getting it to emulate

[animdude]

So I've successfully created an APK but I can't get the emulator to run it. I see the option in MMF, and when I click it it will start an emulator, but how do you get it to load your game?

Thanks!

[Yves]

Wait for the emulator to display the Android Home screen and then click Build & Run in MMF2.

[RhysD]

I have got the emulator displaying the Android home screen and clicked build and run in MMF2, but it just sits there doing nothing...the green bar has filled up down the bottom of the MMF2 screen. I can successfully build the app as an apk using just the build option, but build and run seems to get stuck.

[Yves]

Maybe it's just because the emulator is very slow (VERY). You should use a real device.

[RhysD]

I just manually installed it via command prompt and it worked fine after about 2 minutes through the emulator. I've left MMF2 at the build and run stage for over 20 minutes now...just saying the build and run might need to use administrator privileges some how, since I needed to run command prompt as administrator to get the manual install to work.

[happygreenfrog]

I just manually installed it via command prompt and it worked fine after about 2 minutes through the emulator. I've left MMF2 at the build and run stage for over 20 minutes now...just saying the build and run might need to use administrator privileges some how, since I needed to run command prompt as administrator to get the manual install to work.

Yeah, you should try that (running MMF2 as an admin). I always run MMF2 as an admin, and I don't have problems building and running.

[ProdigyX]

Rhysd,

If you wish to use an emulator, you also have another choice of Bluestacks. The way Bluestacks works is you build the .apk and click it as if it was an .exe. When you click it, the .apk will be installed into Bluestacks. You can then open Bluestacks, which emulates a 2.3.3 Android phone and/or tablet, and you can run the app inside it. The process from building the .apk to emulation is much faster, at least for me, than using the Android SDK Emulator.

[RhysD]

Yeah, you should try that (running MMF2 as an admin). I always run MMF2 as an admin, and I don't have problems building and running.

I have MMF2 running as admin, but it still hangs on Build and Run.

Rhysd,

If you wish to use an emulator, you also have another choice of Bluestacks. The way Bluestacks works is you build the .apk and click it as if it was an .exe. When you click it, the .apk will be installed into Bluestacks. You can then open Bluestacks, which emulates a 2.3.3 Android phone and/or tablet, and you can run the app inside it. The process from building the .apk to emulation is much faster, at least for me, than using the Android SDK Emulator.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check out Bluestacks

[Jeff]

Can you build an APK and then copy it to your phone?
(I like to do it via dropbox -- build direct to it ... open on phone and install)
At least this way you can see your creation on the phone now.

Sometimes build and run just doesn't want to work on certain phones and it is something between the Android SDK and the phone.
That is if you can build an APK just not use the build and run feature.

[RhysD]

Yeah, copying to phone works fine It seems sub-apps are now crashing the app however