Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Creating an AVD
With version 1.5 and later of the SDK, Google introduced the concept of virtual devices
(AVDs). An AVD is simply a set of configuration attributes applied to an emulator image that
allows the developer to target a specific version of the SDK.
Follow these steps to create your AVD.
1.
Click the AVD button on the Android Studio toolbar (see Figure
1-7
).
Figure 1-7.
Android toolbar in Android Studio
The AVD Manager is shown in Figure
1-8
. The AVD Manager provides everything you need to:
Create virtual devices (emulators)
Delete/edit/start emulators
Figure 1-8.
The AVD Manager
2.
To create an emulator, simply press the Create Virtual
Device. . . button.
3.
In the new device dialog, enter the device name and complete the
following settings (Figure
1-9
):
Select the device model you want to emulate. In this case the device Nexus
model S was selected.
In the target box, select Android 5.0 - API Level 21 in this case.
