Disable menubutton in the android emulator - android

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.

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How can we add Samsung galaxy skin into android emulator?

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.

Can't Create Android Virtual Device. OK Button disabled

I can't create a new AVD in Eclipse. I've tried doing it using the AVD Manager.exe (basically out of Eclipse) and as you can see I have CPU/ABI options yet no matter what I do the OK button is disabled
By default the "skin" option is left blank. In order to create an emulator, you'll need to choose one.

don't see the call button enabled in Virtual device

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".

Virtual device without menu button

I found this answer: "Start ICS emulator without Menu button" but the "hardware" properties list doesn't exist in the latest AVD manager GUI (v21.1).
How to create an ICS emulator without menu button in the latest version (21.1) of AVD manager ?
In the new-version UI, you must go to the Device Definitions tab (inside the Android Virtual Device Manager window) to configure the virtual hardware. Once you've set up a device definition the way you like it, you can Create AVD... from that definition.
You need to create a new device under "device definitions", there you can set several settings. Then create an avd based on your custom device.

D'pad Is disabled in emulator

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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