1 page.title=Managing AVDs with AVD Manager 2 parent.title=Managing Virtual Devices 3 parent.link=index.html 4 @jd:body 5 6 <div id="qv-wrapper"> 7 <div id="qv"> 8 <h2>In this document</h2> 9 10 <ol> 11 <li><a href="#createavd">Creating an AVD</a> 12 <ol> 13 <li><a href="#hardwareopts">Hardware options</a></li> 14 </ol> 15 </li> 16 </ol> 17 </div> 18 </div> 19 20 <p>The AVD Manager is an easy to use user interface to manage your AVD (Android Virtual Device) 21 configurations. An AVD is a device configuration for the Android emulator that allows you to 22 model different configurations of Android-powered devices. When you start the AVD Manager in Eclipse 23 or run the <code>android</code> tool on the command line, you will see the AVD Manager as shown in 24 figure 1:</p> 25 26 <img src="{@docRoot}images/avd-manager.png"> 27 28 <p class="img-caption"><strong>Figure 1. </strong>Screenshot of the AVD Manager. </p> 29 30 <p>From the main screen, you can create, delete, repair and start AVDs as well as see the details 31 of each AVD. </p> 32 33 34 <h2 id="createavd">Creating an AVD</h2> 35 36 <p>You can create as many AVDs as you would like to test on. It is recommended that you test your 37 applications on all API levels higher than the target API level for your application.</p> 38 39 <p>To create an AVD:</p> 40 41 <ol> 42 <li>Start the AVD Manager: 43 44 <ul> 45 <li>In Eclipse: select <strong>Window > Android SDK and AVD Manager</strong>, or click 46 the Android SDK and AVD Manager icon in the Eclipse toolbar.</li> 47 48 <li>In other IDEs: Navigate to your SDK's <code>tools/</code> directory and execute the 49 <code>android</code> tool with no arguments.</li> 50 </ul> 51 </li> 52 53 <li><p>In the <em>Virtual Devices</em> panel, you'll see a list of existing AVDs. Click 54 <strong>New</strong> to create a new AVD. The <strong>Create New AVD</strong> dialog appears.</p> 55 56 <img src="{@docRoot}images/developing/avd-dialog.png" alt="AVD Dialog"> 57 <p class="img-caption"><strong>Figure 2.</strong> Screenshot of the Create AVD window</p> 58 </li> 59 60 <li>Fill in the details for the AVD. 61 62 <p>Give it a name, a platform target, an SD card size, and a skin (HVGA is default). You can 63 also add specific hardware features of the emulated device by clicking the 64 <strong>New...</strong> button and selecting the feature. For a list of hardware features, 65 see <a href="#hardwareopts">Hardware options</a>.</p> 66 67 <p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> Be sure to define a target for your AVD that satisfies 68 your application's Build Target (the AVD platform target must have an API Level equal to or 69 greater than the API Level that your application compiles against).</p> 70 </li> 71 72 <li>Click <strong>Create AVD</strong>.</li> 73 </ol> 74 75 <p>Your AVD is now ready and you can either close the SDK and AVD Manager, create more AVDs, or 76 launch an emulator with the AVD by selecting a device and clicking <strong>Start</strong>.</p> 77 78 <h3 id="hardwareopts">Hardware options</h3> 79 <p>If you are creating a new AVD, you can specify the following hardware options for the AVD 80 to emulate:</p> 81 82 <table> 83 <tr> 84 <th>Characteristic</th> 85 86 <th>Description</th> 87 88 <th>Property</th> 89 </tr> 90 91 <tr> 92 <td>Device ram size</td> 93 94 <td>The amount of physical RAM on the device, in megabytes. Default value is "96".</td> 95 96 <td>hw.ramSize</td> 97 </tr> 98 99 <tr> 100 <td>Touch-screen support</td> 101 102 <td>Whether there is a touch screen or not on the device. Default value is "yes".</td> 103 104 <td>hw.touchScreen</td> 105 </tr> 106 107 <tr> 108 <td>Trackball support</td> 109 110 <td>Whether there is a trackball on the device. Default value is "yes".</td> 111 112 <td>hw.trackBall</td> 113 </tr> 114 115 <tr> 116 <td>Keyboard support</td> 117 118 <td>Whether the device has a QWERTY keyboard. Default value is "yes".</td> 119 120 <td>hw.keyboard</td> 121 </tr> 122 123 <tr> 124 <td>DPad support</td> 125 126 <td>Whether the device has DPad keys. Default value is "yes".</td> 127 128 <td>hw.dPad</td> 129 </tr> 130 131 <tr> 132 <td>GSM modem support</td> 133 134 <td>Whether there is a GSM modem in the device. Default value is "yes".</td> 135 136 <td>hw.gsmModem</td> 137 </tr> 138 139 <tr> 140 <td>Camera support</td> 141 142 <td>Whether the device has a camera. Default value is "no".</td> 143 144 <td>hw.camera</td> 145 </tr> 146 147 <tr> 148 <td>Maximum horizontal camera pixels</td> 149 150 <td>Default value is "640".</td> 151 152 <td>hw.camera.maxHorizontalPixels</td> 153 </tr> 154 155 <tr> 156 <td>Maximum vertical camera pixels</td> 157 158 <td>Default value is "480".</td> 159 160 <td>hw.camera.maxVerticalPixels</td> 161 </tr> 162 163 <tr> 164 <td>GPS support</td> 165 166 <td>Whether there is a GPS in the device. Default value is "yes".</td> 167 168 <td>hw.gps</td> 169 </tr> 170 171 <tr> 172 <td>Battery support</td> 173 174 <td>Whether the device can run on a battery. Default value is "yes".</td> 175 176 <td>hw.battery</td> 177 </tr> 178 179 <tr> 180 <td>Accelerometer</td> 181 182 <td>Whether there is an accelerometer in the device. Default value is "yes".</td> 183 184 <td>hw.accelerometer</td> 185 </tr> 186 187 <tr> 188 <td>Audio recording support</td> 189 190 <td>Whether the device can record audio. Default value is "yes".</td> 191 192 <td>hw.audioInput</td> 193 </tr> 194 195 <tr> 196 <td>Audio playback support</td> 197 198 <td>Whether the device can play audio. Default value is "yes".</td> 199 200 <td>hw.audioOutput</td> 201 </tr> 202 203 <tr> 204 <td>SD Card support</td> 205 206 <td>Whether the device supports insertion/removal of virtual SD Cards. Default value is 207 "yes".</td> 208 209 <td>hw.sdCard</td> 210 </tr> 211 212 <tr> 213 <td>Cache partition support</td> 214 215 <td>Whether we use a /cache partition on the device. Default value is "yes".</td> 216 217 <td>disk.cachePartition</td> 218 </tr> 219 220 <tr> 221 <td>Cache partition size</td> 222 223 <td>Default value is "66MB".</td> 224 225 <td>disk.cachePartition.size</td> 226 </tr> 227 228 <tr> 229 <td>Abstracted LCD density</td> 230 231 <td>Sets the generalized density characteristic used by the AVD's screen. Default value is 232 "160".</td> 233 234 <td>hw.lcd.density</td> 235 </tr> 236 237 <tr> 238 <td>Trackball support</td> 239 240 <td>Whether there is a trackball present.</td> 241 242 <td>hw.trackBall</td> 243 </tr> 244 </table> 245 246
