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How to reduce the size of the emulator?

When I run the emulator (Android442) it appear in a very large size, how can I reduce its size to fit to my laptop screen?

Jeff Janes
Jeff Janes
8,033 Points

If you want to try the Genymotion emulator you can scale the window as well.

3 Answers

Ok I got it; on AVD Manager, we need to change the scale on the "Startup size and orientation"'s section to "4dp on device = 1 px on screen"

Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points

Hey Paul!

Glad to hear you got it fixed! I've moved your comment to an answer and, if you could please mark it as the Best Answer, it will let other users know that this question has been answered :)

Thanks Jeff and Harry for your help