Still in the android tool, click on Virtual Devices on the left, and then click New. The users love it as they can access the apps on computer and interact with them using mouse and keyboard. Android SDK is a simpler process and can be done on Windows, Linux, or OSX. It also lets you access all the Android applications. Because the Ionic framework depends on the Android and iOS emulators to run. Select Available Packages, pick some platform versions and install. An emulator is a computer application that simulates the entire Android ecosystem onto a computer such as Mac or Windows.
To install platforms run the android command located in the tools folder of the SDK (use Terminal.app on a Mac, or the Command Prompt on Windows, Linux folks you know what to do :). Step 3 - Install Android PlatformsĪt this point, I tried running the emulator command, but the SDK doesn't contain any Android Platforms, the Android platform is essentially Android OS, you need to install at least one version (eg 1.6, 2.1, 2.2, etc) to run the emulator. Since we are using the command line you might find it useful to add the android-sdk- platform/tools folder to your system path so you can run the android commands from any folder. I placed the android-sdk-mac_86 folder in my /Applications/ folder, but you can put it wherever you want. What it does is that it establishes virtual hardware conditions of that of an Android or iOS device. Click again to stop watching or visit your profile/homepage to manage your watched threads. Step 1 - Download the Android SDKĭownload the Android SDK, and unzip it somewhere. An Android or iOS application or a browser gets emulated by an emulator on an operating system considered as a defined one, such as that of Mac and Windows. The Internet giant Google has an emulator presented, which makes running Android applications on the latest Mac generation consisting of Mac Mini, Macbook. Android emulator on Mac M1 You’re now watching this thread and will receive emails when there’s activity. Also, I'm using a Mac, but I think the steps should be pretty close if you are running Windows or Linux.
I should mention that there is also an Eclipse Plugin for Android Development as well that you can use instead. So I thought I would give a quick and easy guide for folks to follow, that might be interested in getting started with Android Development and running the Android Emulator. I am in the process of building some mobile apps for one of my clients, and while I'm pretty familiar with running the iPhone simulator and building iPhone apps, I'm pretty new to the Android development tools at this point.