Introduction
Hello, Developers! welcome to the article, In this tutorial, we will look at how to change the emulator from embedded to standalone and back again.
The Android Emulator runs inside Android Studio(embedded) by default. This lets you use screen space efficiently, navigate quickly between the emulator and the editor window using hotkeys, and organize your IDE and emulator workflow in a single application window. So let's see how we can switch between these two modes using the editor toolbar in Android Studio.
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So let's see how we can switch between these two modes using the editor toolbar in Android Studio.
Firstly, Go to the setting from there you need to select the tools and then select emulator. There are multiple options including the one launch in the toolbar.
This option says "When this setting is enabled, Android Emulator will launch in the Running Devices tool window. Otherwise, Android Emulator will launch as a standalone application"
This simply means when you check this option the emulator is going to be run in the Embedded Android Studio not in another window. So let's uncheck the option and click apply. Okay, now we can close our emulator and start it again so it can apply the changes we have made.
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Now you can see we can run the emulator standalone or separate from Android Studio. And this can be used even when the Android studio is closed. but you can not increase or decrease the width of the emulator here. This feature is available on the emulator that opens in a panel or embedded in the Android studio.
So now let's quickly revert the changes and open the emulator again in the Android studio embedded toolbar.
Open the Setting select the Tools select the emulator again check the "Launch in a tool window" this time and apply the changes.
Let's close the standalone emulator so that the changes can be applied here. Now our emulator is running inside our Android studio emulator and from here we can decrease the width and height of this emulator with the help of the panel.
Now with this, you can do multiple things with this emulator you can hide and show this panel you can drag this, To see more let's click on the three dots option. This is very easy change the view mode, move the emulator left to right or just resize the emulator.
Okay so as we see we can quickly power off & on the emulator, rotate the device and change the volume we have multiple options you can try the camera and the snapshots button.
To change the advanced settings of Android you can open the Extended Controls option in the emulator. As you can see there is a lot of option available there like location, display cellular, Battery, Camera, phone, FingerPrints and more. This is the same as the previous version of Android Studio which has external extended controls.
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So as you have seen it's so easy to switch between these two options and also the multiple options available here. Embed Android Studio now has many more options and is very easy to operate. So in my view, it's good to use the embedded Android studio as it is easily resizable and also you don't have to open it separately to see the live changes.
Summary
Android Studio, the preferred integrated development environment (IDE) among Android developers, provides a seamless solution for efficiently managing your Android Applications and Emulator. With its recent updates and enhancements, Android Studio has evolved into a robust platform. In this article, we've explored one of its features: the effortless transition between these two emulator modes. Hope this has been a helpful guide for you; it will be helpful for me if you write your genuine comment about this article. Thank you!