Ok I know the title is very "catchy" but its not what your thinking! If your thinking that after reading this post you will suddenly see "Android 2.2 x86" on your Boot Screen , then its not going to happen!
Whats going to happen is that after reading this post and doing whatever is being told, you will see a rectangular box on your screen running android just like an android running smartphone!
You might have got the idea of what I am talking about and if you haven't , I am talking about an emulator!
Now , what is an emulator?
According to Wikipedia ,
"Emulator is hardware or software or both that duplicates (or emulates) the functions of a first computer system in a different second computer system, so that the behavior of the second system closely resembles the behavior of the first system"
If you cant understand whats written above or you have problems with words in Italics , then Ill try to make it simpler for you(even though it cant be made any simpler!):
An emulator is a software or a virtual machine running on a real(host) machine which can be used to run other Operating Systems(guest) on the host machine without the guest knowing about the existence of the host machine.
So before starting, Ill just brief you about what we are going to do.
First we are going to install the Android SDK(Software Development Kit) and then download few files and then few more steps and then we are done!
Ohh i forgot one thing, before starting, make sure you have JDK(Java Development Kit) installed on your computer, you can get it from here , just look for "jdk", then choose your platform and install it!
After you have done that , just follow the following steps:
After a few minutes you should see something like this:
So, here you are, android 4.0 on you computer! Play with it,explore it ,show it to your friends!
SDKs are usually used to develop applications but you can also use it to see what the latest android version looks like and what new features it offers without even buying an android phone!
Similarly, if you have interest in Windows Phone 7, you can download its sdk from here and run the emulator!
If you face any problems, just leave a comment down below and I'll try and fix your problem!
Whats going to happen is that after reading this post and doing whatever is being told, you will see a rectangular box on your screen running android just like an android running smartphone!
You might have got the idea of what I am talking about and if you haven't , I am talking about an emulator!
Now , what is an emulator?
According to Wikipedia ,
"Emulator is hardware or software or both that duplicates (or emulates) the functions of a first computer system in a different second computer system, so that the behavior of the second system closely resembles the behavior of the first system"
If you cant understand whats written above or you have problems with words in Italics , then Ill try to make it simpler for you(even though it cant be made any simpler!):
An emulator is a software or a virtual machine running on a real(host) machine which can be used to run other Operating Systems(guest) on the host machine without the guest knowing about the existence of the host machine.
So before starting, Ill just brief you about what we are going to do.
First we are going to install the Android SDK(Software Development Kit) and then download few files and then few more steps and then we are done!
Ohh i forgot one thing, before starting, make sure you have JDK(Java Development Kit) installed on your computer, you can get it from here , just look for "jdk", then choose your platform and install it!
After you have done that , just follow the following steps:
- Go to developer.android.com and click on the SDK tab.
- Now just choose your platform and download the respective package.
- After the file is downloaded, run the file.
- If your JDK(not SDK!) was installed correctly,you should not face any problem!
Now just install the SDK like any other software. - After the installation is completed, open the sdk manager by:
a) Start>type sdk manager
b)Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk and click on SDK Manager.exe - You should see something like this:
- Now just select the package you want to install for eg. Android 4.0 and click on "Install Packages" button. This can take time depending upon your internet connection speed.
- After the packages are installed , click on tools>Manage AVDs
You can also do it the hard way by going to
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk and selecting AVD Manager.exe - You should see an empty list here since there are no AVDs created yet!
- Now, just click on "New"
- Fill in the details in the windows that opens
a)Give a name to your machine
b)Choose the target or the platform we just installed(Android 4.0 in this case)
c)Choose the CPU
d)Select a skin/screen size(I usually go for WQVGA400)
e)Fill in any extra detail you want to add and hit "Create AVD". - Now you should see your AVD in the list.Just select it and hit Start!
And we are done!!
After a few minutes you should see something like this:
So, here you are, android 4.0 on you computer! Play with it,explore it ,show it to your friends!
SDKs are usually used to develop applications but you can also use it to see what the latest android version looks like and what new features it offers without even buying an android phone!
Similarly, if you have interest in Windows Phone 7, you can download its sdk from here and run the emulator!
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