I'm working on an email app for Android, and I'd like to install the Gmail apk on my emulator in order to test it.
How can I do that?
I have seen tutorials on how to do it on windows, but I'm working with Linux.
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Sync your Google account in emulator, and go to Play Store.
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Steps:
Go to sdk/platform-tools with the command cd /home/android-sdk/platform-tools you should copy the .apk you want to install in this directory and add the path of it to environment variable in variable PATH "you might need restart"(PATH=$PATH:path to apk)
List the devices with the command ./adb devices
You can install your file with ./adb install .filename.apk Example for step 2 :
./adb devices
List of devices attached
emulator-5554 device
Example for step 3 :
./adb install AndExplorer.apk
1083 KB/s (338651 bytes in 0.305s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/AndExplorer.apk
Success
