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suomalainen
August 28th, 2011, 08:52 PM
Hello Friends!

Does anyone know of a good Android emulator for Ubuntu. I'm using version 10.04LTS.

If you use such emulator and can provide feedback that would be great to hear as well.

I wanted to try this out to kinda get look and feel for Android device before purchasing a new handset.

Thank you very much.
doorknob60
August 28th, 2011, 09:04 PM
The official Android SDK comes with an emulator, you can use that :) http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/devices/emulator.html
forrestcupp
August 28th, 2011, 10:05 PM
Like doorknob60 said, the Android SDK is pretty much your only choice. The good news is that you can set it up to emulate any version of Android with any type of hardware. The bad news is that it's made for developers to test their apps on, and it's very much a pain in the butt to set everything up. You have to set up the entire SDK and separately download and install any platforms you want to develop for or emulate.

It's a developer's solution, not a user's solution. But it's the only choice you have. Keep in mind that you can't emulate things like multitouch and accelerometers.