The purpose of this section is to guide you to create in your development environment an Android emulator.
How to Change MAC address on Non-Rooted Devices. For anyone who does have root access on their Android device, this set of instructions is for you. With the simple procedure, anyone can temporarily change the MAC address of their Android Smartphones without the requirement of root access. First of all, Get the MAC Address of the Android device. Know the Mac address of your Mobile. For this, you have to go the Settings and scroll down to “about my phone” option. Here you will find the Mac address of your phone. Now touch on “select status”. Press this option long to copy this address as you may need it. Now go to Play Store and download the app Android Terminal Emulator.
Android emulators are managed through a UI called AVD Manager
AVD Manager has a nice interface when started from Android Studio.
Start Android Studio app, then create a blank project.
Go to the Tools menu -> :Android -> AVD Manager:
If no emulator has been created you should start with this screen:
Click the Create Virtual Device button.
In the Select Hardware window , select Nexus 5 as shown in the following snapshot:
Click the Next button.
In the System Image, select the system image Nougat, API Level 25 , ABI x86 :
Click on the download link to download the selected System Image. This download process is done through SDK Manager.
Once the download is complete, click on the Next button.
In the Verify Configuration window, check any parameter :
Then click on the Finish button.
AVD Manager shows you the newly created device:
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Click on the launch button to launch the newly created AVD in the emulator.
Notice in the Run Window of Android Studio the command line used to start the device:
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which can be shortened to :
How to start Android Emulator from Terminal?
Stop the emulator started by Android Studio. Open the Terminal app and type the following command:
This should start the emulator with the selected AVD.