Getting Started

Create

The easiest way to create an AVD image is through Eclipse button which opens the Android Virtual Device (AVD) Manager.

The device will be created in your users folder e.g:
```
c:\Users\Patrick\.android\avd\
```

Usage

To start the emulator:

Run emulator.exe with the -avd parameter followed by the name of your Android Virtual Device:
```
emulator.exe -avd patavdthree
```

Note:

The avd files will be in the folder:
```
c:\Users\Patrick\.android\avd\
```
The emulator.exe file is in your Android SDK e.g:
```
C:\tools\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools\
```
Probably easiest to add this folder to your PATH…
Do not append the avd extension (the actual file-name is patavdthree.avd). If you do, you will get a cryptic error like this:
```
emulator: ERROR: virtual device name contains invalid characters
```

Server

See workstation below…

Workstation

It is not possible for the emulator to access the workstation using localhost (or 127.0.0.1). This is because these addresses refer to the emulator itself.

To access a server running locally on the workstation, use the special reserved address, 10.0.2.2 e.g. http://10.0.2.2:8080/.