Get Started with the Android Emulator

1. Install SDK (http://developer.android.com/sdk/1.6_r1/index.html)
2. Open command prompt window
   Start>Run>cmd.exe
3. Change directory to Android SDK folder
4. List available Android Images from command line
   > android list targets
   With the SDK as of September 2009, 1.5 and 1.6 images are available.
5. The emulator requires an Android Virtual Device to be created which simulates the firmware of an Android device. This is based off one of the images listed by the above command.
6. Create an AVD by typing
   > android create avd -n -t X
   where -t X specifies the ID of the image to use during creation (replace X with the ID of the desired image to use)
   So if you want a version 1.5 AVD, you can create it by
   > android create avd -n myavd -t 1
Android 1.5 is a basic Android platform.
Do you wish to create a custom hardware profile [no]
Created AVD 'myavd' based on Android 1.5
7. If you should ever want to delete an AVD, type the following
   > android delete avd -n
8. Start the emulator now with
   emulator -avd -sdcard C:\work\software\android\sdcard.img –verbose