I'm trying to test an application that has on the Manifest:
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.telephony" android:required="false" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CALL_PHONE" />
This was done to support Tablets without GSM capabilities.
The problem is... I don't have a physical device to test, and I need to access the internet from the app. Whenever I create a emulator without GSM support... I cannot access the internet.
Does anybody have a clue on how to access the internet from the Android emulator when it doesn't have GSM support?
The documentation that I read said that there is no WiFi support on the emulator, so.. is there anyway to use another thing?
UPDATE:
This question might help others with the same problem: How to disable/enable network, switch to Wifi in Android emulator?
Have you looked at the Android-x86 project, it has wi-fi support so it will be able to do what you need. This screenshot shows wifi working.
I know it isn't exactly what your looking for, but as far as I'm aware you're correct in thinking that wi-fi support is not possible on the default emulator.
The wifi initialization on emulator must be modified to do what you want.
The idea is to trick to emulator wifi initialization phase and provide it a handmade list of wifi networks. For debugging purposes, I guess it's ok...
Someone did that here (code sample included) :
http://kmansoft.com/2010/07/27/debugging-wifi-in-the-emulator/
Maybe these point are trivial, but I would check:
- Had you defined the
<uses-permission
android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/> inside the
<manifest> tag, but outside of the <application> tag?
- Don't forget, that what you put in manifest, describes your
application, not emulator. (your question makes me think that you
have an error in understanding it)
Edit: Ok, now I see.
Is there only one emulator out there? What about using different IDE with different emulator?
If you want to access internet on your emulator then. Please have a look on this. It should be help for you.
First thing you have to set adb path(i.e. plateform tools and tools)
then fire the following command on command prompt.
syntax:
emulator.exe -avd avd_name -scale scale_size -dns-server 8.8.8.8
exa.
emulator.exe -avd avd2.2 -scale 0.7 -dns-server 8.8.8.8
I think you should be able to do that
more here
1) In which OS u r working?
2) U can access internet in emulator if ur system have wired net connection.
I am using
Environment/Platform : Linux/Eclipse, Android SDK
By adding in the manifest.
with wired connection.
Read this post :1) How to set Internet options for Android emulator?
2) http://code.google.com/p/0xdroid/issues/detail?id=3
3) http://i-miss-erin.blogspot.com/2009/09/android-emulator-external-gsm-modem.html
Although it may be not use-full for u as u r using it Without GSm enabled, I tested those condition in a e-pad, got the net connection from wifi.
