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Hey guys, today I'm going to show you how to run an Android emulator on your computer.
This works for Windows, Mac, and other operating systems.
But I will show it on Windows 8.
To get started, go to developer.android.com
You can Google search for that. Once you get there
The website will be something like this. Go to develop.
Tools, then download on the sidebar.
There is no direct link.
I guess there is, but then you go to the sidebar and to download.
And download the SDK.
I already have it installed.
So I'm not going to download it.
But this is where you would download it.
Once it downloads
It's about 500 megabytes.
It's also a zip file, so you would unzip it with WinRAR.
Or whatever program you want.
And you would unzip it to whatever folder you want.
Once you have it done, it's going to be a file like Android I think.
This one is the one you want.
adt-bundle and then your OS.
Then you go in here. Go to eclipse.
Then open this application. If you already have eclipse
You can't use that because this is a modified version, as you can see.
That is made for programming Android apps.
We don't need any of this stuff. All we have to do to run the emulator.
Is go up here to Android virtual device manager.
You'll see that I've created a device.
You would just go new, it would pop up with this window, name it something.
Choose a screen size, and keep in mind that
It has to fit on your screen.
Computer screen, so I have to make mine pretty small.
Android version.
Then camera if you want. It will use the webcam.
Then the RAM.
You don't want too much but you also want enough so it runs the phone.
I found that 128 works for my computer.
It will be different if you have a better computer.
Internal storage: I just put 100.
SD card: 16. Those don't matter really.
Once you have entered all the stuff, go to OK.
Hit OK, and you'll see it pop up in this list.
Just click on it.
And go to Start.
Then press Launch.
You'll see that it pops up right here.
Since my computer is slow, it will take a while to boot.
There is the boot screen.
If it has trouble loading, you can go back and lower the RAM.
That should make it run better and faster.
While this loads, I'll go over the controls.
Since you don't have physical buttons, you have the volume buttons.
The power or sleep button.
You also have the home, menu, back, and search buttons.
There we go.
What is it doing...it usually goes to the lock screen.
Now it's at the lock screen, and you can click and drag to unlock.
This is from something else.
You can use the mouse to navigate different pages.
Clock.
You can move the stuff like you would on any Android phone.
We have applications.
The camera works, and you can save stuff to the "SD card".
Using the webcam. Calculator. Calender. All your apps.
And widgets too.
Menu. Opens up the menu like it would on an actual phone.
Home, back.
Well not here but
Also have the settings menu.
I'm not sure if Bluetooth would do anything.
Some of the stuff, like battery, doesn't matter because it's on a computer.
Display.
Sleep.
And change the wallpaper.
Back, back.
And we can always search.
If that's going to work...
Volume buttons.
To sleep, press the power button. It fades out.
Press it again.
It should pop up to the lock screen.
That is how you run an Android emulator on your computer. Thank you for watching.