Android: Installing the Market app on the emulator?

Question

I need to install the market app on the android emulator on Mac Os X. How can it be done?

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Possibly duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1387830/does-the-android-market-work-on-the-emulator — mcveat, Jan 05 '11 at 13:55
First of all I asked specifically for mac os x. Obviously before posting the question I searched and even came across your link.. — Alex1987, Jan 05 '11 at 14:28
Why didn't this answer work? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1387830/does-the-android-market-work-on-the-emulator/4583211#4583211 — Wesley Wiser, Jan 05 '11 at 15:41

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 05 '11 at 14:19

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The Market is not available for the emulator. It is only available for hardware devices that meet the compatibility requirements.

answered Jan 05 '11 at 14:19

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

Yes, you can. See my answer to this question, re-quoted below:

This 2 part video walks you through how to get the marketplace and the gmail app onto an android 2.2 emulator: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe-jA3l3QNA

This link also covers it (http://anythingsimple.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-to-use-android-market-on-android.html) but I found the video to be a bit more useful.

Android: Installing the Market app on the emulator?

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