
Make your changes, and then click Finish. Click Change or Previous if you need to make changes on the System Image and Select Hardware pages. From the Your Virtual Devices page of the AVD Manager, right-click an AVD and select Duplicate. The new AVD appears in the Your Virtual Devices page or the Select Deployment Target dialog. Change AVD properties as needed, and then click Finish.Ĭlick Show Advanced Settings to show more settings, such as the skin. To do so, you might need to use an add-on component for the AVD platform for example, the Google APIs add-on contains the Google Maps library. If you want to run your app on an emulator, create an AVD that includes the required library.
If your app declares a element in the manifest file, the app requires a system image in which that external library is present. For more information about the relationship between system API level and minSdkVersion, see Versioning Your Apps.
The API level of the target device is important, because your app won't be able to run on a system image with an API level that's less than that required by your app, as specified in the minSdkVersion attribute of the app manifest file. You must be connected to the internet to download it. If you see Download next to the system image, you need to click it to download the system image. x86 images run the fastest in the emulator. The right pane describes the selected system image. The other tabs include a more complete list. The Recommended tab lists recommended system images. Select the system image for a particular API level, and then click Next.If you don't see the hardware profile you want, you can create or import a hardware profile.
Select a hardware profile, and then click Next. This indicates that these profiles are fully CTS compliant and may use system images that include the Play Store app. Notice that only some hardware profiles are indicated to include Play Store. Click Create Virtual Device, at the bottom of the AVD Manager dialog. Open the AVD Manager by clicking Tools > AVD Manager.