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Android Emulator

The Android emulator is a virtual device that allows users to test Android applications on a PC, simulating real device functionalities like calls, messages, and location. It requires specific system requirements, including a 64-bit processor and HAXM for hardware acceleration. Users can create an Android Virtual Device (AVD) in Android Studio to run applications and can also launch the emulator independently to install and test APK files.

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Android Emulator

The Android emulator is a virtual device that allows users to test Android applications on a PC, simulating real device functionalities like calls, messages, and location. It requires specific system requirements, including a 64-bit processor and HAXM for hardware acceleration. Users can create an Android Virtual Device (AVD) in Android Studio to run applications and can also launch the emulator independently to install and test APK files.

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Android Emulator

The Android emulator is an Android Virtual Device (AVD), which represents a specific
Android device. We can use the Android emulator as a target device to execute and test
our Android application on our PC. The Android emulator provides almost all the
functionality of a real device. We can get the incoming phone calls and text messages. It
also gives the location of the device and simulates different network speeds. Android
emulator simulates rotation and other hardware sensors. It accesses the Google Play store,
and much more

Requirement and recommendations


The Android emulator takes additional requirements beyond the basic system
requirement for Android Studio. These requirements are given below:

o SDK Tools 26.1.1 or higher


o 64-bit processor
o Windows: CPU with UG (unrestricted guest) support
o HAXM 6.2.1 or later (recommended HAXM 7.2.0 or later)

HAXM is a cross-platform hardware-assisted virtualization engine (hypervisor), widely used as an


accelerator for Android Emulator

Run an Android app on the Emulator


We can run an Android app form the Android Studio project, or we can run an app which
is installed on the Android Emulator as we run any app on a device.

To start the Android Emulator and run an application in our project:

1. In Android Studio, we need to create an Android Virtual Device (AVD) that the
emulator can use to install and run your app. To create a new AVD:-

1.1 Open the AVD Manager by clicking Tools > AVD Manager.
1.2 Click on Create Virtual Device, at the bottom of the AVD Manager dialog. Then Select
Hardware page appears.

1.3 Select a hardware profile and then click Next. If we don?t see the hardware profile we
want, then we can create or import a hardware profile. The System Image page appears.
1.4 Select the system image for the particular API level and click Next. This leads to open
a Verify Configuration page.
1.5 Change AVD properties if needed, and then click Finish.

2. In the toolbar, choose the AVD, which we want to run our app from the target device
from the drop-down menu.
3. Click Run.

Launch the Emulator without first running an app


To start the emulator:

1. Open the AVD Manager.


2. Double-click an AVD, or click Run

While the emulator is running, we can run the Android Studio project and select the
emulator as the target device. We can also drag an APKs file to install on an emulator, and
then run them.

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