Is it possible to create an AVD to emulate the Nexus 4?
I am using Eclipse and I'm pretty sure I have updated all of the SDK tools etc, along with the 4.2 SDK/system Image etc.
However, when I open the AVD manager to add a new AVD, there no longer seems to be the ability to enter a custom resolution/density etc. There is a droplist containing several devices, but no Nexus 4, and no generic version with a resolution of 768x1200.
Am I just missing something obvious?
Thanks in advance for any help!
After Update your ADT to version 21.
In Older Version each time you have to set Add Custom Screen if you want custom Device Configurations as (if you want Nexus 4).
In ADT21 version you can get this thing done by
open AVD Manager, u can define your custom screen in "Device Definition"
Alternative (Much Easier approach)
in Newest Version you Don't Need to Set Custom Device
Configurations from the above Suggestion as much easier way is available for it. you >Just Have to Make Emulator With your Device
Configurations and after you will see those Configurations with
Emulator Name Inside Graphical Layout of XML
like after Created my Emulator of Nexus7 Emulator with Android 4.2 with Name as "Nexus7_Android_4.2" i will get this Device Configuration in Graphical Layout of xml automatically.
Below is the Screen Shot of it.
Hope it will Help you.
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For some reason, after updating the ADT to R21, I cannot preview my layout on any type of size like I could before :
So, I declared a new Android Virtual Device by using the AVD manager and there, I can't found anything that could look like a Nexus 10 resolution :
Is anyone having the same trouble ? How can I preview a Nexus 10 layout with the cool "Preview All screens" feature ?
Thanks in advance.
You need to create a new 'Device Definition' for the Nexus 10 and populate it with the information regarding resolution, ram etc for that device. You can find the 'Device Definition' tab in the Android Virtual Device Manager. Once you create the new device definition, it will appear as an option in the 'Create New Android Device (AVD)' dialog box.
Good luck!
Note: I am running Mac OS X 10.8.2 and Eclipse ADT v21
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I updated my ADT to 21 last night, but then I found that in the ADT XML Overlay tool, I can't define a custom screen(1024*768, mdpi). Could you help me?
After Update your ADT to version 21.
In Older Version each time you have to set Add Custom Screen if you want custom Device Configurations.
In ADT21 Oversion you can get this thing done by
open AVD Manager, u can define your custom screen in "Device Definition"
Alternative (Much Easier approach)
in Newest Version you Don't Need to Set Custom Device
Configurations from the above Suggestion as much easier way is available for it. you >Just Have to Make Emulator With your Device
Configurations and after you will see those Configurations with
Emulator Name Inside Graphical Layout of XML
like after Created my Emulator of Nexus7 Emulator with Android 4.2 with Name as "Nexus7_Android_4.2" i will get this Device Configuration in Graphical Layout of xml automatically.
Below is the Screen Shot of it.
Hope it will Help you.
I'm using the Eclipse IDE (Juno 4.2) and the latest Android/Google ADK.
The ability to load/use custom skins seems to have disappeared. When creating a device in the AVD (android virtual device manager), it was possible to specify a skin from drop-down {skins had to be loaded into the sdk/android-##/skins}. The directory(s) are still there but adding skins does not allow/permit selecting it in any part of the virtual device creation process.
I'm running Eclipse Juno 4.2 on both a windows and mac os.
developer.android.com docs still show UI that for selecting custom skins.
Is is possible to still use custom skins is there now a restriction on skins?
The only way I've found to do this is to manually edit the config.ini file for your AVD. Change the field "skin_name" to the name of the skin you want to use and change "skin_path" to the path to the skin, relative to the sdk directory.
So if your skin was part of an SDK add-on, an AVD config.ini that looks like this:
skin_name=1280x800
skin_path=1280x800
Would be changed to:
skin_name=MyDevice
skin_path=add-ons\addon_device_vendor_api\skins\MyDevice
Or in your example:
skin_path=platforms\android-##\skins\MySkin
The Docs don't appear to have been updated for revision 21 of the ADT yet, so maybe they'll have more information in the future. I'd really like to know if there's a way to do this from within the Device Manager, but this is the only way I've found to do it.
After Update your ADT to version 21.
In Older Version each time you have to set Add Custom Screen if you want custom Device Configurations.
In ADT21 Oversion you can get this thing done by
open AVD Manager, u can define your custom screen in "Device Definition"
Alternative (Much Easier approach)
in Newest Version you Don't Need to Set Custom Device
Configurations from the above Suggestion as much easier way is available for it. you >Just Have to Make Emulator With your Device
Configurations and after you will see those Configurations with
Emulator Name Inside Graphical Layout of XML
like after Created my Emulator of Nexus7 Emulator with Android 4.2 with Name as "Nexus7_Android_4.2" i will get this Device Configuration in Graphical Layout of xml automatically.
Below is the Screen Shot of it.
Hope it will Help you.
I have two folder res/layout and res/layout-sw600dp. When I try to run my app in Tablet Emulator 7 inch (1024x600) I see on screen layout from res/layout. How to see another layout for tablet from layout-sw600dp in Emulator?
Double click the layout you want to open or choose a different setting from the drop down menus and the relevant layout will be loaded. e.g Nexus One, Nexus S etc
Add a custom layout in this menu if the defaults do not suit your devices.
To see these layouts at runtime you need to run your app on a device\emulator that matches the layout settings.
To be able to see both layouts, you will need to use different Android Virtual Devices (AVD's), or in other words, a different Emulator. The android documentation has a page dedicated to managing AVD's.
The android development team has provided a tool that you use to create AVD's called AVD Manager. I believe that you have used it, because to be on an emulator means that you have already created one!
You can find it in Eclipse in the following location:
Window -> AVD Manager
To actually see the different layouts between the different emulators, you will need to configure them differently, to accurately represent the device you want to target. You should be able to tweak the Hardware options to make your emulators behave differently. You can find a list of hardware options here.
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