Q&A: Can I program an Android application without actually having an Android phone?

Does the Android SDK control anything to test your application on while developing an Android application (much like the iPhone does)?

I don’t own a phone with Android (I really have an iPhone…) but I want to program some Android apps, without burning money on a phone. When it comes time to test my application on a live phone I have plenty of friends that would be willing to be guinea pigs.

Answer by nuvious@ymail.com
Yes. The android SDK includes an emulator call AVD or Android Virtual Device. It is limited in some respects because it can’t receive calls or be went around for GPS testing, but for simple games and web-apps it’s perfect for users who don’t want to invest in a enhancement phone.

Here’s a website on how to use the AVD in the basic sense:
http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/avd.html

Though I recommend by the Eclipse Android Enhancement Tool (ADT) plugin for all your work as the AVD launcher is built right into the normal launch system for Eclipse. Here’s a page on how to bed in that:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html

Obviously you’ll need to bed in Eclipse for Java Developers and the Android SDK first. If you haven’t done that yet, here are the pages you need to get that done:
http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html

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I’m plotting to buy an Android phone but my budget limits me to phones with 240×320 resolutions. Now, I’m a bit hesitant to buy such phone because I reckon that it has the most limited digit of apps and games available. Yet, I really want to buy an Android as soon as possible.

Answer by Aanshik
The Android Promote has more than 3,00,000 apps but rationally thinking, how many of these apps are really worth a download or are really gonna be used by you?
The resolution you specified supports are lot of the helpful apps out there and you won’t miss out on anything huge.
so i reckon you should go ahead with your buy.

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