coursera-android#

Time spent#

TODO#

• Dalvik Virtual Machine, internals

Weeks#

Week 1#

• You can telnet to your emulator, the port is in the title of your emulator (5554).
• manipulate device while logged in :
  • network speed edge or network speed full or power capacity 5 or power status not-charging or geo fix 0.00 40.00 or sms send 301555555 "test msg" , see here for more:

metskem@athena ~ $ telnet localhost 5554
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
Android Console: type 'help' for a list of commands
OK
help
Android console command help:

    help|h|?         print a list of commands
    event            simulate hardware events
    geo              Geo-location commands
    gsm              GSM related commands
    cdma             CDMA related commands
    kill             kill the emulator instance
    network          manage network settings
    power            power related commands
    quit|exit        quit control session
    redir            manage port redirections
    sms              SMS related commands
    avd              control virtual device execution
    window           manage emulator window
    qemu             QEMU-specific commands
    sensor           manage emulator sensors

try 'help <command>' for command-specific help
OK

• • you can run multiple emulators, and one let call the other, the number is equal to the port number again
• DDMS = Dalvik Debug Monitor Service
• method tracing
• logcat (cmdline syntax)