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Android Build a Simple Android App (retired 2014) Shaking Things Up Running an App on a Device

Shane Desouza
Shane Desouza
3,523 Points
Posted by Shane Desouza
Shane Desouza
3,523 Points

Trouble with connecting phone to Eclipse

Hi,

I have a Vodafone Smart 4 Mini, their latest phone, and decided to use it for testing the Crystal Ball app. I checked for the driver, it's there, I went and enabled developer options, that was on, but Eclipse is not recognizing it.

Can someone please help me with this?

3 Answers

Calvin Nix
Calvin Nix
43,828 Points
Calvin Nix
Calvin Nix
43,828 Points

Hey Shane,

Right click on your project in the Package Explorer. You will see an option that says "Run as"... with your phone connected, run your project from here and it should connect to your phone.

thanks, Calvin

Shane Desouza
Shane Desouza
3,523 Points
Shane Desouza
Shane Desouza
3,523 Points

Hi Calvin,

I have run the configurations and all that, but my stupid phone is still not showing up in the list. Is this an Eclipse bug, or is there something I have done wrong?

Calvin Nix
Calvin Nix
43,828 Points
Calvin Nix
Calvin Nix
43,828 Points

Hey Shane,

It is possible that your phone is not compatible. Or it may just be another Eclipse quirk.

Another possible solution would be to use Genymotion. This is the emulator that I use because the default Eclipse emulator is very slow.

rll
rll
4,166 Points
rll
rll
4,166 Points

Eclipse is picky with this stuff. I use both Eclipse and Android Studio for this track, and if use Android Studio before Eclipse, Eclipse will not recognize my phone if it's still plugged in from an AS session. This is an ADB problem, IMHO. If you are running Windows (or Linux), close Eclipse, get into the command line, check to see if adb is running, if not, start it, and run the devices command for adb to verify the device is recognized. Kill the adb server, and restart Eclipse. As stated previously, get into Run configurations for your app, but choose the LET ME CHOOSE (or whatever it's called exactly) option. Then you can choose what YOU want it to run on.

Shane Desouza
Shane Desouza
3,523 Points
Shane Desouza
Shane Desouza
3,523 Points

Hi Roland,

I don't use Android Studio, because I prefer to use Eclipse. So this will be kinda useless to me, sorry.

rll
rll
4,166 Points
rll
rll
4,166 Points

Nothing really specific to AS in my answer. Use adb manually and verify your phone is recognized by it. If adb sees it with the devices switch, eclipse should see it.