Thursday, February 26, 2015

Android Emulator walkthrough for MAC (Free) : Android Studio

This blog is gonna help you understand how to use android studio for emulating endroid on you mac, I shall tell you all the steps along with screenshots and download links..... And if there is any help required then please post it in the comments.
Basically Android studio is used by developers for creating apps and testing them. So the steps are as follows :


Step 1: First we have to visit the android 's website and download android studio from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

Step 2: Then install it on your app.

Step 3: Now it might ask for downloading java ,etc.... so click on the link in the app and download it.

Step 4:Then reopen the app...




Step 4 : Now choose Start a new Andriod Studio Project



Step 5 : Fill up the required fields ( as per your wish )

                            

Step 6 : Choose any API , and click on next.




Step 7 : Choose Fullscreen activity and click on Finish.


Step 8 : Now something like this shall come  on your screen.


From here in the Toolbar 
choose  this icon........


Step 9 : After clicking the icon this dialog box shall appear, from here choose create a new virtual device. 

Step 10 : Now choose the type of android device you want to emulate , the screen size, the resolution, etc.... . You can also create a new device from here according to your requirements.  
Step 11 : Now download any version you like to emulate , in my case I am not having  a download link on the top as it is already downloaded by me earlier.
Now choose the file you downloaded, and click next .


Step 12 : And then Click on Finish. And your android will Boot and you can use it.


Now thats it for any help do ask in the comments.