A lot of people are using their mobile devices for Internet browsing these days, and expect the trend to go up as time goes by so is becoming almost necessary for webmasters to add mobile browsing support to their websites or blogs. Android is the leader mobile OS in the US, and is becoming very popular all over the world, so testing the mobile theme on an Android phone is required. if you don’t have an Android phone available to test, then you need to use an Android phone emulator.
before this hack ( more about this below ) to run an Android phone emulator you needed to install and configure the Android SDK package which on a Windows PC is a pain in the ass to do. but now, thanks to a developer at the xda forums, installing the SDK android developer’s package is not required. Just download the emulator below, and execute it.. that’s all.
please take note that I did not develop the emulator nor I have any association with its development. all credits and feedback should be given to the poster at this forum thread http://forum.xda-developers.com
I downloaded the emulator, added two patches, tested it, and then zipped it and uploaded it to my web server. the original link on the thread above points to a Rapidshare download link, and links there come and go without notice, that’s why I uploaded it to my web server so it can stay there as long as I want to.. please visit the forum link above for updates and improvements on the emulator.
Download the Android phone emulator by clicking on the download image below:
…………Google Android Emulator………………………………………………………………………….. ……………………………Google Android Emulator……Posted on February 6 2009 at 12 00 AM …………………………………… …….If you want to test run and debug your Android apps without using a physical Android based mobile then you just need the Android Emulator for your needs………..
Thank you, I will download it next time.