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Create virtual devices for testing

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Create virtual devices for testing

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- [Narrator] To test your apps, you'll need either a physical device, that is a phone or a tablet, or a virtual device that you can create for free and run on the Android emulator. Create virtual devices using the AVD Manager. You can get to the AVD Manager from the welcome screen, under the configure menu, or if you already have a project open, you can open the AVD Manager from the tools menu. From this screen, click on create virtual device, and then choose the device definition you want to use. You'll find device definitions for various form-factors including Android TV, Wear OS for watches, or phones or tablets. I'm going to create a phone device, and I'm specifically going to emulate the Pixel 2. Now, I'm not using Pixel 3 for a couple of reasons. First of all, the Pixel 3 definition, as of the time of this recording, had a bad bug in it. But more importantly, the Pixel 2 definition has full support for the Google Play Store. That will allow me, if I want to, to log in to the…

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