Homey v2 and emulators

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There is another option:
The build-in emulator in Android Studio (available here: https://developer.android.com/studio/install).
This is the official IDE (Integrated Development Environment)

Using the emulator:
https://developer.android.com/studio/run/managing-avds

Pros:

  • Official Android emulator
  • Differtent sizes and tablet emulator
  • Hardware accelerated
  • Every Android version you can think of
  • Play Store available
  • Auto update apps
  • Many manuals online
  • Touchscreen support
  • You can try the latest Android version :sunglasses:

Cons:

  • Large! (Like in several Gigabytes large!)
  • No play store version for tablets available (if you know your way using ADB, you can use the tablet)
  • Not for every hardware
  • Not an easy click-and-go setup
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