Tips: How to install apk files on Android Emulator

Hatem Ben Yacoub — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:09:19 +0000

If you are new to Android and looking for a way to test some of the currently available Android applications, here is how to proceed :

First get the Android SDK and unzip it somewhere on your hard drive
Add SDK_ROOT to your system variables pointing to /tools folder under the sdk
Run the emulator
Copy the apk file to /tools folder
Change directory to /tools and run from commandline $adb install your_application.apk
Now check applications list in the emulator and you should see the new application installed and ready.

Some pointed me to the error message when running adb on windows : * deamon still not running * error: no device.

In this case try to shutdown adb server and start it manually using :
$adb kill-server
$adb start-server

You can test if deamon is working by running $adb shell

The uninstall procedure is

$adb shell rm your_application.apk

Hope this help, enjoy !

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