An Android emulator is mainly an Android Virtual Device (AVD) that signifies a specific Android device. You can set up AVD to run and test your application build with an Android emulator on any device including PC, mobile, tablet, and TV.
Having said that, using an Android emulator to build an application is optional. The following are some key points that you must know before using an Android emulator.
Android emulator is optional for app building.
Android emulator installation is automatic during the installation of RDA Studio.
Our recommendation to you will be to install an Android emulator in course of product installation.
Android emulator is used as a default target to create an Android app, hence it allows you to easily build and run apps on your development system.
In case you are building your own Android emulator, try and build it for each device you want to run your apps.
We have talked about this in our blog on how to get Android 13 and set up Android 13 SDK RAD supports the below-given targets.
Android devices with ARM version 7 or higher.
Android emulator with version 4.0 or lower.
Note that you can’t use an Android emulator on Virtual Machine (VM). Android emulator might even run on a virtual machine but it will not run on an app.
You can set up an Android emulator on any device including mobile, tablet or larger devices, or TV. An Android emulator can be set up for building an application with React Native, Angular, Laravel, or any other software development framework.
Set up Android Emulator for mobile
You can set up an Android Emulator on your mobile by following the steps:
First, install Android Studio Chipmunk | 2021.2.1 or higher.
Start Android Studio and click on ‘Tools’ and then click on ‘SDK Manager’.
Select Android Emulator in the ‘SDK Tool’ tab and click on the ‘OK’ option. This will help you install the latest Android emulator and if it doesn’t, the emulator is installed already.
In Android Studio, click on ‘Tools’ and then ‘AVD Manager’ and follow all the instructions to create a new AVD.
Source: embarcadero.com
Source: embarcadero.com
Make sure that you already have a supported Pixel device and installed 64-bit new version Android 13 emulator system image. If you lack any of them, first get a supported device and set up Android 13.
Now return back to the AVD Manager virtual device list and then double-click on your Android 13 virtual device to launch it.
Set up Android Emulator for tablet
Set up an AVD device for your tablet or other larger-screen devices, the following steps will help you do so.
Go to Android Studio for emulator set up and click on Tool and then SDK Manager.
Select Android Emulator in the ‘SDK Tool’ tab and click on the ‘OK’ option. This will help you install the latest Android emulator and if it doesn’t, the emulator is installed already.
In Android Studio click on ‘Tools’ and then ‘Device Manager’ and then go to ‘Device Manager’ panel and tap on ‘Click device’.
Now choose the device definition that has a large screen, for example, ‘Pixel C’ for tablet in the ‘Tablet category.’ After selecting the device definition click ‘Next.’
Search for the Android 13 system image Android API 33, and then tap on the ‘Download’ button to get it. Once the download is completed and choose the system image and click on the ‘Next’ button.
Finalize all other settings for your device and then tap on the ‘Next’ button.
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