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  • 16 GB of RAM memory

  • Available Disk storage > 10 GB

  • Install Android Studio

  • Add Java to your path / environment variables:

    • On Linux: add the line export PATH=$HOME/android-studio/jbr/bin:$PATH in the .bashrc file and run the command "source ~/.bashrc"

    • On Windows: Windows start menu > Settings > System > About > Advanced settings > Environment variables > Add the environment variable JAVA_HOME with the path C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr\bin

  • Install Android SDK Tools to have uiautomatorviewer and sdkmanager 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
      languagebash
      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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Info

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

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actions to download manually the system image

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  • Go back to the welcome window of Android Studio

  • Click on the three dots button

  • Select SDK Manager

If you already have a project open on Android Studio, click on Tools > SDK Manager.

  • Click on the SDK Platforms tab

  • Check the Show Package Details box

  • Choose the system image that you want and download it. If you want the system image with Android 10 and Google Play Store:

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  • , select Android 10.0

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  • (Q) - Google Play Intel x86 Atom System Image.

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  • On the Device Manager window, select the three dots button and click on “Wipe Data”. It will load the new configuration. Then, you can launch the device with Google Play Store.

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