Features on Android /Google Phone

1. Run cmd prompt.
   
2. To change the path to tools directory of the current Android-SDK.
   C:\Users\Mark>cd C:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools
   
3. If directly try to run emulator.exe as in case of version android-sdk-windows-1.0_r1, we get the error and emulator does not run in this current version.
   
4. However even when we directly try to run the emulator using command line, we need to create the android virtual device; for e.g.
   C:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools>emulator.exe
   emulator: ERROR: You did not provide the name of an Android Virtual Device
   with the '-avd ' option. Read -help-avd for more information.
   
   If you *really* want to *NOT* run an AVD, consider using '-data '
   to specify a data partition image file (I hope you know what you're doing).
   
5. Therefore, this is how we create avd (android virtual device)
   create avd using command:
   android create avd –n -t
   
   for e.g.
   C:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools>android create avd -n opus29 -t 1
   Android 1.1 is a basic Android platform.
   Do you wish to create a custom hardware profile [no] Enter
   Created AVD 'opus29' based on Android 1.1


6. You can get target ID from:
   C:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools>android list targets
   Available Android targets:
   
   id: 1
   Name: Android 1.1
   Type: Platform
   API level: 2
   Skins: HVGA (default), HVGA-L, HVGA-P, QVGA-L, QVGA-P
   id: 2
   Name: Android 1.5
   Type: Platform
   API level: 3 Skins: HVGA (default), HVGA-L, HVGA-P, QVGA-L, QVGA-P
   id: 3
   Name: Google APIs
   Type: Add-On
   Vendor: Google Inc.
   Description: Android + Google APIs
   Based on Android 1.5 (API level 3)
   Libraries:
   * com.google.android.maps (maps.jar)
   API for Google Maps
   Skins: QVGA-P, HVGA-L, HVGA (default), QVGA-L, HVGA-P
   
7. To run emulator with the create avd:
   C:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r3\tools>emulator -avd opus29
   
   Android Emulator initializing and opening screen display:
   Android Emulator (opus29: 5554)
   5554 is the port number of this emulator.
8. Playing with the front screen and hitting the PULL-UP ARROW tab will have the following page on display and have the following default Applications:
   a. Alarm Clock
   b. Browser
   c. Calculator
   d. Camera
   e. Contacts
   f. Dev Tools
   g. Dialer
   h. Email
   i. Maps
   j. Messaging
   k. Music
   l. Pictures
   m. Settings.


9. MENU tab: This will open up and it has options:
   a. WALLPAPER
   b. ADD
   c. SEARCH
   d. NOTIFICATIONS
   e. SETTINGS


10. Lets see WALLPAPER. Here Select Wallpaper from Pictures or Wallpaper Gallery. I choose picture from the gallery and did Set Wallpaper.



11. NOTIFICATIONS; will notify all the current activities.


12. ADD: a. All 13 Applications listed above can be added b. Shortcuts - Folders, Bookmark, Contact, Music Playlist c. Widget - Clock, Picture Frame, Search d. Wall Paper.


13. SEARCH: will open the google search engine.
14. SETTINGS
15. DIALER