Creating Android Virtual Device with AVD Manager

An Android Virtual Device (AVD) is a device configuration that runs on the Android Emulator. It provides virtual device-specific Android Environment in which we ... NewsletterApril2022-TopTechNews,WhyLearnDocker?,PythonProjects,andalotmore.Downloadtoday. 🗞🥳  WhatisVanillaJS?Checkoutournewanimatedexplainervideo😍 PRACTICE,PRACTICE&PRACTICEtoLearntoCode.TryitforFREE.🥳 🚀  Signup/SignIn InteractiveLearning LearnHTML LearnCSS LearnJavaScript CLanguage CTutorial CPrograms(100+) CCompiler ExecuteCprogramsonline. C++Language C++Tutorial StandardTemplateLibrary C++Programs(100+) C++Compiler ExecuteC++programsonline. Python PythonTutorial PythonPrograms PythonHowTos NumpyModule MatplotlibModule TkinterModule NetworkProgrammingwithPython LearnWebScraping MoreinPython... PythonCompiler ExecutePythoncodeonline. Java CoreJavaTutorial JavaPrograms(100+) JavaCodeExamples(100+) Servlet JSP-JavaServerPages JavaTypeConversionExamples JavaWrapperClass Java8 Java11 MoreinJava... 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AnAndroidVirtualDevice(AVD)isadeviceconfigurationthatrunsontheAndroidEmulator.Itprovidesvirtualdevice-specificAndroidEnvironmentinwhichwecaninstall&testourAndroidApplication.AVDManagerisapartofSDKManagertocreateandmanagethevirtualdevicescreated. ToopenAVDmanager,gotoTools→Android→AVDManagerasshowninbelowimage. ItwillopenAVDManagerwithalistofcreatedvirtualdevicesasshowninbelowimage.Itmaybeemptyforyounowasyouhaven'tcreatedanydeviceasofnow.Tocreateanewdevice,clickonCreateVirtualDevicebuttonatthebottom-leftcorner. ItwillopenawindowtoSelectHardwaretypeforyourvirtualdevice.ThislistcontainsalmostalltheAndroiddeviceswiththeirrespectivesettings.Selectanyoneoutofallthedeviceslisted,withyourrequiredconfiguration(likeSizeofthescreen,ResolutionandDensity)andclickonNext. NextyouwillbeaskedtoselectSystemImagethatwillbetherunningAndroidVersionforyournewlycreatedvirtualdevice.YoucanchooseanyAndroidsystemimagesthatarealreadyavailableinyourAndroidStudio,orDownloadtheoneyouwant,byclickingontheDownloadoptionavailablewiththenames.Recommendedsectionwilllistthebestchoicesavailableasperthelatestupdatesavailable.x86ImagescontainimagesthataremostlyusedandOtherImagessectioncontainsystemimageswithGooglePlayServices.Chooseasperyourrequiredconfiguration(We'veselectedAPIlevel21).ClickonNextonceyouaredone. Nextwindowwilllistdownalltheconfiguredsettingsforfinalverification.Here,youcangiveyourAVDanameforidentification,canchangedevicetypeandAPIconfigurationandcanalsosetupsize,orientationaswellasGraphicsforyourAVD. ClickonShowAdvancedSettingsandyouwillseemoreadvancedsettingsforyourvirtualdeviceasshowninimagebelow.HereyouhavesettingsforCamera,Network,Memory(RAM&Heap)andStorage(Internal&External)andVirtualDeviceFrame. YoucanconfigureyourdeviceasperyourrequirementsandclickonFinish.AndroidStudiowillimmediatelystartbuildingAVDwiththeselectedconfigurations&mighttakesometime.Whenitcompletes,AVDManagerwilllistoutyourvirtualdeviceintheavailabledeviceslistasshowninbelowimage. FromtheActioncolumn(lastcolumnofthetable),youcanperformseveralactionslikeLaunchAVDandEditAVDconfigurationsetc.LaunchyourfirstAVDbyclickingStarticon(greenplayicon).ItwillstartaVirtualDevicejustlikeanAndroidDeviceasshowninbelowimage.Sidetoolbarcontainsbuttonstoperformactionslikevolumeup-down,changeorientation,goback,gotohomeorrecent&more.Youcanalsoturnthepoweroffforthevirtualdevicesusingthepowerbuttonandtoclosethevirtualdeviceselectclosebutton. NowyouhaveyourownAndroidVirtualDevicerunningonyoursystemwhereyoucantestvariousAndroidApplicationProjects.YoucanhavemorethanonevirtualdevicesinyourAVDmanagerasperyourprojectrequirements.SimilarlyyoucanalsocreateAVDfordeviceslikeAndroidTVandAndroidWearfortesting. ←PrevNext→  AndroidMCQTests CrackournextInterviewforAndroidAppdeveloper. Explore  KotlinTutorial LearnKotlin,thenextstandardforAndroiddevelopment. Explore