2012-03-27

How to use Google Maps API in Android emulator SDK version 17


  1. In Android Virtual Device Manager create an AVD with target "Android 2.3.3 - API Level 10" 
  2. emulator -avd name_of_avd
  3. adb pull /system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.maps.xml
  4. adb pull /system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar
  5. (optional) Remove the create AVD in Android Virtual Device Manager
  6. In Android Virtual Device Manager create an AVD with target "Intel Atom x86 system Image (Intel Corporation) - API Level 10" 
  7. emulator -avd name_of_avd
  8. adb remount rw
  9. adb push com.google.android.maps.xml /system/etc/permissions
  10. adb push com.google.android.maps.jar /system/framework
  11. Download mkfs.yaffs2.x86
  12. adb push mkfs.yaffs2.x86 /data
  13. adb shell
  14. cd /data
  15. chmod 777 mkfs.yaffs2.x86
  16. ./mkfs.yaffs2.x86 /system system.img
  17. exit
  18. adb pull /data/system.img (...be patient)
  19. Copy system.img into avd directory
  20. Reboot emulator
at 12:39 PM

28 comments:

  2. I have done all of this, but when I try to uploadd app with Google Maps support, I get: Installation error: INSTALL_FAILED_CONTAINER_ERROR.

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    1. Try add param -partition-size 1024 for start emulator
      emulator -avd "AVD NAME" -partition-size 1024

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    2. Thanks. This solved my problem.

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    3. Or:
      emulator -avd name_of_new_x86_avd
      adb remount rw
      adb shell
      cd /data
      rm mkfs.yaffs2.x86
      rm system.img
      exit

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  3. Excellent! Thank you very much.

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  4. Your solution worked for me i was able use Google Map API in Intel Atom x86 API 10.

    I also wanted to work it for Intel Atom x86 API 15. But it gave me error when i performed

    adb push com.google.android.maps.xml /system/etc/permissions

    failed to copy 'com.google.android.maps.xml' to '/system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.maps.xml': Out of memory

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  5. Solved by using -partition-size 512 with emulator

    emulator -avd Atom -partition-size 512

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  6. # ./mkfs.yaffs2.x86 /fsys system.img
    ./mkfs.yaffs2.x86 /fsys system.img
    ./mkfs.yaffs2.x86: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected

    ... is the online version changed?

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    1. Did you ever find a solution to this? I get the same error.

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  9. Reverse geocoding on an emulator configured as described on this blog always seems to return an empty list. But the same app on an Android 4.0.3/ARM/Google APIs emulator returns addresses correctly.

    Any ideas as to what the problem might be?

    Perhaps a reverse geocoding permission file that needs to be pulled/pushed?

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  10. Brilliant! You can do the same if you are missing the USB accessory library.

    Thanks a million!

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  11. worked great, thanks the help in the comments as well.

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  12. Tried this and the steps worked well for maps. Any idea where the Google account authenticator lives? This would be the piece that allows AccountManager to understand com.google account types.

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  13. Hi.
    I've just followed this tutorial but the system doesn't start. It's blocked on "Android" splash screen

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  14. Trying with API 15, black screen while booting with the new system.img, sometimes GLES errors in the console, adb doesn't connect.

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  17. Trying with API 16. I get the black screen while booting, and it's stuck on the Android splash screen.

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  18. Getting error!!

    root@android:/data # ./mkfs.yaffs2.x86 /system system.img
    /system/bin/sh: ./mkfs.yaffs2.x86: not executable: magic 7F45

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  19. hey everybody ... the new SDK Tools v21 seems to break this hack. I've created new emulators, and they begin the bootup process, say haxm enabled, and then stop with a blank screen.

    has anybody had luck working this with the new SDK Tools version?

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  21. btw, if you are using ARM emulator, remember to use mkfs.yaffs2.arm instead of x86. You can download mkfs.yaffs2.arm from the same google group's download page of mkfs.yaffs2.x86.

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  22. I had the same problem with system stucking on android screen and i did the same process but change the default internal storage from 200 to 512MB and after it worked fine, thank you!

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  23. Does it work with Maps API v2 ? Cause when I launch my MapsFragment I get a GooglePlayServiceNotAvailableException :-/ Any idea ?

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