Android virtual machine and its configuration.

Android virtual machine and its configuration.

AVD is used to test the developed app with no need of real android device.A developer can configures the AVD on various version of Android.

procedures of configuring AVD.

1. open eclipse and select AVD manager.
2. in the resulting AVD manager window select new button on the right.
3. now after clicking on new button various values you need to set up.

• name - you can give the name for your android app.
• target - it has two option ,select Android 4.1- API level 16  if you don't need Google map API capability and select Google APIs(Google Inc.) API level 16  if you want to use Google map APIs capability.
• SD card size - enter 1024 mib by default.
• Snapshot -don't select snapshot if you have enabled graphics acceleration because snapshot are not supported with them.
• Skin - select built-in and Default(WVGA800).
• Hardware - select given hardware from the list as per app requirements.