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Android

Posted by nicoleyoon
nicoleyoon
119 Points

Android Emulator Troubleshoot

My emulator is launching fine, however whenever I try to run the app, all that shows up is "Hello World!" instead of the changes that I've made so far.

If anybody knows how to fix this, I really appreciate the help!! Struggling hard here.

cecil merrell
cecil merrell
6,873 Points

have you tried saving the project before running the emulator?

nicoleyoon
nicoleyoon
119 Points

Yes, I've explored that option already!

cecil merrell
cecil merrell
6,873 Points

The Android emulator is hot-deployable. Once you save and click 'run' (assuming no compile errors) it will package and re-deploy to the emulator which will then restart the app to run the new version. The same is true if you have an Android Developer Phone connected via USB.

If you get the message "Warning: Activity not started, its current task has been brought to the front", it helps to quit/move from the front the running app in the emulator by pressing the back button. Seems like Android does not overwrite the running app in this case.