
You can record touch inputs as a macro and replay it. Keyboard keys can be mapped with clicks at specified screen coordinates. Multitouch events can easily be emulated. The player has a way better input & sensor emulation as the other above. The player supports multiple instances, so the testing of multiplayer applications should be a lot easier. It offers many cool features, like a shared folder, video recording and the google play store. Due to many optimizations it starts incredibly fast and runs very smooth. It is a feature rich player based on Android 4.4.2. The next Android emulator is the Nox App Player. Follow the instructions in the app to connect your device with the emulator. Install $android_sdk\tools\apps\SdkController\bin\SdkControllerApp.apk onto your phone and open it. You can try to use an actual device as input device for the emulator. The only missing feature is the multitouch input. To manually change the path navigate to: > Unit圓D -> Edit -> Preferences -> External Tools -> Android SDK If the root folder of the SDK is not configured within unity, it will ask for the location. After starting it, the “Build & Run” command in Unit圓D will now automatically push the app onto the emulator and open it. To speed up the emulator, install Intel HAXM, but this should tell you the SDK-Manager as well.Īfterwards, open the AVD Manager and create a suitable virtual device. If you use Hyper-V, do not install HAXAM! > Press WIN+R -> enter "OptionalFeatures.exe" -> OK -> Uncheck Hyper-V -> OK -> Restart PC As AMD user you may want to switch now, to gain the advantage of the hardware acceleration. UPDATE12.07.18: With the latest Windows 10 April 2018 Update and the latest beta image from google, the Hyper-V technology IS supported. Hyper-V can be removed with the windows features manager. Otherwise, you will end with a bluescreen after starting the emulator.

If you are running windows as operating system, you may need to make sure, that Hyper-V is not installed. Open up the SDK-Manager and download one of the latest emulation images. If you are already developing for android, the SDK will be already installed on your system. Obviously, the source for an emulator is shipped by the Android SDK (only SDK download is at the very bottom). There are several emulators out in the wild and I’ll review some of them.

Testing your product with powerful hardware can be a key in production. Unity can build the app automatically and push it to your preferred emulator. Using an emulator to test your Android builds can really speed up your development.
