Installation of Android SDK R24 and Emulator

This chapter provides tutorials and notes on installation of Android SDK R24 and emulator. Topics include downloading and installing Android SDK R24; installing Android latest platform; creating Android virtual device; running Android emulator; running emulator's built-in Web browser.

Downloading and Installing Android SDK R24

Running Android SDK Manager R24

Installing Android Platform 4.0.3 and Libraries

Verifying Android Platform Installation

Creating Android Virtual Device (AVD)

Viewing Android Virtual Device (AVD) Details

Launching Android Emulator in AVD Manager

Android Emulator Starting Screens

Android Emulator Built-in Apps and Widgets

Android Emulator Built-in Web Browser

Android Emulator for 7 Inch Tablet

Android Emulator for Google Watch

Missing Emulator Engine Program for 'arm' CPUS

x86 Emulation Requires Hardware Acceleration

HAXM - Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager

Takeaways:

Table of Contents

 About This Book

 Installing JDK 1.8 on Windows System

Installation of Android SDK R24 and Emulator

 Installing Apache Ant 1.9 on Windows System

 Developing First Android Application - HelloAndroid

 Android Application Package (APK) Files

 Android Debug Bridge (adb) Tool

 Android File Systems

 AboutAndroid - Application to Retrieve System Information

 android.app.Activity Class and Activity Lifecycle

 View Objects and Layout Resource Files

 Using "adb logcat" Command for Debugging

 Build Process and Package File Content

 Building Your Own Web Browser

 Android Command Line Shell

 Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Mini Tablet

 USB Debugging Applications on Samsung Tablet

 Android Tablet - LG-V905R

 USB Debugging Applications on LG-V905R Tablet

 Android Phone - LG-P925g

 USB Debugging Applications on LG-P925g Phone

 Archived Tutorials

 References

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