Questions tagged [android-emulator]
The emulator is a tool used by Android developers to test their applications or by power users to preliminary test behavior of devices without using a real Android device. Only use this tag for questions about the emulator in the second scenario.
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Run windows 10 ARM on QEMU
I have downloaded the Windows 10 ARM on my Android phone, but it stops when I press any keys to boot from the CD or DVD.
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This is my start.sh file:
#!/bin/bash
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How can I activate UDP forwarding for USB communication between a PC and an Android app
I have an real Android device connected to a computer via USB. I managed to activate TCP port forwarding with adb forward tcp:<port> tcp:<port> and successfully communicate with sockets ...
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Using WhatsApp on emulator, how to scan the QR for WhatsApp web?
I am using WhatsApp on a laptop with BlueStacks (Android emulator), and I cannot scan the QR code. I don't have any Android phones.
How can I link my WhatsApp profile with WhatsApp web?
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Can I run an Android emulator (with GUI) on a headless Linux server?
I have a hosted server that runs the Ubuntu server, and I was wondering if there was a way to run Android applications and get access to the Android GUI remotely, such as with a remote desktop. Also, ...
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Banking apps disabled in Android SDK emulator
Does the Android SDK emulator run apps with FLAG_SECURE used from Android 12? I have been trying to run different banking apps, which work but crash when I get to the login screen which is flagged ...
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Running ARM64 Android on ARM64
I have a Linux ARM64 computer (not phone). How can I use this to run an ARM64 Android phone image?
Android Studio does not work on ARM64 computers. Android Studio with emulator works on x86. I do not ...
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Android Emulator cellular speed limits does not work properly
I need to limit cellular speeds in Android Studio's Emulator. I tried to limit it from the default settings:
but it does not work. Each time I select anything lower than LTE I get like 0.01Mbps.
Any ...
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Shared folder on BlissOS 15 (Android 12L) based on 9p virtio in qemu
Using Qemu I managed to run BlissOS almost perfectly.
For the record this is my script to install and launch BlissOS with Qemu
(I use also an additional USB stick for storage to be able later on to ...
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Does an Android Emulator exist which works with every possible app?
I'd like to install a specific free android app, which works under different Android smartphones (minimal requirements of Android 4.0):
The freely available app is called PostCard Creator and useful ...
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Data transmitted via ADB makes emulator stopping
Recently, I was running the Visual Studio Android emulator and TCPView, and I saw that the emulator keeps stopping.
When I click "Wait", then some data is sent via adb to the emulator and ...
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How to run Starlink Android app on PC via emulator/VM?
Has anyone successfully run the Starlink Android app on a PC via an emulator or VM?
I know of accessing the web GUI of Starlink by URL with http://dishy.starlink.com/ or 192.168.100.1. However, a lot ...
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Doorbell AnyHome app does not work on Android SDK Emulator
I am not used to Android Studio/SDK but try to use it for the first time to emulate an app (Doorbell AnyHome) on my laptop.
I succeeded to:
create an AVD (Pixel 4 API 32 -a12L)
download the app from ...
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Built AOSP, can't run emulator
Following the directions to build AOSP, everything seems to go fine.
I run:
. ./build/envsetup.sh
lunch sdk_phone_x86_64-userdebug
make
m
That seems to go fine.
Then the instructions say simply to ...
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Android Emulator - INSTALL_FAILED_NO_MATCHING_ABIS: Failed to extract native libraries, res=-113
When I try to install an apk file through the monkeyrunner Python script, getting the error INSTALL_FAILED_NO_MATCHING_ABIS: Failed to extract native libraries, res=-113. How can I resolve this issue?
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Issue with Android Emulator Directional pad Buttons looks
In the extended controls of android emulator, i have an issue with messed up graphics of Directional Pad buttons.
Does someone know what might be the issue here. Also, i was wondering if new buttons ...
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Get Android Emulator To Display/Render On A Dedicated Display
I have a phone sized external HDMI touch screen display.
Instead of the android emulator in a window on the desktop. I want to be able to display directly to that touch screen display.
A quick look ...
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Running a stock or custom ROM in a virtual machine on Android⠀
Can I run a virtual Android machine on my Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge? Or maybe can I run a custom ROM without flashing stock?
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Share Genymotion's Network with its host
Due to my peculiar circumstances in Iran with very restricted Internet access, I manage to find a way to connect to real Internet on my Android phone.
Now I want to run the solution on a Genymotion's ...
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"cannot add library libvulkan.so" when trying to start emulator
This is my first time attempting anything Android. I have installed Android Studio 2021.3.1 Patch 1 on Ubuntu 22.04 and created an Empty Compose Activity as a test.
The Device Manager looks like this
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VM acceleration is not working on another VM for Android Emulator
We want to run our instrumented tests on Gitlab. We've created a Linux runner(amd64,Ubuntu 22.04) to execute connectedAndroidTest gradle task. However we've come across some obstacles.
I have two ...
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I cant download a specific app on an emulator
So I am trying to download stockspile (trading app). First I thought that my problem was that internet so I used US proxy. But I keep getting the issue your device isnt compatible with this version.
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What is `NoxConsole` `list` command output meaning?
From Nox documentation we know that there is following command:
NoxConsole.exe list
It lists existing emulators and some data about them. Example output follows:
0,nox,Business,0,0,0,-1,-1
1,Nox_1,...
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Why does the emulator perform so many writes?
I'm using the Android Emulator from IntelliJ on Kubuntu. I noticed in plasma-systemmonitor that qemu-system-x86_64 continuously does on the order of a few MB/s of disk writes even as I'm not using the ...
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Looking fo hardware profile file [simulator] for tecno android devices - Android studio
Is there any links with avg hardware profile files for tecno android device [Android studio].
I need some test but I don't have this kind of device.
Maybe simulator can give me some info about my bugs....
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Connect laptop's webcam with new Genymotion
I noticed that the new version of Genymotion 3.3.x doesn't have anymore the (very useful) webcam activation feature. As I would just need that and I have no need to use more advanced features, is ...
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Disk size of Android Studio emulator increases over time
I installed the emulator Pixel 2 API 33 on my Android Studio. Initially it consumed about 8GB of my disk space, but it now emerges to 10GB. I reckon it will grow larger in the future.
Why does that ...
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Why can't I turn on Wi-Fi on the Waydroid emulator?
I just installed the Android emulator called Waydroid on Ubuntu 22.04. Almost everything seems to work as expected, except that I'm completely unable to turn on Wi-Fi usage. Whenever I toggle Wi-Fi on ...
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Is it possible to make Android Emulator appear as an USB device on my Linux machine?
I need to access both ADB and MTP from one emulated device. May be there is some ready-made solution that can emulate android device via usb device emulating?
All that I found is an android kernel ...
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Make emulators automatically sleep/lock after timeout
I have tried different emulators on Windows (Leapdroid, Nox MEmu, among others), and none seem to have the ability to automatically timeout on idle and go to the lock screen like almost every device ...
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Frame buffer not working in Android emulator when accessed from Linux
I am running Linux with kernel from Android SDK in an Android emulator. When writing from /dev/urandom to /dev/fb0, nothing is drawn in the emulator window.
Why? Can you help me with this problem?
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There is no emulator that can totally emulate an Android device?
Is it true that there is no Android emulator out there (as of May 2021) that can emulate an Android phone so that an app cannot detect it?
Of all the emulators out there (I saw a 15 best Android ...
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Move everything to SD card on Android Virtual Device (Emulator)
I need to do a strange task. I want to move whole android system to external SD card on Android Virtual Device. I need to do this, because android emulator, emulates SD commands, only for external ...
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No dating social apps in the Play Store?
I installed Android Studio for testing purposes and checked the Nexus 5 and Nexus 5X device images for the emulator. One thing I've noticed is that there are no dating social apps available in the ...
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Compile apps from github source on device via termux or apps?
Is there any app's like "apk builder" by heagoo that can compile apks on device from github source?
Termux method would be nice too if anyone knows.
I have tried "sdrausty.github.io" method but I ...
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adb install apk successful on device (or emulator), but not found
I am using command line to install apk on devices and emulators. There is only one device at one time, so I don't have to specify the device's name.
adb install file.apk
output:
Performing Streamed ...
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How to run bluestacks emulator in slow motion?
I can run bluestacks emulator fine, but for some games which require dodging, it would be easier if I had more time to think. That said, is there a feature that allows me to explicitly reduce the fps ...
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Android Emulator Performance is Extremely Unstable
First of all, hopefully this is the right place to post this type of question - if it isn't, do let me know.
I have a relatively new PC with 16 GB RAM, 10th Gen Core i3, 4 physical and 4 virtual cores ...
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Shortcut to switch to physical keyboard layouts
I use Android Emulator on MacBook Pro M1.
I have trouble with a physical keyboard which works in a very odd way as it doesn't change the layout with ctrl + space and any other combinations. So I need ...
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Which Android virtual device is based on ARM system image?
Android Studio has a feature where you can emulate an Android device -- tablet, phone, etc. -- but it crashes the virtual machine (Ubuntu) I am using. Depending on which VM platform I am using, it ...
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The calllog.db file remains the same even after changing
As you know on android call history in /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/calllog.db
path as sqlite file.
I change this file with adb push command then I will check on Dialer Call ...
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Hide an app on an AVD
I want to perform exploratory testing on an app my team is developing, and for this, I'd like to be able to manually hide and unhide apps on an AVD. Is there a way I can do this?
I observe that with ...
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Capture TLS handshake
I would like to capture TLS handshakes coming from Android. I was able to install a certificate using this instruction, then I started a server:
openssl s_server -key my_site.key -cert my_site.crt -...
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emulator: ERROR: Can't get kernel version from the kernel image file
I want to start the emulator for the custom AOSP 12L build for arm64 using emulatorcommand. The AOSP source was downloaded from Sony's open device project for Xperia devices.
The command that I ran is ...
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Run Android RPI on Android emulator
I want to run the compiled images of the Android RPI 3 on an Android emulator. I have looked everywhere but I didn't find any way to emulate Raspberry PI and sideload the images.
Is it possible to run ...
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Can android studio emulator run without `adb`?
I want to run android-studio emulator without having an adb.
On running the emulator It checks for the adb.exe using ANDROID_SDK_ROOT environment variable and exits if there is no valid one(valid one =...
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Using Termux on an emulator isn't possible?
Can someone explain why isn't it possible to use Termux on an android emulator such as VMOS though it's able to fake root access? Is it just the limitation of the fake root that's provided by the ...
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How to set emulator sensor values programmatically?
I'm looking for a way to set the x, y, and z values for the accelerometer sensor on an android emulator for tests using espresso. My test requires that the device be positioned in a specific way and I ...
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Interaction Audioserver and application
There is a way in order to understand who is interacting with audioserver?For instance if there is an application that uses microphone, is there a way to understand if an interaction between ...
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Failed to start emulator: No such file or directory
I downloaded the Android SDK bundle for Linux because I want to start making some apps, but I've run into a couple of problems here. When I tried to create an emulator through the AVD Manager, and I ...
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gateway and dns in android
How to setup gateway and dns on android emulator correctly if my eth1 on emulator is connected to tap on host via:
emulator -dns-server 8.8.8.8 -selinux permissive -qemu -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=...
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