That “Extended controls” window also allows you to fake real world behavior in your emulator. These will be stored in a directory controlled by the “Settings” category in the “Extended controls” window:Įxtended Controls, Showing Screenshot Save Location in Settings The camera button on the sidebar allows you to rapidly take screenshots of the emulator window:Īndroid Emulator Sidebar Screenshot Button

This allows you to rotate between all four portait and landscape orientations: Two buttons on the sidebar allow you to rotate the device clockwise or counter-clockwise:Īndroid Emulator Sidebar Rotation Buttons Towards the bottom of the sidebar are BACK, HOME, and RECENTS buttons for navigation:Īndroid Emulator Sidebar Navigation Buttons A long-click will behave like the POWER button on an Android device, bringing up the power menu: A quick click on it will simulate putting your emulator to sleep clicking it again will “wake it up”. The top icon in the sidebar is a power button. Some of the features are configured via this window. If you click the “More” button, you will open up the “Extended Controls” window: Note that the sidebar buttons have tooltips that will tell both the button’s purpose and the keyboard shortcut, if any, for that button. Some of those are hidden behind the “More” button, at the bottom of the sidebar (looks like an ellipsis, “…”). This provides you with rapid access to a number of emulator features and controls.

The free-standing emulator sports a “sidebar” that runs alongside the main emulator window:Īndroid Emulator, with Sidebar on the Right

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