The captured image is stored at the location specified in the Settings screen of the extended controls panel as outlined later in this chapter.
Rotate Left/Right – Rotates the emulated device between portrait and landscape orientations.Volume Up / Down – Two buttons that control the audio volume of playback within the simulator environment.Clicking and holding this button will initiate the device “Power off” request sequence. Clicking and releasing this button will lock the device and turn off the screen. Power – The Power button simulates the hardware power button on a physical Android device.Exit / Minimize – The uppermost ‘x’ button in the toolbar exits the emulator session when selected while the ‘-’ option minimizes the entire window.Though many of the options contained within the toolbar are self-explanatory, each option will be covered for the sake of completeness: The emulator toolbar (Figure 5-2) provides access to a range of options relating to the appearance and behavior of the emulator environment.Įach button in the toolbar has associated with it a keyboard accelerator which can be identified either by hovering the mouse pointer over the button and waiting for the tooltip to appear, or via the help option of the extended controls panel. Report this ad The Emulator Toolbar Options Fortunately, Android Studio 2 introduced an enhanced emulator environment providing significant improvements in terms of configuration flexibility and overall performance and further enhancements have been made in subsequent releases.īefore the next chapter explores testing on physical Android devices, this chapter will take some time to provide an overview of the Android Studio AVD emulator and highlight many of the configuration features that are available to customize the environment. Regarded by many developers as slow, inflexible and unreliable, the emulator was long overdue for an overhaul. The Android Virtual Device (AVD) emulator environment bundled with Android Studio 1.x was an uncharacteristically weak point in an otherwise reputable application development environment. Purchase the fully updated Android Studio Dolphin Edition of this publication in eBook ($29.99) or Print ($49.99) formatĪndroid Studio Dolphin Essentials - Java Edition Print and eBook (PDF) editions contain 87 chapters and over 800 pages
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