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/

• How to use uiautomatorviewer to get elements of a view (by id, text, class or description) to write GDSL test: How to get Get elements of a view (by id, text, class or description) to write GDSL test (AndroidUIAutomatorViewer)

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.ini

  • On 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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