i am developing andriod app. On GUI development, I have issue how to test if GUI works on different Android phones (i mean with different screen size, density and etc). How i can check if everything is correct?
You are asking for the hardest thing to do in Android development :)
Read Supporting Multiple Screens.
If you are targeting motorola devices, here are a bunch of SDK addons for the emulator.
If you need to test a specific device, you can try using perfectomobile.
Can't you test that with the emulator?
You'll have to create multiple AVDs ("Android Virtual Devices") with the settings you want for Resolution, Density and so on.
I usually use two steps:
Create a few emulators with different screen-sizes and versions of Android.
After succesfully testing step 1 I hand out my app to some friends with different Android phones and let them test my app.
You can test your android app. without using any mobile phone..
Just go through the link(if your app is using flash) here..
Or See another tool
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I've developed a few phonegap apps for ios and now I want to create android versions for one of them. The thing with android is, of course, that it is used on so many different devices. I understand that the safest way is to test the app on every single device that I'm targeting, but is there a smart and easy solution to test for as many devices as possible without buying 20 new phones? Is the emulator, for example, reliable?
Any hints and tips from you android phonegap guys and girls out there much appreciated!
You can try Genymotion. It has a wide range of devices and they are reliable as far as I experienced, you can get it here;
http://www.genymotion.com/
Also you can try virtual devices from Eclipse. Plus if you try a few real devices, it would be enough I think.
You are right, there are hundreds of devices no one tests them all.
The best idea is to test on a few physical devices of varying API level and screen size. That is of course not always possible so best idea is to use the built in emulators.
Android SDK comes with an Android SDK manager, this enabled you to download system images for every API version.
You can then use Android Device Manager to create new emulators, running different screen sizes and images.
This should enable you to test quite comprehensively.
Good luck.
I currently have a web app and an app on google play. What i want to know is, Is there an emulator for android galaxy note, s3 google nexus and so on.
Also is there an emulator for non iOS or android like windows mobile, blackberry for me to test out my web app and see if it works on them devices with the screen resolutions.
please help.
thanks.
https://app.manymo.com/emulators
Android emulators that:
Start quickly. Run smoothly. Are lightweight.
Match every current OS version & screen size.
Are accessible from your browser.
An Android emulator is included in the Android SDK. Using this emulator you can mimic the hardware of a device. OS modifications made by the device vendors are not included in this emulator.
From what i know there is Blackberry Eclipse Plugin ...
Here, a link
https://swdownloads.blackberry.com/Downloads/entry.do?code=060AD92489947D410D897474079C1477
Maybe it helps
The android emulator is included for the SDK, http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
You may want to take a look at this thread -> Samsung Galaxy s3 emulator settings . It mentions configurations to setup the Galaxy SIII emulator, and also other related configurations.
from Android Studio v2.4 some of AVD supports Google Play. You can use a native tool because they are much more better than previously
i'm developing a webapp for a 10" android tablet, what would you say is the best/fastest way to see how the app will lokk like on such a screen ? maybe in the Emulator, but how to set it up and maybe it's to slow for me to make quick refreshs ? isn't there a a posibilty to have just the android browser for windows ?
The fastest and most accurate way will always be a real device.
Apart from that you could always use the Android emulator to simulate different screen sizes and resolutions (this is meant for android app development but no reason why you can't use it for mobile web development).
The Android emulator is part of the Android SDK, you would just need to use AVD manager to create a new virtual device.
I am beginner android developer. I am trying to create a simple game using android-ndk and OpenGL-ES, but the emulator unfortunatelly doesn't support OpenGL. What is more it is a bit slow. So, I am planing buying a tablet with android. Maybe Asus Transformer or Acer Iconia. But I am afraid, will I be able to test my applications on these devices? Aren't there any limitations about that? I read some information on the topic and I suppose that I can install apps signed with the debug key...
Yes, you will be able to test the applications on any android tablet that has an equal to or higher version of android to your app. For how to do so look here: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/device.html.
I really want to get into Android programming but I only have access to company resources right now. I have the money right now to purchase a XOOM or a development laptop. Is it possible to compile Android apps using the command line on the Xoom while using other apps to write the program files.
What would seem like a dream environment would be if I purchased a XOOM and a BlueTooth Keyboard. Am I dreaming? Developing using older Android devices was naturally limited by the screen space of the device and the underlying hardware also.
No, as far as I know, you cannot develop Android applications from within Android. You will need a Windows, Mac, or Linux desktop environment to develop Android applications. Visit the Android Developer site for additional info on the SDK.
Go for the development laptop, and test your applications on the emulator. Initially you can get friends to test them out on their android for you, and hopefully by the time you make something important enough you will be able to afford your own android.
Check out AIDE. It can build and deploy apps natively on Android.
Google doesn't have a version of the SDK that runs on an android device, although as devices become more powerful this would be a pretty awesome thing to have.
You'll want the laptop, since it can emulate different android devices.
Buy the laptop and get a cheap phone on craigslists.
Although, the XOOM emulator doesn't work at all, so if you want to develop specifically for that tablet it's a good idea to buy it. It's impossible to emulate android 3.0 on any computer on earth :)