Road to create Virtual device (Emulator ) for beginner

In this post I will show you how to install android SDK , setup Android SDK path in system environments variable, How to update android API and how to create Virtual Devices.

Installation:

1. Download Androd sdk exe or Zip file from link: download
2. Install exe file in your machine or extract the zip file.

Setup Path:
1. Right click on the "My Computer" icon.
2. Click Properties
3. Click Advanced tab
4. Click Environment Variables button, You should see below screen:

5. Click New  button of System variables section, you should see below screen with blank data:

6. Type “ANDROID_HOME” in variable name section and capy path on your  installed diretory of Adnroid and past into “Variable value” section.

7. Click OK button.

8. Select “Path” variable from System Variable” section and click on “Edit” button.

9. append path of your  “platform-tools “ and “tools path like: “D:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools”  and “D:\Android\android-sdk\tools”

10. Click on OK button.

11. Open command prompt and type “adb version”

Update or installation of android API’s: To update or install Android API’s go to android installed folder and click on “SDK Manager.exe”, you will see below screen:

Select APIs to install  or update and click on “Install” button

Steps to create Virtual Devices

1. To create virtual devices click on “AVD Manager.exe” below screen will open:

2. Click on “New” button.

3. Enter AVD name, select device and target form dropdown. Fill all optional field as per your system configuration:

Click “OK” your virtual device is created and it display under “Android Virtual device Manager ” window.

Select created devices and click on “Start” button, your will see that your created emulator will launch.

Hope this will help you  to create virtual device.