Install Your App in Android Emulator

Created by: Jasper Aguila
Published: Fri 13 May '11, 5:35pm
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Install App in Android Emulator
Don't have an Android device and want to see your vBulletin Mobile Suite app before it gets published? Then use the Android Emulator!

Below is a tutorial on how to run your apk file in the Android emulator. Note: Extra step for Windows 7/Vista users! All the way at bottom of the post!

For Mac Users check the second comment made by Lynne below.

Thank you so much to botskool for basically helping me compile this article!
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Step 1: Download and install the Android SDK Package. Click here to download.

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Step 2: Download the Android app that vBulletin provided to you and unzip.

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Step 3: Create and Launch the emulator.
Go to your SDK Manager -> Virtual Devices -> New -> See Screenshot Below.

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Step 4: Copy .APK Files and paste it to the C:\Android\android-sdk\tools folder.

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Step 5: Go to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt

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Step 6: Type:

Code:

cd locationofandroidskdfolder

See screenshots below for example.

To get the location of the tools folder Right Click Address Bar -> and Choose "Copy Address as Text"

In the command prompt, type "cd" and then press "space button" and paste the location of the tools folder into the command prompt and press enter. (See Screenshot below)

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Step 7: Type "adb install yourbundleid.apk" Make sure to change yourbundleid to the appropriate file name. See Screenshot below.

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Step 8 Final: Go to your Android emulator and click the menu button. You should see your vBulletin application there.

Congrats!!

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Extra step for Windows 7/Vista Users...
Download the adb.zip file provided by botskool and unzip it. http://www.botskool.com/downloads/geeks/android/adb.zip and upload the files inside to the "C:\Android\android-sdk\tools"

Follow Step 1 to 8 after.
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3 comments
- #1
  
  Lynne commented
  
  Wed 18 May '11, 1:40pm
  
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  For the mac, starting at step 4.
  
  Step 4 - open a terminal window
  
  Step 5 - cd to the /Applications/Android/platform-tools directory (you may drag/drop the directory into the terminal window after typing "cd ")
  
  Code:
  
  cd /Applications/Android/platform-tools directory
  
  Step 6 - Start abd
  
  Code:
  
  ./adb
  
  Step 7 - Verify the emulator is running
  
  Code:
  
  ./adb devices
  
  You should get a response ending like this:
  
  Code:
  
  List of devices attached emulator-5554 device
  
  Step 8 - Install the app (you may drag/drop the apk file into the terminal window after typing "./adb install ")
  
  Code:
  
  ./adb install /Volumes/full/path/here/appname.apk
  
  You should get a response similar to this:
  
  Code:
  
  419 KB/s (1444917 bytes in 3.359s) pkg: /data/local/tmp/appname.apk Success
  
  Now it will be availble for use in your emulator.
- #2
  
  rinkrat commented
  
  Wed 10 Aug '11, 3:23pm
  
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  adb.zip in the above Windows 7 inscruction is a bad zip.Anywhere else to get it?
- #3
  
  pokesph commented
  
  Sat 27 Aug '11, 5:51pm
  
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  note that in the newest Android SDK adb has moved to platform-tools directory use the full path method or copy/pasta the apk into platform-tools directory and go from there.
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