EDIT:
After searching for a while it seems that currently there is no way of creating a virtual device of a Fire TV
I am trying to create an amazon virtual device using AVD Manager, but I am not being able to find a correct image.
I followed the steps detailed here:
https://developer.amazon.com/public/solutions/devices/fire-tv/docs/setting-up-your-development-environment
But they dont specify anything about creating a test device.
Also here:
https://developer.amazon.com/public/resources/development-tools/ide-tools/tech-docs/testing-without-an-amazon-device
Says:
The steps described here cannot be used to simulate the Fire TV.
But never provides a link to a documentation about how to do it.
Could it be that there is not way to create a virtual Fire TV?
Thanks a lot!
I found an official document to test fire tv application without devices, see this link, I just list the important steps as follows:
To set up an Android TV emulator for your app:
Go to Tools > Android > AVD Manager, or click the AVD Manager button on the top navigation bar.
Click the + Create Virtual Device button. Note: You can select one of the default TV profiles, or you can customize the settings by
following the steps below. If you select a default TV profile, skip
ahead to step 12 where you select a system image.
In the Category column, select TV.
Click the New Hardware Profile button.
In the Device Name, type something like fire_tv_emulator. (Avoid using parentheses in the name, as this may cause errors.)
For the Device Type, select Android TV.
For the Screen size, type the screen size you want (for example, 40).
For the Resolution, type the resolution you want (for example, 1280 x 720).
For the Supported device states, select only Landscape (clear the Portrait check box).
Click Finish.
In the “Choose a device definition” dialog box, select the emulator you just created and click Next.
In the Release Name column, select at least Marshmallow API Level 23 or higher. If you haven’t downloaded this system image yet, click
Download to download it. (If you select API Level 22 or lower, media
playback will fail in the emulator.)
Click Next and then click Finish.
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I am new to android development, I want to know how can we add Samsung galaxy devices/skin into my emulator?
I can able to add skins of Samsung galaxy but can't see in AVD manager.
I need help to understand this.
Steps to add new skin into your Android Emulator:
Need to download the skin of your desired device, Recommended URL https://developer.samsung.com/galaxy-emulator-skin/galaxy_note_series.html to download
Then unzip this downloaded file, Now copy and paste this to /Users/YourUserName/Library/Android/sdk/platforms/android-29/skins
Launch android studio and open AVD manager
Now we need to add a device definition for that recently added skin
In AVD manager click to this create virtual device option
Now you will see the an option for New Hardware Profile option at the bottom left of this popup.
Click to this New Hardware Profile, you will get a popup for Configure Hardware Profile. Add device and device type then scroll down and you will find an option for Default skin dropdown, Choose your newly added skin
Afterwards press this finish button at the right bottom and you are done with device definition configuration.
Now you can create your own virtual device with this newly added device definition.
I just get started with Android studio but I have ran into a problem
in the beginning stage of setup.
I have created my virtual device using AVD manager but whenever i hit 'run' button, it ask me to select device to run on but the drop box(Prefer android virtual device) doesnt show mine. what am i missing?enter image description here
I have added link of the pictures. i apology for the inconvinience. this site doesnt allow me to post pictures yet
The Nexus 4 API 27 is the virtual device that you have. If another device was successfully created, it would have been visible in the list.
Refer this Image
These options are used for operations that should be performed on your device Nexus 4 API 27
Your device is created and you can run your device using Run icon.
When hit run button , in Available Virtual Device Section your Device is Shown. Just select and Click OK
I've installed Android Studio in the Applications folder on my Mac (I think the sdk is then in the package content), but now I want to record my screen for a demonstration video of an app with AShot.jar, and I have to give up the path to the SDK. When I give the path I think is right, it says the path Applications/Android\ Studio.app/sdk is not valid.
What to do?
Are there other ways to record your android screen?
Connect your Device with your pc via usb.
Open android studio.Ensure that device is connected with adb.
Start click Screen Recording.
Screen Record can record the device display for a maximum of 3 minutes.
Note:
The Screen Record Works with Real Android Device and some Emulators.
If the button is in grey and un-clickable means that device not supports video capture.
The Screenshots from my system:
For those of us who need a "Complete Idiot's Guide" in order to find the elusive "Screen Record" button, here it is:
First, make sure you have LogCat open (Press F6, at least on OSx).
Then you might find that you still don't see any record button. Just hover on the tiny "overflow" arrow seen in the image below.
You should now see the record button, indicated in the image below.
Congratulations, if your device supports screen recording, just click the button and up will pop a dialog asking you to input resolution and bitrate (since this is an "Idiot's Guide", just skip those and click "Start Recording"!).
If you are using Android 4.4 or higher you can use adb:
http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html#screenrecord
It can be found in the platform-tools folder under your sdk install folder.
This point may be helpful for some one else
All device do not support screen video recording with android studio. In this regard you can use emulator.
I was trying to fix my problem "hardware buttons not enabled in AVD" after an hour research
all I found was people who lead people to go to "hardware section and fix blabla"
but interestingly my AVD doesn't have this section.I actually found some of options under Device Definitions but still couldnt fix my problem nor found this menu.All screenshots I saw had Hardware section...
My specs are; MacOS , Android 4.2.2 (Api17) , Eclipse
P.S:everything else works perfectly .I am just missing this section.
The instructions you were looking at were probably from R20 or earlier versions of the Android Developer Tools. R21 is different and appears to be what you are running. You change the behavior of the hardware buttons on the Device Definitions tab for whatever device is associated with your AVD:
Change the Buttons drop-down to Software or Hardware depending on what you want the behavior to be.
After lengthy trial and error, I banished the "hardware buttons not enabled in AVD" problem by discovering that there are at least three distinct 'gotchas' that must be set properly. I am using Eclipse Java EE Juno with ADT version 22.3.0 (latest as of 2013 Nov 3).
In summary, it's a bit awkward to figure out the first time, but simple thereafter. The virtual device definition must include 1) hardware buttons, 2) the device definition must also be chosen in the AVD selector drop down field, and 3) the box must be ticked for displaying a skin with hardware controls. All three are critical. Step by step:
Window → Android Virtual Device Manager (See screen capture below) (NOTE: If not visible in menu, choose Window → Customize Perspective and tick Android SDK and AVD manager - but assume this has already been done if you have gotten far enough to get the above error message)
Click the first tab, which is Android Virtual Device, click Edit, and note the name of the Device listed in the second combo box field from the top. This is going to be either a built in default Android virtual device definition, or a custom one you have created (or will create) from scratch. Make note of this Device name and close Edit Android Virtual Device edit window by clicking "OK"
Click the second tab in Android Virtual Device Manager which is Device Definitions and select the device you remember from step #2 above from the list (Note to emulator developers - this setup step is slightly more awkward than necessary - perhaps tabs one and two could be tied together more closely to allow double clicking a device and editing it directly instead of having to close a tab then opening another). After selecting the virtual device definition, choose Edit (or Clone if the device you want to edit is a built-in definition because if it is a built-in device, it must be saved as a cloned copy once edited. Name the cloned device something memorable in the top left field of the Clone Device window, e.g. add "_hardwareButtons" to the end of the default name).
IMPORTANT: Edit the cloned device: Ensure that Buttons → Hardware is chosen on the right hand side, fourth field down, of the Edit Device (or Clone Device) window (from step #3 above under Device Definitions tab). This is critically important or the Hardware buttons will not be active. This is the most likely root cause of the above error message. It's OK to leave Input as No Nav unless you want to use the virtual DPad. Click Edit Device (or Clone Device) at the bottom right of the window to save your changes.
IMPORTANT: Inside Android Virtual Device manager, click first tab again, which is Android virtual device. Select Edit and ensure that the newly edited, created, or cloned device is selected by name in the Device field drop down combo box (second from top) of the AVD. (see top two screen captures above). It is critically important that the proper device is chosen here, because creating a newly cloned device does not automatically update, or associate it with, your AVD (see my comments to emulator developers above).
IMPORTANT: Also inside the same Android Virtual Device edit box, Make sure Skin → Display a skin with hardware controls is ticked. This is also critically important or you will not see any hardware buttons at all. Click "OK" to close Edit window.
For good measure (possibly unnecessary) I clicked Refresh in the first tab (Android Virtual Device) of AVD manager and looked to be sure that a green checkmark was in front of the AVD I just edited. If not, it's probably because the newly edited device is not yet connected with your AVD. Click Edit and again choose the proper newly edited device name. Click "OK" to close.
In addition and optional for the truly paranoid, you can click Details under AVD first tab and expand the window to look at your device definition specifics. Make sure that skin.dynamic is yes, hw.keyboard: is no (unless want keyboard) and hw.mainKeys: is yes and hw.dPad: is no (unless want dPad) and, as always, ensure that you have the proper device name chosen.
Now you should have a perfectly viable AVD defined that you can use in the RUN → RUN CONFIGURATION Eclipse menu and it will not display the dreaded "hardware buttons not enabled in AVD" error message.
In Eclipse, RUN → RUN CONFIGURATION, choose your app name from the left hand side (and make sure it also appears under Android tab) and that the newly defined AVD is ticked under the Target tab and click RUN. (or CTRL+F11 after the first run of any new configuration).
Here are some screen captures from a tablet emulator as an example:
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.