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diff --git a/docs/html/guide/developing/devices/managing-avds.jd b/docs/html/guide/developing/devices/managing-avds.jd deleted file mode 100644 index 412bd91..0000000 --- a/docs/html/guide/developing/devices/managing-avds.jd +++ /dev/null @@ -1,237 +0,0 @@ -page.title=Managing AVDs with AVD Manager -parent.title=Managing Virtual Devices -parent.link=index.html -@jd:body - - <div id="qv-wrapper"> - <div id="qv"> - <h2>In this document</h2> - - <ol> - <li><a href="#createavd">Creating an AVD</a> - <ol> - <li><a href="#hardwareopts">Hardware options</a></li> - </ol> - </li> - </ol> - </div> - </div> - - <p>The AVD Manager is an easy to use user interface to manage your AVD (Android Virtual Device) - configurations. An AVD is a device configuration for the Android emulator that allows you to - model different configurations of Android-powered devices. When you start the AVD Manager in Eclipse - or run the <code>android</code> tool on the command line, you will see the AVD Manager as shown in - figure 1:</p> - - <img src="{@docRoot}images/avd-manager.png"> - - <p class="img-caption"><strong>Figure 1. </strong>Screenshot of the AVD Manager. </p> - - <p>From the main screen, you can create, delete, repair and start AVDs as well as see the details - of each AVD. </p> - - - <h2 id="createavd">Creating an AVD</h2> - - <p>You can create as many AVDs as you would like to test on. It is recommended that you test your - applications on all API levels higher than the target API level for your application.</p> - - <p>To create an AVD:</p> - - <ol> - <li>Start the AVD Manager: - - <ul> - <li>In Eclipse: select <strong>Window > AVD Manager</strong>, or click - the AVD Manager icon in the Eclipse toolbar.</li> - - <li>In other IDEs: Navigate to your SDK's <code>tools/</code> directory and execute the - <code>android</code> tool with no arguments.</li> - </ul> - </li> - - <li><p>In the <em>Virtual Devices</em> panel, you'll see a list of existing AVDs. Click - <strong>New</strong> to create a new AVD. The <strong>Create New AVD</strong> dialog appears.</p> - - <img src="{@docRoot}images/developing/avd-dialog.png" alt="AVD Dialog"> - <p class="img-caption"><strong>Figure 2.</strong> Screenshot of the Create AVD window</p> - </li> - - <li>Fill in the details for the AVD. - - <p>Give it a name, a platform target, an SD card size, and a skin (HVGA is default). You can - also add specific hardware features of the emulated device by clicking the - <strong>New...</strong> button and selecting the feature. For a list of hardware features, - see <a href="#hardwareopts">Hardware options</a>.</p> - - <p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> Be sure to define a target for your AVD that satisfies - your application's Build Target (the AVD platform target must have an API Level equal to or - greater than the API Level that your application compiles against).</p> - </li> - - <li>Click <strong>Create AVD</strong>.</li> - </ol> - - <p>Your AVD is now ready and you can either close the AVD Manager, create more AVDs, or - launch an emulator with the AVD by selecting a device and clicking <strong>Start</strong>.</p> - -<h3 id="hardwareopts">Hardware options</h3> -<p>If you are creating a new AVD, you can specify the following hardware options for the AVD -to emulate:</p> - - <table> - <tr> - <th>Characteristic</th> - - <th>Description</th> - - <th>Property</th> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>Device ram size</td> - - <td>The amount of physical RAM on the device, in megabytes. Default value is "96".</td> - - <td>hw.ramSize</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>Touch-screen support</td> - - <td>Whether there is a touch screen or not on the device. Default value is "yes".</td> - - <td>hw.touchScreen</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>Trackball support</td> - - <td>Whether there is a trackball on the device. Default value is "yes".</td> - - <td>hw.trackBall</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>Keyboard support</td> - - <td>Whether the device has a QWERTY keyboard. Default value is "yes".</td> - - <td>hw.keyboard</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>DPad support</td> - - <td>Whether the device has DPad keys. Default value is "yes".</td> - - <td>hw.dPad</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>GSM modem support</td> - - <td>Whether there is a GSM modem in the device. Default value is "yes".</td> - - <td>hw.gsmModem</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>Camera support</td> - - <td>Whether the device has a camera. Default value is "no".</td> - - <td>hw.camera</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>Maximum horizontal camera pixels</td> - - <td>Default value is "640".</td> - - <td>hw.camera.maxHorizontalPixels</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>Maximum vertical camera pixels</td> - - <td>Default value is "480".</td> - - <td>hw.camera.maxVerticalPixels</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>GPS support</td> - - <td>Whether there is a GPS in the device. Default value is "yes".</td> - - <td>hw.gps</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>Battery support</td> - - <td>Whether the device can run on a battery. Default value is "yes".</td> - - <td>hw.battery</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>Accelerometer</td> - - <td>Whether there is an accelerometer in the device. Default value is "yes".</td> - - <td>hw.accelerometer</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>Audio recording support</td> - - <td>Whether the device can record audio. Default value is "yes".</td> - - <td>hw.audioInput</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>Audio playback support</td> - - <td>Whether the device can play audio. Default value is "yes".</td> - - <td>hw.audioOutput</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>SD Card support</td> - - <td>Whether the device supports insertion/removal of virtual SD Cards. Default value is - "yes".</td> - - <td>hw.sdCard</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>Cache partition support</td> - - <td>Whether we use a /cache partition on the device. Default value is "yes".</td> - - <td>disk.cachePartition</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>Cache partition size</td> - - <td>Default value is "66MB".</td> - - <td>disk.cachePartition.size</td> - </tr> - - <tr> - <td>Abstracted LCD density</td> - - <td>Sets the generalized density characteristic used by the AVD's screen. Default value is - "160".</td> - - <td>hw.lcd.density</td> - </tr> - </table> - |