Prerequisites:
SDK Manager:
- Download adt-bundle zip based on your Machine Operating System from here
- Extract the downloaded adt-bundle folder
- Open the extracted folder, now user can able see the sdk folder
SDK Manager:
It is the software development kit that enables developers to create applications for the Android platform. The Android SDK separates tools, platforms, and other components into packages you can download using the SDK Manager.
Launching Android SDK:
- On Windows, double-click the SDK Manager.exe file at the root of the Android SDK directory.
- You can select which packages you want to download by checking or un-checking the checkboxes on the left.
- Click Install Packages button(highlighted in below screen) to install the selected packages.
AVD Manager:
An Android Virtual Device (AVD) is a device configuration that is run with the Android emulator. It works with the emulator to provide a virtual device-specific environment to install and run Android apps (to model different configurations of Android-powered devices). The AVD Manager is an easy to use user interface to manage your AVD (Android Virtual Device) configurations.
Launching AVD Manager :
- Run SDK Manager and select Manage AVDs from the Tools menu.
Creating the AVD:
- Android Virtual Device Manager lets you create, update, delete, repair, and start AVDs
- Click the Create to create a new AVD and give the AVD details
- After clicking the OK button , you could see the following screen with all the details of the AVD created
- After clicking the OK button , The following screen will be displayed with the AVD we created
New Android Emulator is created successfully, Now to open the emulator user need to select the created emulator and click Start Button(on top right side of the AVD Manager Window.