Samsung Galaxy Note emulator

Question

I am trying to create emulator for Samsung Galaxy Note. But it is not working.

I tried the following config

sdk r17
platform 2.3.3
resolution 1280x800
density 320

Emulator skin is comeup. But it doesn't have any navigation keys (menu, back and home keys). Also no keyboard displayed.

I also tried with platform 4.0.3. Same problem there. Emulator comes up without any keys.

For Galaxy Tab I use Samsung addon. So no problem with emulator. But I couldn't' find any addon for Galaxy Note.

Did u gie any resolution as default value as 1280*800? if so it will come without keys only.This will occur in normal emulator for me. just select the built in resolution while creating emulator through avd manager. — deepa, Apr 19 '12 at 04:38

score 24 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 14 '12 at 17:39

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I have created a Galaxy Note AVD skin, which you can download from GitHub (direct download) with credits to Heiko Behrens, whose article you can refer to understand how to use it.

In short, you can simply extract the zip file to the < PathToAndroidSDK >/platforms/android-X/skins/ directory (were X is the API level of the SDK you want to use - in case of 2.3.3, it would be 10). You can then create the AVD from a freshly started AVD manager which will show "Galaxy Note" skin for that API level.

edited Aug 14 '12 at 17:39

Billy Moon

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answered Apr 19 '12 at 09:42

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I am not able to use my system keyboard to enter text in the emulator. – Nishant May 25 '12 at 04:45
Which SDK version are you using? Check http://stackoverflow.com/a/5812241/1321873 also – Rajesh May 25 '12 at 08:16
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It's working after adding keyboard support for emulator. Thanks for your Galaxy Note AVD. – Nishant May 25 '12 at 09:28
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I get lots of OutOfMemoryErrors when I try to use this skin. Any ideas why? – J. B. Rainsberger Nov 12 '12 at 18:25
Did you get OOM in your android app or while starting the emulator? – Rajesh Nov 14 '12 at 05:18
@Rajesh am also getting a lot of OutOfmemory when I use this not skin. ANy ideas to solve it? But other than that its cool. – Andro Selva Dec 31 '12 at 05:12
Try increasing the VM application heap and RAM sizes. – Rajesh Dec 31 '12 at 05:21
Looks like they have changed the way skins work. Shall check and update the post when there is a workable solution. – Rajesh Feb 05 '13 at 13:02
it still picks the resource from layout not from layout-large – Aashish Bhatnagar Jun 05 '13 at 12:28
Sorry, I haven't been able to update the skin. Shall mention you in a comment as soon as the update is available. – Rajesh Nov 05 '13 at 03:55
OK, thanks. Also, do you know what all needs to be done for the skin to work with new ADT? Could you tell me that also when you can? – Adam Johns Nov 06 '13 at 18:38

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 04 '12 at 03:07

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Hi user1123931 while creating AVD in eclipse there is an option in Hardware section -> New-> Keyboard Support. select it while creating or editing you device. The keyboard should be visible now. enter image description here

answered Jun 04 '12 at 03:07

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Thanks you saved me a lot of headache – Dominic Sep 13 '12 at 10:13

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 22 '12 at 19:01

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There are specially developed skins to provide those UI elements in the Emulator. You can also use the special keyboard shortcuts in replacement of those UI buttons: Android Emulator Shortcut Keys

answered May 22 '12 at 19:01

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