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Android

Mustafa Ogün Öztürk
Mustafa Ogün Öztürk
3,468 Points
Posted by Mustafa Ogün Öztürk
Mustafa Ogün Öztürk
3,468 Points

What is the Android System Images and what are we using them for ?

Why are we using Android System Images ? Are they used for selecting API version fro the emulator ? Thanks in advance.

1 Answer

Ben Deitch
STAFF
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher
Ben Deitch
Ben Deitch
Treehouse Teacher

Android system images are just versions of Android that you can run on a computer. So if you wanted to test the very latest stuff you could download an Android O system image and run it on the emulator to see what Android O is like. Or if you wanted to test your app against Android Lollipop, you could download the Lollipop system image and run that.