Emulate Samsung Galaxy Tab

android android-emulator tablet

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Solution 1

UPDATED:
Matt provided a great link on how to add emulators for all Samsung devices.

OLD:
To get the official Samsung Galaxy Tab emulator do the following:

Open the Android SDK and AVD Manager
Click on Available packages
Expand the Third party Add-ons. There you will see Samsung Electronics add-ons.
Once the add-on is installed create a new emulator. Under Target you will see the new Samsung Tab settings, select that.

That's it!

Solution 2

You can't.

"The Samsung Emulator has the same functionality as the Generic Android Emulator, but varies with the size and appearance of the device."

The problem with Samsung is that they don't use a generic android image, they have custom apps and they react in custom ways and do weird things you wouldn't expect and when you're trying to fix bugs that's what you want. You cannot get that. You need access to a physical device to get the right ecosystem to hunt down the bugs and map out which intents work and how they work on that device. And sometimes there are errors that only occur on Samsung devices because some of the core rendering code is different as well. I've had errors where all Android devices except Samsung would work flawlessly but the scheme itself could not work on Samsung and had to be scrapped. The only thing Samsung allows is skinning and that won't properly note the changes in the rendering pipeline or how the samsung ecosystem deals with intents.

You can make the device look similar, that's worthless. I don't care what it looks like, I care whether this bug still affects that particular model or whether the tweak to the intents I made rectified the issue and I can't learn that from a pretty picture as the border to the same device.

Solution 3

I found under website.

http://developer.samsung.com/android/tools-sdks/Samsung-GALAXY-Tab-Emulator

Extract zip file to add-ons under android sdk path. then launch Android SDK Manager. under "extras" folder check "Android + Google APIs for GALAXY Tab, API 8, revision 1" item and install package.

That's all.

Solution 4

What resolution and density should I set?

1024x600

How can I indicate that this is large screen device?

you can't really (not that i know of)

What hardware does this tablet support?

http://www.samsungmobile.co.uk/mobile-phones/samsung-galaxy-tab-specification

What is max heap size?

not sure

Which Android version?

Hope that helps - check the spec page for all unanswered questions.

Solution 5

If you are developing on Netbeans, you will not get the Third-Party add-ons. You can download the Skins directly from Samsung here: http://developer.samsung.com/android/tools-sdks

After download, unzip to ...\Android\android-sdk\add-ons[name of device]

Restart the Android SDK Manager, and the new device should be there under Extras.

It would be better to add the download site directly to the SDK...if anyone knows it, please post it.

Scott

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Dariusz Bacinski

Android Developer

Updated on June 17, 2020

Comments

Dariusz Bacinski almost 4 years
I would like to test my application with new Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet.

What parameter should I set in emulator to emulate this device?
- What resolution and density should I set?
- How can I indicate that this is large screen device?
- What hardware does this tablet support?
- What is max heap size?
- Which Android version?
Dariusz Bacinski over 13 years

what about density? I heard that it has got not standard (high) density.
Dariusz Bacinski over 13 years

"In this context, the Samsung has another little surprise: If you do the arithmetic, its screen has 170 DPI, which is far from the densest among Android devices. Still, it declares itself as “hdpi” (and as having a “large” screen size). The reason is simple: It looks better that way." --- I have found this at google blog, but I do not know how to understand that. Is it 170 dpi or just standard hdpi?
xil3 over 13 years

If it has 170 DPI, that means it's closer to mdpi (160 DPI), not hdpi (240 DPI).
Dariusz Bacinski over 13 years

@ xil3 I know that, but pls read message from google blog. Should I set 170 dpi or 240 dpi in the emulator?
Mads Mobæk almost 13 years

Also, see this page for more information: innovator.samsungmobile.com/cms/cnts/…
Martin almost 13 years

170 is certainly false. The is only 120, 160, 240 and 320 available. Everything else has to to be rounded up or down.
Dariusz Bacinski over 12 years

Galaxy Tab have got 2.3 version of the system.
SingleShot over 12 years

I had trouble finding this until I selected "Sort by: Repository".
rams almost 12 years

@SingleShot Thank you for the tip.
Hubert about 11 years

I can't find "Third party Add-ons" in the SDK Manager Revision 21.1 _ anyone knows where to get it please? under Tools > Manage Add-on Sites, there are now 2 tabs: Official Add-on and User Defined Sites. Maybe I should add it there but what's the url to use to have the Samsung Electronics add-on ?
Sam YC almost 11 years

I couldn't find the Add-on like Hubert mentioned too!! please help!!
Hbksagar almost 11 years

I followed the same steps but now in extras i am able to see "GALAXY TAB by Samsung.... so on" but it has red file broken icon on hover says Addon Failed to Load: Unable to find base platform with API Level '8'. Do you have any idea on how to fix this.
Aubin almost 11 years

Galaxy Tab 2 have got Android 4.2.1 version
Edward Falk over 10 years

Yah, fricken Google changed the SDK yet again, and those instructions no longer apply :(
BvuRVKyUVlViVIc7 almost 10 years

Did you found a solution?
The One over 9 years

@HBK I know this is old, but I have the same problem, did you find the solution?
Hbksagar over 9 years

@216 No clue what I was working on then. Sorry, I couldn't help you out.
rhand over 9 years

That url goes to developer.samsung.com/technical-doc/list.do and is just a technical documentation list..
Scott Wardlaw over 9 years

Man...crazy web developers have changed things again! After a lot of searching, it looks like Samsung has removed all references to those emulator skins. They want you to use their real device lab. Makes sense for final testing, but would be nice to have a tuned emulator for early testing!
Matt Foley over 7 years

You have to set them up manually now, Samsung now has instructions here for all of their devices: developer.samsung.com/technical-doc/view.do?v=T000000095
Markus over 5 years

This is the correct answer. You can't. Not possible. Use a real device.
angryITguy about 5 years

None of the links work.. Samsung, doing its best to stifle innovation again
rochasdv over 4 years

URL is no longer available
Austin Mullins over 4 years

Looks like this is the new site: developer.samsung.com/galaxy/emulator-skin/guide
AXMIM over 4 years

Your link is broken
AXMIM over 4 years

Your link is broken
SherylHohman over 2 years

Evidentally Google does not want us use anything except their phones. Trying to for devs to buy their phones? I've bought 3. They all unexpectedly died. Lost most of my data because very little of it could synch to Google. And on the last one, the little that could was a bit older than I would like. And other ones I could not access because if device cannot be activated.. and after a short number of months Google DELETES it all. I'm so done with Google Phones. I liked them, When they worked. They never did follow through on reimbursement. This was several years ago. Other devs burned too!
Rohit Singh over 2 years

But how is it possible to find all real devices?
Tatarize over 2 years

Buy some of them. Usually the Samsung ecosystem is pretty unique so you can use Google and Samsung and have a good mix.