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1.1 Prerequisite to use an android emulator without Greenspector tools

• 16 GB of RAM memory

• Available Disk storage > 10 GB

• Install Android Studio

• Install Java on Linux

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• Install Java on Windows:

  • Go to https://www.java.com/fr/download/help/windows_manual_download.html and install the Java executable

  • Click on the Java executable and follow the instructions

  • Add JAVA_HOME to your path / environment variables: Windows start menu > Settings > System > About > Advanced settings > Environment variables > Path > Modify > Add the path C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre-1.8

• Install sdkmanager Android SDK Tools to have uiautomatorviewer from Android Studio:

  • Open Android Studio

  • Click on More Actions > SDK Manager (or Tools > SDK Manager if a project is open)

  • Click on the SDK Tools tab, uncheck "Hide Obsolete Packages"

  • Check Android SDK Tools and install version 26.1.1

• Add sdkmanager to your path / environment variables:

  • On Linux: add the line export PATH=$HOME/Android/Sdk/tools/bin:$PATH in the .bashrc file and run the command "source ~/.bashrc"

  • On Mac: add the line export PATH=$HOME/Library/Android/sdk/tools/bin:$PATH in the .bash_profile file and run the command "source ~/.bash_profile"

  • On Windows: Windows start menu > Settings > System > About > Advanced settings > Environment variables > Path > Modify > Add the path C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\tools\bin

• On Windows only, turn vulkan off to be able to load web pages (only if you want to test web pages) :

  • Open Windows start menu

  • Select Notepad

  • Add the following text :

    Code Block
    language bash
    Vulkan = off GLDirectMem = on

  • Click on File > Save as : go to C:\Users\[username]\.android and name the file advancedFeatures.ini

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• Make the following changes:

  • PlayStore.enabled: change from “false” to “true”

  • image.sysdir.1: change “google_apis” to “google_apis_playstore”

  • tag.display: change “Google APIs” to “Google Play”

  • tag.id: change “google_apis” to “google_apis_playstore”

• Save your changes

• On the Device Manager window, select the three dots button and click on “Wipe Data”. It will load the new configuration.

• We expect the following error message:

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In some old version of Android Studio, you can have a direct download action instead of warning missing system image. Please download. Then you do not need to do the following action to download manually the system image.

• Install the system image with Google Play Store:

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