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Create virtual devices for testing

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Create virtual devices for testing

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- [Narrator] To run your Android applications, you can either use a real physical device or an emulator. You can create an emulator right within Android Studio. If we go to the tools menu, we'll see the AVD Manager. AVD stands for Android Virtual Device. When we click on this menu item, a new window appears. Let's walk through the process of creating our first virtual device or emulator. So we'll click on the create virtual device button and a new window pops up which allows us to choose the configuration. Let's make this larger. On the far left side of the window, we have various form factors that we can choose from, TV, phone, Wear O S, tablet and automotive. We're going to go with phone. Next, we have various device definitions to choose from. They each have a name, size, resolution and density. But one of the most useful pieces of information is if this definition includes the Play Store. By having the Play Store, we…

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