Migrated to Android Studio: Where are the hardware buttons in the emulator?

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I just migrated my projects and development to Android Studio. Even though I prefer to use hardware devices for development/testing sometimes I use the emulator. On Android studio I cannot find the option to enable the hardware keys on the device! How can I press now the power button/volume buttons, home/back/menu buttons?

I have already tried creating a new device and enabling the hardware keys on the device settings. But I do not get them.

Any help would be appreciated.

Quick tipp: Use Genymotion instead of the default Emulator, it's way faster and has more features. — fweigl, Jan 13 '15 at 21:31
I am really happy with the speed of my default emulator (good PC). But thanks for the suggestion. — fazineroso, Jan 13 '15 at 21:37
Genymotion is a good emulator but all the good things are available in paid version. — Rohit5k2, Jan 13 '15 at 21:40

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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I don't know for sure about making the buttons show up on the UI, but you can use ADB to send key events to your device.

for example: adb shell input keyevent 3 is equivalent to clicking the home button.

For a complete list of valid key codes check this answer to another question.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

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answered Jan 13 '15 at 22:09

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Migrated to Android Studio: Where are the hardware buttons in the emulator?

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