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emulate sl4a

Install and configure Android Scripting

These instructions work on a “real”
With the emulator ready, use the AVD Manager to start your 2.2 device. Click phone, too. Just be sure to enable
on the emulator’s browser (the little globe), surf to this web address: “Unknown sources” to allow for non-
Market application downloads.
http://code.google.com/p/android-scripting
and tap on the “boxed” bar code near the bottom of the page:
Don’t worry if it takes your emulator a
minute or two to start. The emulator is
slower than the actual phone…

On the emulator,
tap on the
“boxed” bar code
to start the
SL4A download.

When the download completes, select the emulator’s Menu button ➝ More ➝
Downloads, and then tap on the sl4a_r2.apk file to install the SL4A The version available to you might be
package on the emulator. When the install completes, tap Done. different, but don’t worry: download the
latest release.

The version you see might be different than
this. Don’t worry; yours in the most recent.

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