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creating Android Virtual Device (AVD) in eclipse 3.5 on windows xp

I have stacked here, because i am totally new in android world. Can show the way please? ...

Android Emulator: select AVD (Android Virtual Device) to run by default

I have added a second Virtual Device to test a different screen resolution (QVGA), but now I wanna switch back to the first AVD (HVGA) again. How can I set the virtual device in Eclipse to be used by default or even specifically for my project? In the properties I can only set the API level. I also couldn't find any information in the c...

Is there a way to mount Android .img to access the AVD (Android Virtual Device) contents?

I feel a bit blind developing on an emulator for Android and not being able to see the file system on the AVD (.img). Is there a way to mount it in Windows or Linux, so that I could at least see the file listing and maybe contents? Bonus if it's mounted with write permissions as well. Thank you. ...

Expanding the size of an Android Virtual Device (emulator) instance?

On a relatively new emulator image (AVD) I have about 40mb of free space. How can I expand this? UPDATE: Just to be clear... I'm talking about the "Internal phone storage" size, not the SD Card size. ...

SHA-1 MessageDigest not available

I have searched and searched and searched. I cannot seem to download the Google APIs using the Android SDK and AVD manager. It's driving me nuts! I get the subject title message as an error: SHA-1 MessageDigest not available My PATH var JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin Any thoughts? Thanks! ...

Problem creating AVD on command prompt in windows XP

I am the beginner for android development. i followed the procedure as specified in developer.google.com . for installing i Tried to crete AVD(Android virtual device) through command path.I executed at command prompt. android create avd --target 2 --name my_avd But the Error is coming "Error: Target id is not valid. Use 'android.bat li...

Android: AVD manager won't detect my HTC Hero phone as Virtual Device

I need to use my phone as emulator/target/virtual device when I run my application. I have installed HTC Sync and the USB driver is in order. I have enabled the USB Debugging in Settings. What more do I need to do to make Eclipse AVD Manager to detect my phone? I made it work on anohher coumputer, following the exact same steps I have d...

How to increase storage for Android Emulator? (INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE)

I get this sometimes(not often) for one of my projects, couple of classes only Installation error: INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE How do I increase emulator's storage? ...

How do I switch from Android AVD to real hardware on Mac Eclipse-SDK?

I am using Eclipse on Mac with Android SDK. I have the emulator working with my code and today I borrowed an Android that I would like to test on. I have run 'adb devices' from the command line, but I think the problem is more fundamental at the USB hardware detection level. What tools do I use to troubleshoot this? ...

android sdk main.out.xml parsing error?

I just started a new Android project, "WeekendStudy" to continue learning Android development and I got stumped compiling the default 'hello weekendstudy' compile / run. I think that I missed a step in configuration and setup, but I am at a loss to find out where. I have an AVD configured, set and launched. When I press 'run', the SDK...

AVD is located over UNC path and cannot start.

How does one tell it where to put the AVD? by default it is creating it in my windows home directory under a .android folder. i cannot start my avd if its located over a \unc path\to\avd. our sys admins put all of your home directories on another shared server. Thanks in advance, Kirby ...

Android SDK and AVD manager will not run from Eclipse after upgrade to SDK 5 and ADT 0.9.6

Using Windows 7, 64 bit system. Prior to upgrade I was able to run "Android SDK and AVD manager" from Eclipse via a tool bar icon and menu option, both of which still exist. However now nothing happens when I try to run the manager. As a result I can't start an emulator from within Eclipse. When I use Eclipse to run an Android app, th...

Android AVD With GoogleApi, Not Getting Network Connection

I am working on a Windows XP Machine. When running AVDs out of Eclipse, I am getting "No Network Connection" when I am plugged into my company's network and using an AVD that was built with the "Google APIs by Google Inc., Android API 7, revision 1". If I use this same AVD (Google API) and connect to the internet through a Verizon Wirel...

AVD Screen orientation not changing with CTRL+F11 or CTRL+F12

I run my app in the AVD emulator using eclipse but I'm unable to change the screen orientation in the AVD (Android 2.0 platform on the emulator). When I press CONTROL+F11 or CONTROL+F12 on the keyboard, nothing happens. No messages are generated in the adb debuglog/logcat either when I press either hotkey. According to http://develop...

Is there a repo where you can download android virtual devices?

Does anyone know, if vendors provide or if there is a site where one could download AVD profiles for existing android devices on the market so you can run your apps in the emulator and basically see how they will run on said devices? I know it's pretty easy to create a new device but it'd be great if one could just download the config f...

Android Apps Not Showing Up In AVD

I recently started messing with Android Apps, but I have had nothing but problems trying to get them into the Virtual Device for testing. For some reason, they never seem to show up in the AVD. It has worked one time, but that's it out of hours spent just trying to test one or two very simple apps. I've redone the AVD setup many, many...

Android Eclipse OSX Creating AVD using Terminal launches AVD Manager

I'm new to programming and working with Eclipse on a Mac. I'm trying to create a new AVD with Google Maps Support and when launch 'android' (in the SDK tools folder) I get "No command line parameters provided, launching UI". This launches the Eclipse Android SDK and AVD manager. My question is how do I create a new AVD with Google Maps ...

Possible to change where Android Virtual Devices are saved?

I've set up the Android SDK and Eclipse on my machine running Windows XP and AVDs (Android Virtual Devices) are saved to "Documents and Settings\user\.android" by default. Is there any way to change this behavior? I have all of the other components saved in a directory on a separate partition and would like everything to be consolidate...

AVDs that exist do not get listed in the "Target Tab"

I am using emulator Android 2.1 with Eclipse. For few days I had the emulator working ... was able to debug... I had 2 AVDs created and was using one of them. Earlier today I had to move my classes to a different package. Ever since I did that the configuration that I had has disappeared . So now I had to create configuration - I select ...

List of existing Android Virtual Devices empty

I'm new to Android development and I'm currently going through some tutorials. When I setup a new Android Project in Eclipse, and select Windows -> Android SDK and AVD Manager, in Virtual Devices, the list of existing Android Virtual Devices is empty. Is it supposed to be? From the pictures in the tutorial, it's pre-populated. Can I ...