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You can use an android emulator to help you develop your GDSL tests. It is usefull if you do not have a real device or if you want to test on a device with the same resolution as a device on the Test Bench. Do not use emulator if you want measures, the metrics (energy, data …) are not available.
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Android GDSL functions: https://dsl.greenspector.com/
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2. Use an android emulator without Greenspector tools
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Open the configuration file of your emulator. Replace [device_id] by the id of your device.
On Linux and macOS:
$HOME/.android/avd/[device_id]/config.iniOn Windows:
C:\Users\[username]\.android\avd\[device_id]\config.ini
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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On macOS, you may have the following warning:
To fix that , you have to click on accept the notification by clicking on Allow anyway in the Apple menu , and then on / System Settings > Privacy & Security > Allow Anyway |
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On macOS with M1 chip, you may need to install Rosetta first:
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Download the android-service executable in 32 bits and its version file : https://dl.greenspector.com/emulator/android-service-files.tar.gz
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On macOS with M1 chip, you have to download the android-service executable with arm architecture: https://dl.greenspector.com/emulator/android-service-files-mac-m1.tar.gz |
Go to your greenspector cache:
On Linux and macOS:
$HOME/.greenspectorOn Windows:
C:\Users\[username]\.greenspector
Replace the android-service and android-service.version files with the downloaded files. You will have to decompress the tar.gz file.
You can now run the testrunner with the --no-update option:
On Linux and macOS:
./testrunner -jobFile job.yml -config config.yml --no-updateOn Windows:
testrunner -jobFile job.yml -config config.yml --no-update
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