the accounts on the phone.
</li>
- <li>Choose a Google account to add and sync to your watch.
+ <li>Choose a Google Account to add and sync to your watch.
</li>
<li>Confirm the screen lock and enter the password to start the copying of
</h2>
<p>
- To test with the Android Emulator, create a virtual device in Android
- Studio as follows:
+ To test with the Android Emulator,
+ confirm that you have the latest version of the <strong>Android SDK
+ Platform-tools</strong> from the <a href=
+ "{@docRoot}studio/intro/update.html#sdk-manager">SDK Manager</a>.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>Create a new virtual device in Android Studio as follows:
</p>
<ol>
<li>Click <strong>Create Virtual Device</strong>.
</li>
- <li>In the <strong>Category</strong> pane, select Wear and
- choose a hardware profile.
+ <li>In the <strong>Category</strong> pane, select <strong>Wear</strong>
+ and choose a hardware profile.
The Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview
is only optimized for round devices currently, so we recommend not
using the square or chin profiles for now.
<li>Verify the configuration of the Android Virtual Device (AVD) and
click <strong>Finish</strong>.
</li>
+
+ <li>Start the emulator by selecting the new virtual device, clicking the
+ <strong>Play</strong> button, and waiting until
+ the emulator initializes and shows the Android Wear home screen.
+ </li>
</ol>
<p>
- You can now test an application with a virtual preview device
+ Pair the phone with the emulator, and sync a Google Account, as follows:
+ </p>
+
+ <ol>
+ <li>On the phone, install the Android Wear app from Google Play.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>On the phone, enable Developer Options and USB Debugging.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>Connect the phone to your computer through USB.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>Forward the AVD's communication port to the connected handheld device
+ (each time the phone is connected):<br>
+ <code>adb -d forward tcp:5601 tcp:5601</code>
+ </li>
+
+ <li>On the phone, in the Android Wear app, begin the standard pairing
+ process. For example, on the Welcome screen, tap the
+ <strong>Set It Up</strong> button.
+ Alternatively, if an existing watch already is paired, in the upper-left
+ drop-down, tap <strong>Add a New Watch</strong>.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>On the phone, in the Android Wear app, tap the
+ Overflow button, and then tap
+ <strong>Pair with Emulator</strong>.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>Tap the Settings icon.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>Under Device Settings, tap <strong>Emulator</strong>.
+ </li>
+
+ <li>Tap <strong>Accounts</strong> and select a Google Account,
+ and follow the steps in the wizard to
+ sync the account with the emulator. If necessary, type the screen-lock
+ device password, and Google Account password, to start the account sync.
+ </li>
+ </ol>
+
+ <p>
+ You can now test an app with a virtual preview device
in the <a href=
"{@docRoot}tools/devices/emulator.html">Android Emulator</a>. For more
information about using virtual devices, see <a href=
- "{@docRoot}tools/devices/managing-avds.html">Managing AVDs with the AVD
- Manager</a>.
+ "{@docRoot}tools/devices/managing-avds.html">
+ Create and Manage Virtual Devices</a>.
</p>
+
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