Are you using the final 1.5 SDK or the 1.5 preview one? I just tried installing an app on the emulator using the web browser and it installed fine.
R/ 2009/4/28 tansaku <tans...@gmail.com>: > > Hi Jack, > > Many thanks for that suggestion, however even after "sudo killall adb" > the emulator does not show up in the list of devices. > > The web download idea is also a good one, and I thought I had got it > to work after creating an sdcard image for the emulator, but when I > tried to run the downloaded app, I got a message: > > "Install blocked. For security, your phone is set to block > installations of applications not sourced in Android Market". > > With two buttons: "Settings" and "Cancel" - clicking on "Settings" > causes an error. > > I did some web searching, but can't immediately see any way round > this ... > > Many thanks again > CHEERS> SAM > > On Apr 23, 3:35 pm, "Jack Ha (T-Mobile USA)" <jack...@t-mobile.com> > wrote: >> If adb is not able to connect to the emulator, try "sudo killall adb" >> first and then rerun you "sudo adb ..." command. >> >> One suggestion is that you can place you app on a web server and your >> friends should be able to download/install it via the emulator >> browser. Of course doing this might expose your app to the outside >> world. >> >> -- >> Jack Ha >> Open Source Development Center >> ・T・ ・ ・Mobile・ stick together >> >> The views, opinions and statements in this email are those of >> the author solely in their individual capacity, and do not >> necessarily represent those of T-Mobile USA, Inc. >> >> On Apr 23, 5:25 pm, Samuel Joseph <tans...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi All, >> >> > [Tried posting this through web interface but didn't show up ... here >> > goes via email ...] >> >> > I was wondering if anyone has ever been able to distribute their app in >> > a bundle with an emulator? >> >> > The reason I want to do this is that I have some friends who don't have >> > android phones, but I'd like them to be able to play with my app so that >> > they can give me feedback. I've previously sent them screen casts, but >> > I'd really like them to be able to get interactive with the app. >> >> > Now I could ask them to get all installed with the whole android >> > framework, eclipse etc,. but some of them are not so technical. Ideally >> > what I'd like to be able to do is create a package that is the android >> > emulator with my app and perhaps 1 or 2 other related apps >> > pre-installed, so that they can download it, open it and run it >> > interactively on their computers? >> >> > Has anyone ever tried this? >> >> > So far I found that I can run the emulator standalone, and I assume I >> > could probably send them just that and it would run. However the adb >> > tool is needed to install apps. I could send them that too, and ask the >> > to run an 'adb install myapp.apk' from the command line, but at the >> > moment I can't even seem to do that myself. >> >> > Running the emulator standalone, the adb tool can't seem to see it: >> >> > samuel-josephs-computer-2:tools samueljoseph$ sudo ./adb devices >> > List of devices attached >> >> > I just get no list of devices ... >> >> > I have previously used the adb tool to install apk files, but that is >> > after I had started the emulator from eclipse - of course even then I >> > always have to restart eclipse and the emulator two or three times >> > before I can get the connection (I am on OSX 10.5.6., eclipse 3.4.1) ... >> >> > Any suggestions greatly appreciated. >> >> > CHEERS> SAM > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
