{"id":15867,"date":"2014-12-15T14:12:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T22:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/?p=15867"},"modified":"2014-12-15T14:12:55","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T22:12:55","slug":"xamarin-android-player-update-brings-new-features-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/xamarin-android-player-update-brings-new-features-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Xamarin Android Player Update Brings New Features &amp; Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Released just two months ago during the Xamarin Evolve 2014 keynote, the Xamarin Android Player has helped ease a major pain point in Android development, the emulator. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-15872\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-12-at-10.51.40-AM-705x1024.png\" alt=\"Xamarin Android Player Nexus 7\" width=\"250\" \/>Our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xamarin.com\/android-player\" title=\"Xamarin Android Player\">Android Player is a high-speed hardware accelerated emulator<\/a>, available on both Mac and PC, that integrates directly into Xamarin Studio and Visual Studio. Now, we&#8217;re exited to release a brand new update for the Android Player with several fixes and new features that will make developing Android apps even more enjoyable.<\/p>\n<h2>Get the Update<\/h2>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t installed the Xamarin Android Player, head over to its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.xamarin.com\/android-player\" title=\"Xamarin Android Player\">download page<\/a> and get started. If you already have the current preview installed, all you have to do is open up the Android Player, select the Update tab, and click Update.<br><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/NewUpdate.png\" alt=\"New Update\" width=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15903\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>New Device Images<\/h2>\n<p>Once you have the latest version of the Xamarin Android Player installed, the first thing you will notice is some new Android devices available to download. We&#8217;ve added new screen resolutions and form factors, including the Nexus S and Nexus 7 devices, enabling you to test your app&#8217;s appearance on phone and tablet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-15868\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-12-12-at-9.38.33-AM-1024x711.png\" alt=\"Xamarin Android Player New Devices\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are continuously adding new system images, so be sure to check back because they will automatically appear in the list.<\/p>\n<h2>Naming &amp; Duplicating<\/h2>\n<p>A major feature of this release is the ability to rename your emulators. When you download an emulator image for the first time, you will automatically be prompted to give it a name so you can recognize it immediately. This is very important, as you are now able to create full duplicates of any emulator image that you have from a brand new context menu. You can get device information, rename, reset, delete, or duplicate with a single click.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15869\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/DuplicateDevice.png\" alt=\"Duplicate Device Android Player\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Learn More<\/h2>\n<p>To learn more about the Xamarin Android Player, be sure to read the full <a href=\"http:\/\/developer.xamarin.com\/guides\/android\/getting_started\/installation\/android-player\/\" title=\"Xamarin Android Player Documentation\">documentation<\/a> on how to get started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Released just two months ago during the Xamarin Evolve 2014 keynote, the Xamarin Android Player has helped ease a major pain point in Android development, the emulator. Our Android Player is a high-speed hardware accelerated emulator, available on both Mac and PC, that integrates directly into Xamarin Studio and Visual Studio. Now, we&#8217;re exited to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":544,"featured_media":39167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5,4],"class_list":["post-15867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-developers","tag-android","tag-xamarin-platform"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Released just two months ago during the Xamarin Evolve 2014 keynote, the Xamarin Android Player has helped ease a major pain point in Android development, the emulator. Our Android Player is a high-speed hardware accelerated emulator, available on both Mac and PC, that integrates directly into Xamarin Studio and Visual Studio. 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