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Android

Posted by Constantin Razvan
Constantin Razvan
Courses Plus Student 2,174 Points

NOT with ADV but with Android Phone

It is possible to run an app not with a virtual emulator but directly on a phone? Phone is not an emulator? PS: my pc is to lazy and I was thinking about something external.

2 Answers

George Pirchalaishvili
George Pirchalaishvili
3,747 Points
George Pirchalaishvili
George Pirchalaishvili
3,747 Points

Well you have 2 options to do so:

1) You need to activate Debugger mode on your phone. What is your phone's model? 2) You can create signed APK, than copy it to your phone and than installing it

Constantin Razvan
Constantin Razvan
Courses Plus Student 2,174 Points

1) I can't because I don't have the function. 2) Can you help me with that?

Andrew VanVlack
Andrew VanVlack
20,155 Points
Andrew VanVlack
Andrew VanVlack
20,155 Points

Hey Constantin Razvan, did you get this up and running? George has the two options that you would use to complete this. The debug option should be on almost all phones unless it was specifically disabled due to being a company device.

The newest version of android it is hidden. You must go to 'about device' in the bottom of the settings. Then tap the 'build number', 7 times. It will give you a notice and the developer tools will be in the settings menu. Some manufactures may have moved it but all phones will have it somewhere.

If you cant find It let me know what device you have and I can help you out, or if you just want to take the route of signing the APK and pushing it to your phone then I can step you through that. But the debug option is going to give you the easiest and fastest route and give you a huge amount of cool features to help you build/test and debug your application.