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| <title>Device Management view</title> |
| <shortdesc>Lists available devices (both physical and virtual) and allows you to install applications to them.</shortdesc> |
| <prolog> |
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| </prolog> |
| <refbody> |
| <section> |
| <p>The Device Management view displays any connected Android devices and any available Android Virtual Devices |
| (AVDs), identified by name and categorized by type. For each device, the Devices column also includes the AVD |
| name and operating system version (for running emulated devices) or device ID and operating system version (for |
| real devices). The Status column indicates whether the device is online (an AVD that is online is one that is |
| running) or offline. If an AVD shows "no user data", that AVD has no associated user data: either it has never |
| been run, or it has been reset since it was last run.</p> |
| <p>Right-click a device to display a menu that varies depend upon the type of device you have selected. When a |
| physical device is selected you can open an ADB shell window or install an application to the device. When an |
| AVD is selected you can also start, stop, or reset the virtual device, and you can open an Android console |
| window.</p> |
| <simpletable> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><image href="../images/tml-new-instance.png"/></stentry> |
| <stentry>Creates a new device. Use this to create new AVD instances.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><image href="../images/refresh-device-list-button_android.png"/></stentry> |
| <stentry>Refreshes the list of devices and their status indications.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><image href="../images/menu-button.png"/></stentry> |
| <stentry>Displays a menu that allows you to create a new device.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| </simpletable> |
| <p>The context-sensitive menu that appears when you right-click a device has some or all of the following commands |
| (depending upon whether the device is real or emulated).</p> |
| <simpletable> |
| <sthead> |
| <stentry>Command</stentry> |
| <stentry>Icon</stentry> |
| <stentry>Function</stentry> |
| </sthead> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><uicontrol>New</uicontrol></stentry> |
| <stentry><image href="../images/dev-mgr_new-icon.png"/></stentry> |
| <stentry>Creates a new AVD.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><uicontrol>Delete</uicontrol></stentry> |
| <stentry><image href="../images/loc_editor-remove-line-button.png"/></stentry> |
| <stentry>Deletes an existing AVD.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><uicontrol>Properties</uicontrol></stentry> |
| <stentry/> |
| <stentry>Opens a dialog from which you can view and edit some of the device's properties.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><uicontrol>ADB Shell</uicontrol></stentry> |
| <stentry><image href="../images/dev-mgr_adb-shell-icon.png"/></stentry> |
| <stentry>Opens a new ADB (Android Debug Bridge) shell console from which you can issue adb commands. These |
| commands allow you to manage the state of connected Android devices and AVDs. See the Android SDK |
| documentation at <xref href="http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html#shellcommands" |
| scope="external" format="html">http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html</xref> for |
| information on the commands you can issue.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><uicontrol>Console</uicontrol></stentry> |
| <stentry><image href="../images/dev-mgr_console-icon.png"/></stentry> |
| <stentry>Opens a new Emulator Console connected to the selected emulator instance. You can use the Emulator |
| Console to simulate hardware events, simulate telephony events, and control various aspects of the emulated |
| device. For more information see the Android SDK documentation for the Emulator Console at <xref |
| href="http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html#console" scope="external" |
| format="html">http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html#console</xref>.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><uicontrol>Install app</uicontrol></stentry> |
| <stentry><image href="../images/dev-mgr_install-app-icon.png"/></stentry> |
| <stentry>Prompts you for an application package, and then installs the package to the selected device. Note |
| that the target device must be running. Also note that you can install apps simply by dragging and dropping |
| one or more APKs onto a running AVD or connected handset listed in the Device Management view.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><uicontrol>Uninstall app</uicontrol></stentry> |
| <stentry><image href="../images/dev-mgr_uninstall-app-icon.png"/></stentry> |
| <stentry>Lists applications that can be uninstalled, and uninstalls those that you have selected.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><uicontrol>Take Screenshot</uicontrol></stentry> |
| <stentry><image href="../images/dev-mgr_take-screenshot-icon.png"/></stentry> |
| <stentry>Captures an image of the device's screen. This function works for both real and emulated |
| devices.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><uicontrol>Test events with Monkey</uicontrol></stentry> |
| <stentry><image href="../images/dev-mgr_monkey-test-icon.png"/></stentry> |
| <stentry>Creates a launch configuration for the Android UI/Application Exerciser Monkey, which tests your apps |
| by sending pseudo-random events to them.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><uicontrol>Language</uicontrol></stentry> |
| <stentry><image href="../images/dev-mgr_language-icon.png"/></stentry> |
| <stentry>Changes the locale of the selected emulator instance. The emulator must be running. This feature is |
| particularly useful when testing localized versions of your applications. Note that it lets you change the |
| emulated device's locale to any language/country combination, whether or not the device has the specified |
| locale installed. If the locale is not installed the device defaults to English, but within your application |
| your localized strings.xml file is used.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><uicontrol>Reset</uicontrol></stentry> |
| <stentry><image href="../images/dev-mgr_reset-icon.png"/></stentry> |
| <stentry>Deletes all of the selected emulator's data. This has the same effect as deleting and recreating the |
| AVD.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><uicontrol>Stop</uicontrol></stentry> |
| <stentry><image href="../images/dev-mgr_stop-icon.png"/></stentry> |
| <stentry>Stops the selected emulator instance.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><uicontrol>Repair</uicontrol></stentry> |
| <stentry><image href="../images/dev-mgr_repair-icon.png"/></stentry> |
| <stentry>Tries to repair a corrupt AVD (depending upon the problem) so that it can once again be |
| used.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><uicontrol>Start</uicontrol></stentry> |
| <stentry><image href="../images/dev-mgr_start-icon.png"/></stentry> |
| <stentry>Starts the selected emulator instance.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| <strow> |
| <stentry><uicontrol>Analyze Memory with MAT</uicontrol></stentry> |
| <stentry><image href="../images/dev-mgr_mat-analyze-icon.png"/></stentry> |
| <stentry>Generates an HPROF file and then runs the Memory Analyzer (MAT). MAT analyzes the Java heap and can |
| be extremely helpful when trying to track down memory leaks. It is also a valuable tool when trying to |
| reduce your app's memory consumption.</stentry> |
| </strow> |
| </simpletable> |
| <p>The toolbar icons across the top of the Device Management view correspond to many of the above commands. These |
| icons are enabled and disabled as appropriate for the selected devices. Note that they enable you to issue |
| commands to more than one device at a time. For instance, you can start multiple AVDs by selecting them and |
| clicking <image href="../images/start-avd-button.png"/>.</p> |
| </section> |
| </refbody> |
| </reference> |
