I am using android sdk 4.0.3 ,I have created an Emulator of it.
Now I have a problem that the emulator is showing the Disabled
DPAD Buttons .I have set up the Hardware keyboard present and display skin with buttons option in configuration.
So i just want to enable the Dpad Buttons on emulator
Every emulated device is based on a more or less real device, which you chose as '4.0" WVGA (480x800:hdpi)' this doesnt only concern the resolution of your emulated device bur also its hardware features. In the main screen of the avd-manager enter the tab that says device definitions. there you can edit your chosen device and you will find the dpad under input.
This sounds crazy, but it worked for me:
Launch a fresh emulator from the Android Virtual Device(AVD) Manager.
Note: "DO NOT START THE DEVICE".
Find the configuration file, something like: ~/.android/avd/XXXX.avd/config.ini
Notice that this directory has only one INI file.
Edit config.ini:
change hw.dPad=no to hw.dPad=yes
The AVD Manager will still show dPad=no when you click on Details. It appears to not catch on until the virtual device is started. (Clumsy? yes)
Start the device. It should show DPAD without the complaint about it not being there.
The DETAILS button in AVD Manager should also show hw.dPad=yes
I ran into this while trying to bring up the "Snake" demo. It failed to run, asking to press the UP key -- and the pad didn't respond! After getting DPAD set, the demo can be controlled through the pad.
This appears to be a bug in the AVD Manager. If you get dPad set to 'yes', it can be set to 'no' through the AVD Manager. But changing 'no' to 'yes' requires the above workaround.
The virtual device folder has a config file , just like my Mac OS X and a VM(A17) :
~/.android/avd/A17.avd/config.ini
change
hw.dPad=no
to
hw.dPad=yes
I found this solution in a different file. I am using SDK version revision 20.
Create a fresh AVD from you AVD manager.
There is no option in AVD manager to enable DPAD. I tried even by clicking Edit.
Go to C:\Users\%USERNAME%\.android\avd\YOUR_AVD_NAME folder
Open hardware-qemu.ini file. Here you will get all hw config details.
There you will find hw.dPad = no; Change it to hw.dPad = yes and save the file
Restart your AVD and Voila !!! DPAD is now enabled in Emulator.
Edit config.ini as
hw.dPad=no --> hw.dPad=yes
.
Clone Device Definitions with enable keyboard
Enable Input -> Keyboard.
For your previous AVD, So you wouldn't face this problem anymore in the future.
You have to uncheck the hardware keyboard present option. It would then be enabled. So the option would be
Display a skin with hardware controls - true
Hardware keyboard present - false
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In Android Studio (Arctic Fox | 2020.3.1 Patch 1), the initial creation and subsequent launch of a new virtual device in the emulator completes without any issues and the device frame shows properly. However, when opting to edit the virtual device, an error pops up briefly at the bottom of the window saying, "The skin directory does not point to a valid skin," and the Enable Device Frame option becomes un-ticked. If you cancel out of the Android Device Configuration window, the skin will still load correctly. If you check the Enable Device Frame checkbox and select the Finish button, the emulator will load without a skin. Going back to the device's option page shows that the Enable Device Frame checkbox has once again become un-ticked. Is this a bug and/or is there a workaround to this? I want to boot from a particular snapshot each time the emulator loads, but cannot do that without accessing the option page (whereby the skin will disappear once I finalize my option selection.)
I had this problem, I discovered I didn't have the SDK version downloaded for the version I had selected in AVD.
To solve in Android Studio Select: Tools > SDK Manager
Then check you have downloaded the SDK for the android version you are trying to use in AVD
I had the same issue when creating a new AVD:
Click "Show Advanced Settings"
Set "Custom skin definition" to "No Skin"
Error is gone
I had the same issue.
Create a new device.
Compare the config.ini files between the two.
I found mine in C:\Users\USER\.android\avd\Pixel_4_API_30.avd\
Edit accordingly.
Restart.
Android Studio 2.1.3 on Windows 10 64 bit.
I go to Tools->Android->AVD Manager.
It shows me an error "Android Virtual Device" failed to load - click Details to see the error.
When I click Details, it does not show any error.
When I click on Edit & try to turn of "Host GPU" & turn on "Snapshot" option, the OK button remains grayed out - so I cannot save the Snapshot Option.
The emulator itself runs fine - however, how do I turn on the Snapshot option.
Try going to your SDK manager and making sure everything is updated. Your options are slightly different and I believe it's because you are using an older version.
They now have the Emulator Accelerator. You can also select to run off of your hardware and choose the number of Cores from your CPU to assign to the virtual device.
accroding to this image http://imgur.com/cWqmDgH you have not set skin ..so please choose skin option then you will be able to see ok button
I am new to android development and installed the ADT. I have Created AVD and launched the emulator. But the problem is that I don't see the call button enabled. Can anyone please let me know what I am doing wrong here?
Some AVD device definitions disallow the AVD from displaying "hardware controls". You can change the settings for this in the Eclipse AVD manager, if that's what you're using, or you can alter the AVD class settings for the device by hacking the files that tell the IDE what (let's just say a Nexus 7) the physical device is like. A Nexus 7 has an all-glass screen, so no "virtual button" will show up on emulator, but if you emulate an older android flip phone with a physical keypad, the AVD emulator will show those as "virtual buttons".
You can go hack the device definition files by hand in a text editor to allow virtual "hardware buttons" to show up in the emulator (look for something like "hardwarekeys=true",
or you can chose another device to emulate that actually came with physical buttons, since that AVD definition will already be set to display some virtual "buttons".
When I am trying to type into an EditText in the emulator, it does not allow me to enter with the computers keyboard and the onscreen keyboard always pops up.
Is there a way to disable to the keyboard from popping up and allow entry from computers keyboard instead?
thanks
Try this:
Eclipse > Window menu > AVD Manager
Select your virtual device and click Edit
Under Hardware, Click New
Select Keyboard Support then click OK
Edit its value to yes
Now you have to click off onto another item in the list, like "Abtract LCD Density" or something. This seems to make the UI keep the "yes" change.
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Go to config.ini file in the AVD's local directory and set hw.keyboard to "NO".
Or you can update your emulator through command line using following command:
android update -avd <avd_name> [-<option> [<value>]] ... [-<qemu args>]
Good luck with Android
in simple way,
select your AVD from AVD manager
click Edit check "Keyboard Hardware Present"
now start your device. its done.
goto AVD manager -> select your device -> click settings -> check mark the "Hardware keyboard present" option -> restart your virtual device.
A slight correction for your question, It is not on-screen keyboard but its soft keyboard (Keyboard from emulator called soft keyboard).
But if you want to disable soft keyboard from you emulator kindly disable 2 things from your emulator, Android Keyboard (AOSP) and Google App.
From your emulator Go to Settings > Apps > and disable Android Keyboard (AOSP) and Google App. NOTE: By disabling Google App you may not use some Google App function, but you can Enable it back anytime.
Image below
When developing applications for ICS - the actionbar looks different depending on if there is a physical menubutton present on the device or not.
For example if not, a virtual button is displayed in the actionbar.
Is it possible to emulate a device without a menubutton by disabling it somehow in the emulator?
There is an option "hardware back/home keys". Specify the option and set it to "no" when creating the virtual device.
Open the AVD Manager, ClickShow on Diskoption, Edit theconfig.inifile from the opened directory, findhw.mainKeysconfig and set it toyes`
hw.mainKeys = yes
Save the file and restart the AVD.
Refer screenshots below for more details
With updated SDK tool (R22 as of this answer), the AVD manager editor no longer expose these options on the UI. You have to edit the config.ini of your AVD manually and change the following key from
hw.mainKeys=yes
to
hw.mainKeys=no
As #Yenchi said, tick on 'hw.mainKeys'.
The virtual device will look like second picture.