4 | Appium Step by Step | How to create Android Virtual Device

Android Virtual Device (AVD) Setup for Automation
00:00 Intro
00:56 How to create and start AVD (emulator) with Android Studio GUI App
02:17 On Android Studio goto Virtual Device Manager ＞ Create new virtual device
03:18 Select device configuration and hardware (name, RAM, storage etc.)
13:31 Check the emulator is available in Device Manager
(Device manager will show all connected devices, virtual and physical)
14:11 Start Stop Android Virtual Device (AVD)

16:40 How to create and start AVD (Emulator) without Android Studio
17:15 Set ANDROID_HOME and PATH env variables Ref:    • 2 | Appium Step by Step | Complete Se...  

20:53 Run commands
$ sdkmanager.bat --list
Use sdkmanager to get required packages like platform-tools, platforms, build-tools
This can be done in a single command e.g.
$ sdkmanager.bat “platform-tools” "platforms;android-33" “build-tools;33.0.0”
// 33 is the API level of your android device os

Or can be done in separate commands, e.g.
$ sdkmanager.bat "build-tools;33.0.0"
$ sdkmanager.bat "platforms;android-33"

Get the system image that you want to use for the AVD (Android Virtual Device)
$ sdkmanager.bat "system-images;android-33;google_apis;x86_64"
$ sdkmanager.bat "sources;android-33" (can skip this)


All these folders should automatically go in the ANDROID_HOME folder, else you can manually place them there
Add path of folders platforms, platform-tools and emulator in Path env variable

32:35 Use avdmanager commands to create AVD
(available in cmdline-tools/bin, same place where sdkmanager is)
avdmanager
avdmanager list
avdmanager list avd
avdmanager create avd -n MyAVD1 -k “system-images;android-33;google_apis;x86_64”
Here
-n is the name of the AVD, we can give any name as you like, can also use --name
-k is the system image that we downloaded using sdkmanager above, can also use --package
(using this command - sdkmanager "system-images;android-33;google_apis;x86_64" )

Can also give the id in -d flag
avdmanager create avd -n MyAVD1 -d 17 -k “system-images;android-33;google_apis;x86_64”
The id for a specific device can be referred by running avdmanager list

37:46 Start AVD using emulator commands
emulator -list-avds
emulator -avd MyAVD1
Can also start AVD with a specific resolution (size) using -skin option
emulator -avd MyAVD1 -skin 450x750

On Mac with Apple M1 M2 chip we can get system images with ARM64 architecture
system-images;android-UpsideDownCakePrivacySandbox;google_apis_playstore;arm64-v8a

49:56 Other options to use Android Virutal Device (emulators)
50:26 Cloud Devices
52:44 Next Steps

Document - https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/...

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