Note: Be sure to define a target for your AVD that satisfies your application's Build Target (the AVD platform target must have an API Level equal to or greater than the API Level that your application compiles against). For a list of hardware features, see Hardware options. You can also add specific hardware features of the emulated device by clicking the New.

Give it a name, a platform target, an SD card size, and a skin (HVGA is default). The Create New AVD dialog appears.įigure 2.

In the Virtual Devices panel, you'll see a list of existing AVDs.

In other IDEs: Navigate to your SDK's tools/ directory and execute the android tool with no arguments.

In Eclipse: select Window > AVD Manager, or click the AVD Manager icon in the Eclipse toolbar.

It is recommended that you test your applications on all API levels higher than the target API level for your application. You can create as many AVDs as you would like to test on. You will see the AVD Manager as shown in figure 1.įrom the main screen, you can create, delete, repair and start AVDs as well as see the details of each AVD. When you start the AVD Manager in Eclipse or navigate to your SDK's tools/ directory and execute android avd.

An AVD is a device configuration for the Android emulator that allows you to model different configurations of Android-powered devices. The AVD Manager is an easy to use user interface to manage your AVD (Android Virtual Device) configurations.

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