An Android Virtual Device (AVD) is a configuration that defines the characteristics of an Android phone, tablet, Wear OS, Android TV, or Automotive OS device that you want to simulate in the Android Emulator. The AVD Manager is an interface you can launch from Android Studio that helps you create and manage AVDs.

• Takes too much time on managing your Android device? Now, it is no longer a problem at all with the help of Android Manager, which helps you manage Android device more efficiently for data transfer.
• Using the AVD Manager setup a new emulator using the arm64 image Once I did this – Visual Studio for Mac saw the device and I could use it to push builds and debug without issues. It’s also very fast for an emulator – way faster than the emulators I used to use in the past and with Hot Reload working I feel like I can do very rapid mobile.
• Run one of the following commands to install the MSI to the host VM: Per-user installation. Msiexec /i /l.v This process is the default installation, which installs Teams to the%AppData% user folder.

Applies to: macOS 10.12 or later

Important

This content applies to Azure Virtual Desktop with Azure Resource Manager Azure Virtual Desktop objects. If you're using Azure Virtual Desktop (classic) without Azure Resource Manager objects, see this article.

You can access Azure Virtual Desktop resources from your macOS devices with our downloadable client. This guide will tell you how to set up the client.

Install the client

To get started, download and install the client on your macOS device.

Subscribe to a feed

Subscribe to the feed your admin gave you to get the list of managed resources available to you on your macOS device.

To subscribe to a feed:

1. Select Add Workspace on the main page to connect to the service and retrieve your resources.
2. Enter the Feed URL. This can be a URL or email address:
   • If you use a URL, use the one your admin gave you. Normally, the URL is https://rdweb.wvd.microsoft.com/api/arm/feeddiscovery.
   • To use email, enter your email address. This tells the client to search for a URL associated with your email address if your admin configured the server that way.
   • To connect through the US Gov portal, use https://rdweb.wvd.azure.us/api/arm/feeddiscovery.
3. Select Add.
4. Sign in with your user account when prompted.

After you've signed in, you should see a list of available resources.

Once you've subscribed to a feed, the feed's content will update automatically on a regular basis. Resources may be added, changed, or removed based on changes made by your administrator.

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Next steps

To learn more about the macOS client, check out the Get started with the macOS client documentation.

When you develop your app with Fire App Builder, you should use an actual Fire TV device to test your app. See Connecting to Fire TV Through ADB for details. However, if you're in a situation where you can only use an emulator, you can get by if you accept some limitations with the emulator. The emulator will work, but you can't click the media player buttons with your mouse.

Mouse clicks generate motion events, which aren't supported by media played in Fire App Builder (you'll see an error in logcat that says 'java.lang.ClassCastException: android.view.MotionEvent cannot be cast to android.view.KeyEvent'). As a result, the app will crash on the emulator if you use your mouse to click the media player's buttons.

Instead of using your mouse on the media playback screen, to return to the previous screen after playing media, click the Back button on the right of the emulator (as indicated by the arrow in the following screenshot).

Don't click the media player's buttons with your mouse. Outside of media playback, you can use your mouse to click wherever you want.

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To configure an emulator:

When you configure the Android TV emulator, you must select at least API Level 23 or 24. You have flexibility with the other settings (resolution, size, and so on). (If you choose API Level 24, you'll be prompted to install Instant Run, which is a requirement for this API level.)

To set up an Android TV emulator for your app:

1. Go to Tools > Android > AVD Manager, or click the AVD Manager button on the top navigation bar.

2. Click the + Create Virtual Device button.

   Note: You can select one of the default TV profiles, or you can customize the settings by following the steps below. If you select a default TV profile, skip ahead to step 12 where you select a system image.
3. In the Category column, select TV.
4. Click the New Hardware Profile button.
5. In the Device Name, type something like fire_tv_emulator. (Avoid using parentheses in the name, as this may cause errors.)
6. For the Device Type, select Android TV.
7. For the Screen size, type the screen size you want (for example, 40).
8. For the Resolution, type the resolution you want (for example, 1280 x 720).
9. For the Supported device states, select only Landscape (clear the Portrait check box).
10. Click Finish.
11. In the 'Choose a device definition' dialog box, select the emulator you just created and click Next.
12. In the Release Name column, select at least Marshmallow API Level 23 or higher. If you haven't downloaded this system image yet, click Download to download it. (If you select API Level 22 or lower, media playback will fail in the emulator.)
13. Click Next and then click Finish.

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The emulator is now listed as an option in your virtual devices.

Run your app by clicking the Run 'app' button . Select the virtual device you created:

Now you can use the emulator as usual. Just be careful when you play media. When you play media, don't click the buttons on the media player with your mouse. Instead, either use your keys or use the buttons to the right of the emulator as shown in the earlier screenshot.

Last updated: Aug 22, 2017