When AVD is created, you can then start it. In the window “Create new Android Virtual Device (AVD)”, you must set a name for the virtual device and choose some other specifications like Android API targeted. In list of device definitions, you can see “Galaxy S6” now. When it’s done, click on “Create Device” button. So, we use the specifications informations listed above. Here, we want to create a Samsung Galaxy S6 virtual device. In the AVD Manager, go to “Device Definitions” tab and click on “Create Device…” button.Ī window appears and lets you to fill the specifications of the virtual device. In Eclipse IDE, click on the shortcut icon in the menu bar for Android Virtual Device Manager. Then, you must launch Eclipse IDE with ADT plugin installed.

Supported device states : portrait and landscapesĪfter downloading the Galaxy S6 skin, extract the zip file and copy it in the path Android SDK > Platforms > android-x > skins where x is the platform version number.

Note that Samsung provide also interesting informations about specifications to use when you will create the virtual device : In this tutorial, we’re going to install Samsung Galaxy S6 Emulator skin but process is the same for all Emulator skins you want to install on Eclipse.įirst, you need to download Galaxy S6 Emulator Skin here :

If you use Eclipse or Android Studio as IDE to make your Android apps, you can install some skins to render app in emulator with a display approaching physical devices.įor Samsung devices, Samsung provide emulator skins for its flagships devices like Galaxy S6, Galaxy S5 or Galaxy Note 4. So, best solution is to use Android Virtual Device to create virtual devices that have identical specifications to physical devices you want to test. Buy all these devices is expensive and impossible for Indie Developers. When you make Android apps, you need to test your app on different devices.

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