SETTING UP AN ANDROID DEVICE WITH AVD MANAGER

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Hello guys! In the last post on Android , we saw how to configure the environment to program, using Eclipse. In this post, we'll see how to create a device for running the applications that will be created. So you do not necessarily need an Android phone to start developing for the platform

Well, the first step is to open Eclipse and click on the AVD Manager icon ( AVD  = A ndroid Virtual D evice), or go to the Window menu -> AVD Manager .

It will then open the window with the listing of devices created (in our case, none yet).

So, to create a new device, click the New ... button . In this screen, we must fill in the data related to our device, such as Name , Android version that will run ( Target ), as well as data such as virtual SD card size (if desired), screen size and peripherals (camera, GPS, Accelerometer, Physical Keyboard, etc.).

After mounting your device, click on Create AVD  and your device will be listed!

When developing, we recommend creating different types of devices, with different versions of Android and varying screen sizes, so that your application runs correctly in several configurations.