I am trying to run my app specifically on Galaxy S4. But I do not have the real time device. So, I'm trying to create the emulator for Galaxy S4. I have a normal Core I3 system with 4GB RAM. It doesn't have any graphics card and all.
I am finding the ways for installing the Samsung Galaxy S4 add-ons to my sdk. But I am not getting it.
I referred these links,
Android Galaxy S4 Emulator Not Opening
How to test android app in Galaxy S4 configuration using emulator?
http://developer.samsung.com/android/technical-docs/Using-Samsung-Emulators-for-Android-Application-Development
http://developer.samsung.com/board/list.do?ctgy1=1&ctgy2=1&menu=EN01010301&srchYn=Y&pageIndex=1&pageSize=10&search=
However, I am unable to get any results with these.
Then I referred this alternative for Galaxy S4 i.e., installing Sony add-on for Xperia Z which has the same config as S4. And I am able to create a Xperia Z avd. I have checked "Use Host GPU" option also. But still, the screen appears to be totally black.
http://developer.sonymobile.com/knowledge-base/sony-add-on-sdk/install-the-sony-add-on-sdk/
So can any body tell me how to install S4 add on so that I can create an emulator for it.
Update:
RAM Allocated: 256MB
HeapSize: 64
And I have modified the screen size to 4.0 inches to adjust to my system.
This is how I created my S4 emulator and working perfectly.
Go to "Android VirtualDevice Manager" -> Device Manager -> New Device and fill in like this:
Or follow this tutorial:
http://developer.sonymobile.com/knowledge-base/sony-add-on-sdk/install-the-sony-add-on-sdk/
You can check Samsung RTL. It will be very useful for testing. Just create a new credential and use any of available devices.
Try using Genymotion. It provides a built-in image for Galaxy S4/HTC One/Xperia Z (running Android 4.2.2). While it does not emulate any S4 specific software, it does provide a pretty good hardware match.
I am on mac-OSX and setting "Use Host GPU" solved the problem
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In my PC, I can create any medium density emulator(e.g. 1280x768) and run it properly. But when I am trying to run any emulator of high density or extra high density emulator, it is showing black screen only, it is not loading anything and I cannot run any app there, if I try to run any app, it is giving "Error type 2". What is problem? Is it any hardware limitation?
I too face this type of problem earlier. But I have rectified this by using VirtualBox.
Install virtual box
check this for how to use virtual box as android emulator
I installed different add-on like Samsung Galaxy, Motorola Xoom, Xoom2, Xoom2Me etc and create AVD using them, it solved my problem.
I am developing an app to run on android. I have an emulator with the pixel resolution of an 10.1 inch tablet display, but emulator keeps running my app on a much smaller area on this large screen. Does anybody know how to configure an emulator properly using AVD? By the way im using IntelliJ as ide not an eclipse.
Thanks in advance
suppose you have to make an application for galaxy tab 10.1 inch then you have to do following :
Open the Android SDK and AVD Manager
Click on Available packages
Expand the Third party Add-ons. There you will see Samsung
Electronics add-ons.
Once the add-on is installed create a new emulator. Under Target you
will see the new Samsung Tab settings, select it.
I can I create a AVD for android 4.0.3 so that I can test my app on emulator?
I have download android 4.0.3 SDK from Android SDK manager. But how can I create a AVD so that i will run as an tablet environment? The only one I found is SamSung Galaxy Tab, but that is for API 8. I am looking for something which works on 4.0.3
Thank you.
Check How to Test Your Application on Multiple Screens
in fallowing link:
http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html
its given there how can you test your app on tablet.
you just have to change your avd according to extra large.
remember one thing skin for tablet is available from 3.0 .
In 4.0 skin for tablet is not there.
for that try 3.0 to 3.2 versions( which were made for tablets specifically. \
Android avd sucks,
I suggest, use genymotion its fast. faster then your phone
If you are looking for a skinned version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab, it is currently not available for any of the ICS API levels.
And using just the resolution to create Tablet emulator for ICS can be slightly tricky. For example, the Samsung Galaxy S II has a resolution of 720 * 1280 pixels.
To create an AVD for a tablet based on the ICS API, you should use the "WXGA800" from the drop down under the "Skin" option. I used this very option to create a tablet AVD and use it all the time.
Hope this helps.
in skin: where you select between built-in or resolution check in built-in drop down if WXGA720 or WXGA800 exists, if any of two are there then select one and create avd in the case of 4.0 it creates tab.
If you start eclipse.
Click in the menubar [Window -> AVD Manager]
Click 'New' to create a new emulator.
Here you can select which target/platform you want to run on it.
And select the resolution for the emulator.
FYI, you can create any size/resolutions of AVD. Just define the resolutions while creating AVD.
as far as i can see, there is no specific device emulator for 4.0.3. you can just create an avd from device manager with the api level 15 as the previous answer says. doesn't it work for you?
Most answers are 7 year old now and eclipse specific.
The current solution using Android Studio described here is:
open Android Studio
Go to Tools -> AVD Manager
Click + Create Virtual Device
I'm driving to make a virtual machine for 7 inch tables but whatever I make tends to be a big screen that displays the layout like a phone. When I use the GUI designer with the 7 inch tablet option it lays out right and even displays good on a real 7 inch tablet, but on the emulator it shows up like a phone and does not layout correctly.
I see several questions on this but none have gotten rid of the phone layout issue.
How would I get this to work?
To get the official Samsung Galaxy Tab emulator do the following:
1) Open the Android SDK and AVD Manager
2) Click on Available packages
3) Expand the Third party Add-ons. There you will see Samsung Electronics add-ons.
4) Once the add-on is installed create a new emulator. Under Target you will see the new Samsung Tab settings, select that.
That's it!
That method did not work for me.
I looked up documentation on googles site to determine screensizes and that is what I used to create a tablet.
I a few days i will get a new Samsumg Galaxy SII and now i want to try developing apps for Android, so i installed eclipse and the ADT however the emulator seems to be painfully slow so i found a workaround: installing the generic x86 version in Oracle VirtualBox and connect it via adb connect <ip> to eclipse and it works extremely well.
However i am running in a "high res" version or something like that and i would like to scale it down to some more common resolution to imitate the resolution of smartphones like my Galaxy. Is anyone familiar with this customization?
I'm not sure how one can control the resolution at install. However, you if you run it live from the disk, you can highlight VESA mode. Then,
If you want to use higher resolution, you can edit the boot option by
pressing TAB, change vga=788 (800x600) to vga=791 (1024x768) or
vga=794 (1280x1024), and press Enter. You can also use vga=ask to see
all available modes. But please note Android will only work under
16-bit mode.
http://www.android-x86.org/documents/virtualboxhowto
For 800x480, you'll want video mode 375.
I've tested on 2.2 and 2.3: "android-x86-2.3-RC1-asus_laptop.iso" and http://code.google.com/p/android-x86/downloads/detail?name=android-x86-2.2-generic.iso&can=2&q= and i can get that video mode to work fine. After entering vga=ask, hit enter to see all the modes, then enter 375.