How can i simulate accelerometer in android emulator? [closed]

The Android emulator doesn’t support it itself but OpenIntents’ SensorSimulator fills the void. Download and unpack the zip file, then start the standalone jar file: $ java -jar bin/sensorsimulator.jar Next, install SensorSimulatorSettings on the emulator using the adb tool which comes with the SDK: $ adb -s <emulator device> install bin/SensorSimulatorSettings.apk (run adb devices to find the … Read more

How to open the AVD manager on Ubuntu Linux from the command line?

For thoose coming here because the android avd command has been deprecated*, here’s how to do it now: Using Android Studio Open Android Studio with a valid studio project (if you don’t have one, simply create one empty). After you’ve your project open, go to Tools => Android => AVD Manager. Note that this menu … Read more

Android 4.4 Virtual Device Internal Storage Will Not Resize

Now that the emulator file system is ext4 I was able to re-size the userdata.img using standard Linux tools. # Navigate to AVD cd ~/.android/avd/Nexus5 # Delete old image rm userdata-qemu.* # Re-size the image resize2fs userdata.img 512M # Start the emulator and enjoy emulator @Nexus5 Edit I was also able to re-size userdata-qemu.img directly … Read more

Can’t launch AVD on macOS 10.13

Use the new Hypervisor.Framework support instead of HAXM on macOS, as described in the comments of the issue filed for this: Try running the emulator on Canary channel 26.1.x (API 25/26 recommended) with Hypervisor.Framework; put the text “HVF = on” in ~/.android/advancedFeatures.ini (create this file if it doesn’t exist already).

Android SDK Manager gives “Failed to fetch URL https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository.xml” error when selecting repository

Try this solution and it worked. this problem is caused because ADB is unable to connect to the android servers to fetch updates. (If at home try turning off firewall) Goto Android SDK Manager c://android-sdk-windows/ open SDK-Manager Click Settings – Will be asked for a proxy. If have one enter the IP address and the … Read more

How to start Genymotion device with shell command?

Genymotion proposes a shell: the Genymotion Shell. It is not currently possible to start a VM with it. But you can however launch a Genymotion VM thanks to this command: player –vm-name <VM id | VM name> This command launches the Genymotion’s player that gives you access to all the Genymotion enhancements widgets (GPS, battery, … Read more