Android Emulator Dev Tools App on real Device
Posted in Android, Programming by Julian Kessel - Jun 30, 2010
Recent Versions (>=6) of Cyanogenmod and others already include the tools mentioned below, Check that before reading.
Please setup your SDK correctly e.g. w/ this guide:Installing the SDK
There are some Apps preinstalled on the Android Emulator that comes w/ the SDK which you don’t find on the Froyo image or in the Market.
- Start an Emulator Instance and connect your phone in USB-Debugging mode.
“Dev Tools” (Developer.apk) [set of tools to view network usage, connections to google servers, view packages install. locations and a whole lot more!]
“Spare Parts” (SpareParts.apk) [gives you very detailed info about battery usage of specific hardware and lets you adjust the system's animations]
“Custom Locale” (CustomLocale.apk) [quickly fake your locale setting]
“Speech Recorder” (SpeechRecorder.apk) [no guess...]
Ok, so here’s how to get those tools on your device:
Connect Your Android Dev phone via USB and boot the emulator;
run the following bash one-liner:
for file in "SpeechRecorder.apk" "CustomLocale.apk" "SpareParts.apk"; do adb -e pull /system/app/$file; adb -d install ./$file; done
