AVD

Hi ! 🙂 I guess you have collected all required source codes by now. (If not please refer the Buidl OS guide) In order to proceed further you need to communicate with your device through ADB (Android Debug Bridge). So let’s go ahead and download Android SDK to our Linux VM and enable adb.

Step 1. Download Android SDK

We have a Linux environment. So get the android-sdk-r24.0.2-linux.tgz from android developer site here. Extract the files.

Goto android–>sdk—>android-sdk-linux –> tools.

You will see the android executable file. This is the Andorid SDK Manager. Execute the file.

Select Android SDK platform-tools, Build-tools and Install them. In order to get adb tool, fastboot tool these two should be installed on your machine.

Step 2. Update PATH variables

Add path to platform-tools and tools to PATH

Command: $ gedit ~/.bashrc

Command: $ adb

Note: Some required build packages are missing.

Step 3. Get required build packages

Command: $ sudo apt-get install g++-multilib

This will suggest you to add some additional packages. Install them as well.

New packages installed: g++-multilib gcc-multilib lib32ncurses5-dev lib32readline-gplv2-dev lib32z1-dev

Step 4. Run adb command

Now the adb is enabled 🙂 Yesss

Command: $ adb devices

This will check for running android devices. Seems like we have no devices currently.

Never mind Lets check with some android virtual devices (emulators) 🙂

Step 5. Create an emulator and run the device.

Create emulator using avd

Command: $ android create avd -n <given name> -t <target ID> –abi <specify CPU>

Ex: $android create avd -n TestAVD -t 1 –abi armeabi-v7a

Run the emulator

Command: $ emulator -avd TestAVD

Running Emulator……

Step 6. Check for running devices through ADB

Command : $ adb devices

You can see the emulator is listed under the running android devices. 🙂

Cheers ! 🙂

Genymotion is a third-party application which supports android application deployment. This “Genymotion Virtual Device” is faster than the usual “Android Virtual Devices”. It comes with a desktop application and Eclipse plugin. Both should be installed in order to test you application through Eclipse IDE.

Install Genymotion

Download and Install Genymotion Windows application:

1. Register at http://www.genymotion.com/ to download the free setup for Windows installation. This version includes “VirtualBox” so that you don’t have to install it seperately.

Install Eclipse Plugin:

1. At Eclipse IDE :

Goto Help –> Install New Software –> Add path http://plugins.genymotion.com/eclipse . It will suggest to install “GenyMobile”.

Once you restart Eclipse IDE after plugin installation, you will see the icon for “Genymotion Virtual Device Manager”

2. Set path to “Genymobile” at Eclipse:

Goto Windows –> Preferences –> Genymobile –> Set path as example: “C:\Program Files\Genymobile\Genymotion”

Now the installation of ” Genymotion” is done. So you can download a “Genymotion Virtual Device” through download manager and start deploying your android applicaton.

Deploy Android Application on Genymotion Virtual Device

Download Genymotion Virtual Device:

(Refer the guide here https://cloud.genymotion.com/page/doc/)

You can use the “Genymotion Virtual Devices Manager” the way similar to the “Android Virtual Device Manager” to create virtual devices. The difference is they provide some virtual devices with predefined specs, and you can select and download the one you wish.

1. Goto –> “Genymotion Virtual Devices Manager” –> New –> Select a virtual device from the “Available Virtual Devices” list –> Next –> It will be prompted to download the required files.

2. Once completed the downloading the new device will be added to your devices list.

Deploy App:

1. Start the device you created “Samsung Galaxy S3 -API 17 – 720×1280”.

2. Once it Up and Running. Select your project –> Config to select running device –> You will see the Genymotion Vitual Device is detected –> Select and Ok.