If your needs aren’t satisfied by the emulator, as gjs suggested, I would look into purchasing any of the pure google devices. They have all the binaries and factory images available via Google's developer site.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/drivers https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images On Monday, October 1, 2012 4:06:33 AM UTC-4, gjs wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd suggest using the latest Google Android device, currently that is the > (Samsung) Galaxy Nexus, but rumors suggest it is to be updated very soon (?) > > Main reason is that the Google phones allow you to see your own debug > message on the console pretty easily, where as most other phones have so > such junk debug messages on the console, that they swamp your own debug > messages making it difficult to test & debug your own apps. You can filter > debug messages but the console fills quickly (in Eclipse) anyway & then has > to be reset. > > If you can live without relying on debug messages through Eclipse then any > good & recent phone will likely do, eg Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X, etc. > > The Google phones get OS updates before other phones as well. > > Regards > > On Monday, October 1, 2012 5:54:28 AM UTC+10, Nilashis Dey wrote: >> >> I am new to Android Development and would like to know which phone I >> should get to test my apps? Obviously, I would like the phone for which >> drivers for all devices are easily available and for which I would find the >> most amount of support discussions online - for when I run into problems. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
