The document provides a comprehensive guide on using the Android emulator and virtual devices for testing applications. It covers topics such as creating and starting Android Virtual Devices (AVDs), using the Android project wizard, and essential shortcuts, as well as details about Android developer tools like the Dalvik Debug Monitor Service. It emphasizes the importance of selecting appropriate API versions and device configurations for effective application testing.

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2. 5. Android Device emulator and Android Virtual Devices
5.1. Android Device emulator and Android Virtual Devices
5.2. Google vs. Android AVD
5.3. Android devices emulator Shortcuts
6. Exercise: Create and Start Android Virtual Devices
6.1. Target
6.2. Create AVD
6.3. Start Your AVD
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3. 7. Conventions and API Level
7.1. API Version
7.2. Android project and package name
8. Exercise: Use the Android project Wizard
8.1. Android Project Wizard
8.2. Create Android Project
9. Exercise: Start the generated Android Application
9.1. Start AVD
9.2. Start Application
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4. 10. Android Developer Tools
10.1. DDMS – Dalvik Debug Monitor Service
10.2. Emulator Control
10.3. File explorer
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5. 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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6. 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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7. 5.3. Android device emulator shortcuts
The following table lists useful shortcuts for working with an AVD.
Table 1. Android device emulator shortcuts
Shortcut
Description
Alt+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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8. 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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10. Enter values similar to the
following 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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11. 6.3. Start your AVD
Select your new entry and press the Start button. Select Launch in the
following dialog.
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12. 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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13. 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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14. Press e Next button
and ensure that
you have enabled
the
checkboxes Create
a launcher icon and
Create activity.

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

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18. 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
Parameter
Value
Activity
MainActivity
Layout
activity_main
Navigation Type
none
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19. Press
the Finish button.
The wizard may
prompt you to
install the
support library. If
so, select to install
it.
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21. 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.
(Once you AVD is ready, unlock your emulator.)
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22. 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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23. 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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24. 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.
The following description highlights a few views in this perspective.
Others are described once they are needed.
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26. 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.

27. 10.3. File explorer
The file explorer allows you to browse the file system on your Android
virtual device.
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