Go Appium Build VI: Install Android simulator

When the Android SDK is installed, it does not mean that you have installed the emulator. There are multiple versions of the Android system, so we need to select a version to install.

　　Not only does this detail the entire process of installing the Android emulator, but also the details of the installation and purpose of each step, and a better understanding of the plugins, environments, and so on that the Android emulator might need.

　　Section III Installing the Android emulator

　　I'm using Android 4.4.2 as an example. ( I am the installed Android6.0.0)

　　

For example, tick the tools you need to install, and click "Install x Packages ..." In the lower right corner.

　　

Select the "Accept License" option and click the "Install" button when installing.

However, you may find that this method will prompt "Download interrupted:url not found." Such a mistake, then we can only install the individual downloads of these tools.

All right! Thanks again for sharing the androiddevtools.cn website. The following download links have their share.

( I installed the Android6.0.0, but the installation was smooth and no download was found.) )

　　

First, install the SDK platform

Android 4.4.2:http://pan.baidu.com/s/1eqf8zgi

This is the SDK required for Android development, download and unzip, copy or move the entire extracted folder to .../android-sdk-windows/platforms/folder, and then reopen the SDK Manager.exe

Second, install samples for SDK

Android 4.4.2:http://pan.baidu.com/s/1ddeskt7

This is the sample code that comes with the Android SDK, download and unzip, copy or move the entire extracted folder to the .../android-sdk-windows/samples folder, and then restart SDK Manager.exe.

Third, install the SDK System images

Android 4.4.2:http://pan.baidu.com/s/1i3jwhed

This is the system image required when creating the emulator, that is, when the emulator is created, the Cpu/abi item needs to be selected, downloaded and decompressed, the entire extracted folder is copied or moved to .../android-sdk-windows/ System-images folder, if you do not have a system-images directory, create the folder first, and then reopen the SDK Manager.exe.

Iv. GoogleMap APIs SDK

Android 4.4.2 (ARM): http://pan.baidu.com/s/1bno0mFt

Android 4.4.2 (x86): Http://pan.baidu.com/s/1jGgKyZc

This is the GoogleMap APIs SDK, after downloading and extracting, copy or move the entire extracted folder to the .../android-sdk-windows/add-ons folder and open the SDK Manager

V. Android Framework Source Code

Android 4.4.2:http://pan.baidu.com/s/1hqggrva

This is the Android Framework Source Code, after downloading and extracting the entire folder extracted, copy or move to the .../android-sdk-windows/sources folder, and then reopen SDK Manager.exe.

For the sake of insurance, in case of later use and not installed, so here all installed.

Click "AVD Manager.exe" below to create the Android emulator.

Click "Create ...."

If the display resolution is lower, try to choose a low-resolution "Device".

Click "OK" in the AvD Manager window and click on the "Start ..." button to launch the Android emulator.

( this start-up process will be a bit slow, please wait patiently ...) ）

Because the new virtual machine has no physical keys, we can use the keyboard keys to operate the Android virtual machine.

(The following is a brief introduction of several commonly used operating buttons )

Simulator keys	Keyboard keys
Back off	Esc
Menu	F1 or PAGE Up
Begin	F2 or PAGE Down
Call	F3
Hanging off	F4
power button	F7
Disable/Enable all networks	F8
Start tracking	F9
Stop tracking	F10
Rotate screen (Horizontal/vertical screen toggle)	Ctrl+f11
Home	HOME
Arrow keys Left/top/right/Bottom	Keypad 4/8/6/2
Direction Key Center Key	Numpad 5
Volume down	keypad minus sign (-)
Increase volume	Keypad plus SIGN (+)

Go Appium Build VI: Install Android simulator