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Instruction Manual: On Developer Side

This document provides instructions for installing Android and creating an Android Virtual Device (AVD) for testing applications. It outlines installing the Java SDK and Android Development Tools plugin for Eclipse. It describes opening the AVD Manager in Eclipse or the SDK tools directory to view existing AVDs or create new ones by specifying hardware details and SDK platform settings. It also explains how to launch an emulator using a created AVD from the AVD Manager.

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Instruction Manual: On Developer Side

This document provides instructions for installing Android and creating an Android Virtual Device (AVD) for testing applications. It outlines installing the Java SDK and Android Development Tools plugin for Eclipse. It describes opening the AVD Manager in Eclipse or the SDK tools directory to view existing AVDs or create new ones by specifying hardware details and SDK platform settings. It also explains how to launch an emulator using a created AVD from the AVD Manager.

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Instruction Manual

1. System Requirement
Operating System- The product is platform independent.

Hardware Requirement
On Developer Side

On Client Side


2. Software Requirement


3. Installation Procedure
Installing Android
Step 1. Install the Java SDK 1.6 or Higher.
Step 2. Unrar the file ADT plugin into a specific folder.
Step 3. Start eclipse


4. Creating an AVD
To create an AVD:
Step 1. Start the AVD Manager:
In Eclipse: select Window > AVD Manager, or click the AVD Manager
icon in the Eclipse toolbar.
In other IDEs: Navigate to your SDK's tools/ directory and execute the
android tool with no arguments.
Step 2. In the Virtual Devices panel, you'll see a list of existing AVDs. Click New
to create a new AVD. The Create New AVD dialog appears.


Step 3. Fill in the details for the AVD.
Step 4. Give it a name, a platform target, an SD card size, and a skin (HVGA is
default). You can also add specific hardware features of the emulated device
by clicking the New... button and selecting the feature. For a list of hardware
features, see Hardware options.
Step 5. Click Create AVD.
Step 6. Your AVD is now ready and you can either close the AVD Manager,
create more AVDs, or launch an emulator with the AVD by selecting a device
and clicking Start.
5. Managing AVDs with AVD Manager
When you start the AVD Manager in Eclipse or navigate to your SDK's tools/
directory and execute android avd. You will see the AVD Manager as shown in
below figure.


From the main screen, you can create, delete, repair and start AVDs as well as
see the details of each AVD.

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