..
There comes a time in every Android user's life where you want to install an app not found in the Android Market. If it's your first time, you're greeted with, "For security, your phone is set to block installation of applications not obtained from the Android Market" message as you try to install. But how do we get there?
To allow app installs from non-Market apps, tap the menu button on your home screen, then choose Settings >> Applications >> Unknown sources.
Who are these "Unknown sources," and what do they want? Simply put, it's anything other than the Android Market. Could be an app sent by e-mail. Or downloaded from a website.
If you're worried about the security implications of allowing unknown sources, there's an easy fix -- install the app from outside the Android Market, and then hit the checkbox again to turn them back off.
source.
I have an HTC buzz, which has a smaller screen (QVGA) than most android phones. Now there is an application (hyves) which is in the market but when I scan their QR code or try it via appbrain it keeps saying Not Found. A frien of mine (who now is in belgium) has a G1 and I've copied the APK when he installed hyves. The app itself works fine just the icons are a little to large, but that is not annoying.
Now the problem, there is an update, and I cannot install it via the normal way. Is there a way to get the download URL of an APK in the market (via cyrket or so)? I can try to sniff my network when the phone trys to get an app but I'm not sure how to do that and if that would work...
It happened to me with Angry Birds.
You can try to:
Install the android simulator
with a modified ROM that has the
market installed (here it is how to
do it).
Install in the simulator the application you can't install in your phone
Update it with market whenever there is an update
Share the APK with Dropbox or mail it, transfer to you PC or whatever is fine for you
Download and install the new version in your physical phone
The thing is that this application probably has some specific market filters enabled, so the market hides it from you. For example this app may decide (and report that to Android Market) that it shouldn't be run on QVGA screens, or that it shouldn't be run on your phone's Android version, etc etc. And for that reason Market won't show it to you.
But at the same time it finds itself suitable for your friend's phone, so it shows there.
So I guess whichever url you use - it won't help, market won't show it to you anyway.
The only option for you to install it is to find apk somewhere and install manually. Just as you did. And you'll have to repeat it for each and every update :)
So, find updated apk file ;)