Android 3.0 Honeycomb Emulator on Windows 7

Posted by: Niwarwa. Filed Under: Android, Tutorial | 9 Comments

Android 3.0 AKA Honeycomb is a OS designed for Tablet. Google released SDK version of Android 3.0 to the developers to test its latest features. Motorola Xoom tablet is the first device to be released in Android 3.0/Honeycomb OS.

As you know older Android versions like 2.2 and 2.3 are specially made for smart phones and which only supports smaller screen resolutions, but the latest Android 3.0 is only made for Tablets and it supports higher screen resolutions. Android 3.0 is impressive, very fast, cool graphics.

Step 1
First you need to download Android SDK to run Android on your laptop. The latest Android SDK is available here. SDK is available for 3 different packages Windows, Mac OS X (intel) and Linux (i386).

Step 2
Once the installation complete, launch the installer. Once the installation wizard starts which should similar to below image, or you will get error message if your computer or laptop wasn’t installed with Java SE Development Kit, so make sure you have Java SEDK is installed.

Android SDK Tools Setup - Java SE Development Kit

Step 3
Click on Next to Choose the destination folder, choose Start menu folder in next step in Fourth step your installation completes. Click Next to continue.

Step 4
Installation Completes. Click on Finish, make sure that, the check box Start SDK manager is checked.

Step 5
Now the Android SDK manager starts and you may see the window like this, which depends on what are the packages you need. Now select the Accept all from right bottom of the window and click on Install.

Java SE Development Kit - Choose Packages to Install

Java SE Development Kit - Choose Packages to Install Accept All

Step 6
The moment you click on Install, the packages start download from Android FTP and it might take few minutes to hours depending on your internet speed. So go to kitchen and have 2-3 cups of coffee and back, still not downloaded take your dog a walk!

Step 7
OK, now the download is completed and you have confirmation on the screen, click Yes to restart ABD manager.
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Step 8
Now you can see the installed packages. From the Android SDK and AVD manager click on Virtual devices from left menu.
Android 3.0

Step 9
Click on New… button from the right menu, Create new Android virtual device window opens.
- Give a name to new AVD
- From the Target, select Google APIs (Google Inc.) – API Level 11 using stroller, must be at last in the list.
- In SD card vive some space, Recommended 10000 MB or as much you want
- Rest keep the default.
- And click on Create AVD.
OK, done your new ADV is created and Android 3.0 Honeycomb is ready to launch.

Step 10
Select the AVD you just created and click on button Start. The new windows popup and click on Launch.
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Once the Android 3.0 started running on your windows 7 computer you will see the first screen like bellow.

So, that’s all. This is how you can Run Android 3.0 Honeycomb on Windows 7.

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derrix27

i have a problem with java jdk instalation.. i hv instaled on my notebook but when i run android , it noticed that cant find java jdk instaled on your cmputer.. can u help me? can i instaled apk files on android virtual? thanks
- http://www.it-hall.com IT-Hall.com
  
  Hi, sorry for this late replay. About apk files in android emulator, yes you can install any apk files on it.
  Do it by move the apk file to folder tools on android-sdk-windows directory. Then open command promt (cmd) and do ‘cd’ to that tools directory.
  Here is the details
  
  And for that jdk problem. Maybe you need to include path of /tools folder in SDK installation folder. Go to My Computer > right click > Advanced Tab > Environmental Variables button > System Variables > Path variable.
  SDK Installation
- cartman1313
  
  hey derrix when u are installing and u get the notice” u cant find java jdk installed on ur computer” just click on back button and then click next button and now jdk was detected it’s kinda weird but it works to me regards
cartman1313

hey niwarwa i get it but just get the android loading screen and nothing more :S whats the specifications do u have on ur pc and whats the minimal requiered to run the honeycomb? i hope u can help me regards
http://www.it-hall.com Niwarwa

@derrix, at first u must have JDK 5 or JDK 6 installed on your computer, get it from oracle official web. If you already install it, and still get the error message, follow what cartman and admin suggest to you

@cartman, i have test this on my Core2Duo machine with 1GB RAM, running XP SP3 OS. This version of Honeycomb basically running on tablet PC, so the minimum requirement is what tablet PC has .

But if you mean the minimal requirement for emulator, look on the official web here.
http://the-best-smartphone.blogspot.com/ android lover

can anyone help me how to installed apk files on this emulator. And how to make it work fast. I have test this on my intel i5 machine with 4GB RAM, running Win 7 64bit. But it working very slow.
http://techinfoblog.net Navin

Thanks for the link.
Chenjie709

could the app from Market download and install on it?
- http://www.it-hall.com/ IT-Hall.com
  
  Yes, you can download and install apps from android market. Follow tutorial from How-To Geek and you will enable install app from market. But still it seem less because the Emulator run slowly. Here is the link
  http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21862/how-to-enable-the-android-market-in-the-google-android-emulator/

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