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Table of Contents

5. Android Device emulator and Android Virtual Devices5.1. Android Device emulator and Android Virtual Devices5.2. Google vs. Android AVD5.3. Android devices emulator Shortcuts

6. Exercise: Create and Start Android Virtual Devices6.1. Target6.2. Create AVD6.3. Start Your AVD

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7. Conventions and API Level7.1. API Version7.2. Android project and package name

8. Exercise: Use the Android project Wizard8.1. Android Project Wizard8.2. Create Android Project

9. Exercise: Start the generated Android Application9.1. Start AVD9.2. Start Application

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10. Android Developer Tools

10.1. DDMS – Dalvik Debug Monitor Service10.2. Emulator Control10.3. File explorer

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5. Android Device emulator and Android Virtual Devices

5.1. Android emulator and Android Virtual Device• The Android SDK contains an Android device emulator. This emulator can

be used to run an Android virtual device (AVD). AVDs allow you to test your Android applications on different Android versions and configurations without access to the real hardware.

• During the creation of your AVD you define the configuration for the virtual device. This includes, for example, the resolution, the Android API version and the density.

• You can define multiple AVDs with different configurations and start them in parallel. This allows you to test different device configurations.

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5.2. Google vs. Android AVD

• During the creation of an AVD you decide if you want to create an Android device or a Google device.

• An AVD created for Android contains the programs from the Android Open Source Project. An AVD created for the Google API's contains additional Google specific code.

• AVDs created with the Google API allow you to test applications which use Google Play services, e.g., the new Google maps API or the new location services.

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5.3. Android device emulator shortcuts The following table lists useful shortcuts for working with an AVD.

Table 1. Android device emulator shortcuts

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Shortcut DescriptionAlt+Enter Maximizes the emulator.

Ctrl+F11 Changes the orientation of the emulator from landscape to portrait and vice versa.

F8 Turns the network on and off.

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6.Create and start Android Virtual Device

6.1. Target

In this exercise you create and start an AVD. Even if you have a real Android device available, you should get familiar with the creation and usage of AVDs. Virtual devices give you the possibility to test your application for selected Android versions and a specific configuration.

6.2. Create AVD Define a new Android Virtual Device (AVD) by opening the AVD

Manager via Window → Android Virtual Device Manager and by pressing the New button.

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Enter values similar to thefollowing screenshot :

Afterwards press the OK button.This will create the AVD configuration and display it under the list of available virtual devices.

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6.3. Start your AVD Select your new entry and press the Start button. Select Launch in the

following dialog.

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7. Conventions and API level

7.1. API version

The tutorials of this document have been developed and tested with Android 4.3, API Level 18. Please use this version for all tutorials in this tutorial. Higher versions of the API level should also work. A lower version of the Android API might also work, but if you face issues, try the recommended version.

7.2. Android project and package name

The base package for the projects is always the same as the project name, e.g., if you are asked to create a project called com.vogella.android, then the corresponding package name is com.vogella.android.

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8. Exercise: Use the Android project wizard

8.1. Android project wizard

The Android Developer Tools provide wizards for creating Android applications. In this exercise you use one of the wizards to create an Android application.

8.2. Create Android project

To create a new Android project select File → New → Other... → Android → Android Project from the menu.

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Press e Next button and ensure that you have enabled the checkboxes Create a launcher icon and Create activity.

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On the wizard page for the launcher icon, create an application icon of your choosing. The following screenshot shows an example for a possible result.

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Press the Next button and select the BlankActivity template. Press the Next button to proceed.

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Enter the following data in the dialog for the BlankActivity template. The

selection is depicted in the screenshot after the table.

Table 3. Values for the template

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Parameter Value

Activity MainActivity

Layout activity_main

Navigation Type none

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Press the Finish button.The wizard may prompt you to install the support library. If so, select to install it.

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9. Exercise: Start the generated Android application

9.1. Start AVD

If you have not yet done so, create and start an Android virtual device (AVD) fitting for your selected API version.

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To build, install and run your application the Android application on the Android emulator, select your project, right click on it, and select Run-As → Android Application.

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You may be prompted if the Android Developer Tools should monitor messages. Select Yes in this case and press theOK button.

This starts your application on the AVD. The started application is a simple Hello, world. application.

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10. Android Developer Tools

10.1. DDMS - Dalvik Debug Monitor Service• Eclipse provides a perspective for interacting with your Android (virtual)

device and your Android application program. Select Window → Open Perspective → Other... → DDMS to open this perspective. It groups several Eclipse views which can also be used independently.

• On the left side it shows you the connected Android devices and the running processes on the device. The right side is a stack of views with different purposes. You can select processes and trigger actions from the toolbar, e.g., start a trace or stop the process.

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10.2. Emulator Control The Emulator Control view allows you to simulate phone calls and SMS on

the AVD.• It also allows the application to set the current geo position.

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10.3. File explorer The file explorer allows you to browse the file system on your Android

virtual device.

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