Running application on emulator running older SDK

Question

I have a project that builds against Android v2.1 . I can run it fine on a phone running 1.5 but when I try to launch it with an emulator running 1.5, the emulator doesn't show up on the list of available AVDs. I have the <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3"/> tag in my manifest but it doesn't make a difference. Any ideas?

thanks

Answer 1

Turns out building against the Google APIs for version 2.1 will let you run on older emulator sdks, using just 2.1 core libraries won't let you do this.

Answer 2

Another possibility is to open the Run Configurations settings, and then in the Target tab, to choose "Manual". When you run, you will get a dialog box allowing you to start any of the installed AVDs or to run in an existing AVD (if any are already running).