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1. Yashraj Talan

   February 11, 2013 at 10:33 am

   Thanks ha14! It took time to figure out but the webpage http://bencoding.com/2012/01/15/using-ddms-to-set-your-android-emulators-location/ pointed to the right solution! Thanks everyone!
   • ha14

     February 12, 2013 at 11:31 am

     thanks for your feedback and glad that the solution worked for you:)
2. Gaurav Joshi

   February 6, 2013 at 4:31 pm

   if you want to use android as virtual machine use it on virtualbox download ova file from http://androvm.org/blog/download/ and simply import it into virtualbox
3. Gaurav Joshi

   February 6, 2013 at 4:28 pm

   you must provide internet access via writing " " in android manifest file of your android app source
4. ha14

   February 6, 2013 at 2:20 pm

   if you are on wireless, Disable your LAN card. go to your Network connections, find your LAN card, right click it and choose disable

   perhaps it is your antivirus/firewall give full access to emulator.exe.

   What is DDMS and how it works?
   http://www.edumobile.org/android/android-tutorial/what-is-ddms-and-how-it-works/

   Using DDMS To Set Your Android Emulator’s Location
   http://bencoding.com/2012/01/15/using-ddms-to-set-your-android-emulators-location/

   go to DDMS select Emulator Control ,which contains Telephony Status in telephony status contain data -->select Home , this will enable your internet connection ,if you want disable internet connection for Emulator then select None
   http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/android/devguide/guide/developing/tools/ddms.html
   • Yashraj Talan

     February 25, 2013 at 11:50 am

     Same problem again... This time the "Send" button gets clicked, but nothing happens. NOTHING. Can you please help me? :)
   • ha14

     February 26, 2013 at 8:01 pm

     Quick Tip: Enabling Users to Send Email From Your Android Applications – The Easy Way
     http://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/android/android-email-intent/

     try k9mail
     https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fsck.k9
   • Yashraj Talan

     February 27, 2013 at 8:45 am

     @ha14 I guess you got that wrong... The Send button in DDMS in Eclipse doesn't work. I click on it when the AVD is running, nothing happens. That's the problem...But I think it was my fault that I didn't elaborate the problem...Sorry to bother you... Can you please help me with that?
   • ha14

     February 27, 2013 at 12:33 pm

     it can be because he network?

     perhaps is regional settings? change to english...choose your correct locale, something to do with how numbers are formatted?

     Create New AVD --> Hardware --> New --> GPS support
     to set custom hardware emulation options for the AVD, enter "yes" and set values as needed.
     If you want to use the default hardware emulation options for the AVD, just press the return key (the default is "no").
     http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2010/09/android-location-based-services.html

     ensure your application is requesting location updates in some way, otherwise the emulator will just ignore any incoming locations from DDMS or the console.

     Managing AVDs with AVD Manager
     http://developer.android.com/tools/devices/managing-avds.html

     Using DDMS
     http://stuff.mit.edu/afs/sipb/project/android/docs/tools/debugging/ddms.html

     Using DDMS To Set Your Android Emulator’s Location
     http://bencoding.com/2012/01/15/using-ddms-to-set-your-android-emulators-location/

     1. Start the Android Emulator with GPS support enabled
     2. Open DDMS and telnet localhost 5554
     3. geo fix
     4. Navigate to http://maps.google.com/ - See more at:

     1. Install the plugin: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
     2. Start Emulator and open DDMS perspective.
     3. Select Emulator instance from Devices and select Emulator Control.
     4. Enter in and coordinates and click send.
     5. Navigate to http://maps.google.com/ -> - See more at:
   • Yashraj Talan

     March 21, 2013 at 8:27 am

     Hi ha14. I don't know anything about programming. Just some basic BASIC and C++ skills. My Android SDK version is a bit old, v21.0.1. I do not have any Hardware options and do not want to update(my data plan is almost consumed) it. I always turn GPS on when I make a Device Definition. Please advice. All I want is to be able to use the internet or run apps. I don't know about telnet. I have written those co-ordinates many times. The Send button doesn't seem to respond. I mean I click there, it gets clicked, but NOTHING ever happens. All I have is a slow AVD with no internet. Hope that makes it clear. Extremely sorry to bother you. :) Hope you do not mind.
   • ha14

     March 21, 2013 at 12:03 pm

     i understand, really do not know what is going wrong with your android sdk, perhaps DNS problem
     http://www.gitshah.com/2011/02/android-fixing-no-internet-connection.html
     try starting the emulator with administrative privileges?
     grant full access to emulator.exe.

     Using Teredo in Windows XP
     http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb968771(v=vs.85).aspx
     http://pages.uoregon.edu/joe/ipv6/windows-xp-ipv6-with-teredo.pdf

     How to disable IPv6 in Windows XP SP3 / Windows Vista / Windows 7
     http://forums.peerblock.com/read.php?3,5544,5592
   • Yashraj Talan

     March 22, 2013 at 11:47 am

     I DID IT! Thanks a lot! That Deep Shah's Blog helped a lot! You rule ha14... I wish I could thank you materially, but then, God knows that I am thanking you and I'm sure He would give you some dollars for that... I had a DNS Server problem...Now gonna try all good apps!

     BTW Do you know how to access the Play Store via it? I downloaded some Google Play apps and installed them, but they didn't run.
   • ha14

     March 22, 2013 at 12:53 pm

     have you used android browser within the emulator to download and install apps?

     oprn cmd typing "adb -help" into the console gives you some optiions:
     adb install [-l] [-r] [-s] - push this package file to the device and install it

     Installing and Removing Android Apps on the Emulator
     http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/google-android/articles/40860.aspx

     it can be that application gets installed onto the emulator but it's main activity is not launched. Check the application on the emulator try launching it from there

     kill the process adb.exe than launch emulator from AVD Manager run applications
     http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html
     http://testquest.docs.bsquare.com/Connectivity/Connectivity_for_Android_web_version_TQ10.htm
     https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!msg/android-developers/Ln3Ywwmm0gI/qArIo6Rdrt8J
   • Yashraj Talan

     March 25, 2013 at 8:51 am

     Actually I use cmd.exe and type "/adb.exe install .exe".
     I found this via the web.
     The same is written in http://www.brighthub.com/mobile/google-android/articles/40860.aspx .
     Actually what I found now is that the emulator can't create a Google account(or sync an Exchange account to be precise) via Settings, so I searched the web and found that I need to have "Google APIs" for the same android version(revision number, etc.). I just downloaded it, and am about to use the new AVD I created. I'll tell you if it works. :)