If you wish to select a different system image other than recommended, select x86 images tab if your PC is using the Intel CPU, for non-Intel based CPUs you should select Other Images tab. The Android Studio will automatically list the recommended system images based on your Hardware profile selection. The Application Binary Interface (ABI) defines how the machine code for your app will run on your CPU. You're free to choose anything from API Level 16 (Android 4.1) on up. For example, for Nexus S, the recommended targets start from Android 5.1 and for Nexus 5 the recommended targets start from Android 7.0.

The recommended targets vary to different hardware profiles. The Clone Device button allows you to modify any device profile from the list.Ĭlicking Next allows you to choose an emulator image to use: Creating your own device profile might be a good idea for testing devices that you don't have access to. The New Hardware Profile button allows you to create your own device for testing purposes. The Category allows you to select type of device you want to create: TV, Phone, Wear, or Tablet. Select Nexus S (you can choose any device to create a virtual device). Click the Create Virtual Device button to start Virtual Device Configuration wizard:Ī list of available devices appears choose a device profile to use as a starting point for your AVD. To open the AVD Manager, click the AVD Manager button on Toolbar or choose Tools > Android > AVD Manager from the main menu.īecause you haven't created a virtual device before, AVD Manager is currently empty. It is very easy to create a new Android virtual device. It is preferable to create a few AVDs with different API levels and hardware configurations so that your application can be tested on different versions of the Android OS. Android Virtual Device Manager (AVD Manager) MyFirstApp project, (see Creating a new project), is a complete and 'ready to run project', so we can move on to building and running the application. The Android emulator enables you to test your application on a variety of screen sizes, hardware configurations, Android versions, and even different CPU architectures. It is a great tool that is bundled with Android Studio. The Android emulator can emulate one or several Android Virtual Devices.

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