How to load my app from Eclipse to my Android phone instead of AVD

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I m quite new to Android and have been using an AVD to debug my app so far  However  I want to start checking the media options and therfore need to start using my Android phone  How do I get Eclipse to load my app to my phone instead of my AVD

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I had the same problem  and have not been able to get Eclipse in Windows 7 to recognise the device  The device is correctly configured  Windows 7 recognises it on the USB port  and I edited the Run settings in Eclipse to prompt for a device  and it is just not there    I ran it with the following steps    Connect the device to the computer with USB  Ensure the device is not locked  ie  timed out in the UI   I have to keep unlocking it while I m working  Wait for Windows to recognise the USB device  and when the autoplay menu comes up select Open device to view files  It should open up the file system in the device  in Explorer  In Explorer go to the Eclipse workspace and find the apk file from the build  eg  MyFirstApp apk  Copy the apk file to the Downloads directory on the device On the device  use the My Files app  or similar  to open the Downloads directory  Click the downloaded file  My First App apk  and Android offers to install it Select install The app is now in the installed Apps  Run it    A second method is to mail the apk file to the device and then download and install it   Credits to a post on SO which I can t find now    A third method is to use DropBox  This requires installation of DropBox on the PC and on the device  from the play store  but once both are set up it runs very smoothly  Just share a DropBox folder between the two devices  and then drop the APK into that folder on the PC  and open it on the device  With this method you don t need a USB connection  and can also install the APK on multiple devices  It also assists the management of multiple development versions  by making a separate sub-folder for each version

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First you need to set your device to debugging mode  On Android 4 X that means as described in another answer in another question   Open up your device   s    Settings     This can be done by pressing the Menu button while on your home screen and tapping    System settings    Now scroll to the bottom and tap    About phone    or    About tablet     At the    About    screen  scroll to the bottom and tap on    Build number    seven times   Note this is no joke  Make sure you tap seven times  If you see a    Not need  you are already a developer     message pop up  then you know you have done it correctly  Done  By tapping on    Build number    seven times  you have unlocked USB debugging mode on Android 4 2 and higher  You can now enable disable it whenever you desire by going to    Settings    - gt     Developer Options    - gt     Debugging    - gt     USB debugging      The next step is to connect your device to your computer via the USB cable  The next step is to install a USB driver for it  On the official website you find a list with sources for drivers for phones from various different companies  Eclipse now should give you the phone as a choice when you click on Run and it presents you possible device to launch  In some case Eclpise will tell you Target Unknown which prevents you from using the device  If that s the case you might have to restart the phone  You might also have to check and recheckUSB debugging  till the phone asks you to allow your particular computer to do usb debugging

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First you need to enable USB debugging on your phone  then connect it to your computer via USB  Then eclipse should automatically start debugging on your phone instead of the AVD

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In Eclipse    goto run menu -  run configuration  right click on android application on the right side and click new  fill the corresponding details like project name under the android tab  then under the target tab  select  launch on all compatible devices and then select active devices from the drop down list   save the configuration and run it by either clicking run on the  run  button on the bottom right side of the window or close the window and run again

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For those who are trying to find how to enable debugging on devices running Jelly Bean 4 2  e g Google Nexus   you have to go to Settings   Apps   About tablet and tap the text  Build number  7 times slowly   Go back to the now available Settings   Developer options and check USB debugging as stated in previous posts

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First of all  Enable USB debugging on your device   On most devices running Android 3 2 or older  you can find the option under Settings   Applications   Development   On Android 4 0 and newer  it s in Settings   Developer options   In eclipse go to Run Configuration and select Always prompt to pick device

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connect your device to system and set you device debug mode on when you run your application Android Virtual Device AVD will select device there you will see your connected device select your mobile device and thats all refer this link to set your device debugging mode on   http   developer android com training basics firstapp running-app html

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Check to see if the Andriod Device is installed on PC  See steps below  The  Other device  will change to  Andriod Device  once the USB drive is installed  The browse path should be   extras google usb driver  not the sub directories under it  Otherwise the installation will not find the package    To install the Android USB driver on Windows 7 for the first time   Connect your Android-powered device to your computer s USB port  Right-click on Computer from your desktop or Windows Explorer  and select Manage  Select Devices in the left pane  Locate and expand Other device in the right pane  Right-click the device name  such as Nexus S  and select Update Driver Software  This will launch the Hardware Update Wizard  Select Browse my computer for driver software and click Next  Click Browse and locate the USB driver folder   The Google USB Driver is located in  extras google usb driver   Click Next to install the driver

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just for additional info  If your apps is automatically run on emulator  right click on the project  Run As -  Run Configuration  then on the Run Configuration choose on the Manual  after that  if you run your apps you will be prompted to chose where  you want to run your apps  there will be listed all the available device and emulator

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You don t have to do anything really except prepare your phone to be able to run debug and usb apps     http   developer android com guide developing device html  then simply launch your app from eclipse and your device will be used if you don t have a simulator running

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Thanks this helped   It was a little tricky getting the USB debugging option enabled on the Samsung G3 after the update   See below Instructions on Samsung G3 Jellybean   Settings Click --  About the phone Tap on the build number     You are now 4 steps away from being a developer     Keep tapping until it says    You are now a developer     Go back to Setting-- System --  Developer option  Enable USB Debugging

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Step by step    Connect your phone to computer via USB Enable USB debugging on your phone  Settings -  Applications -  Development -  USB debugging Change Run configuration in your Eclipse project  right click -  Run As -  Run Configurations  In the Target tab choose Always prompt to pick device  or Manual   Then Apply  Run     In the new window you should see your connected phone

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Some people may have the issue where your phone might not immediately get recognized by the computer as an emulator  especially if you re given the option to choose why your phone is connected to the computer on your phone  These options are    charge only Media device  MTP  Camera file transfer  PTP  Share mobile network Install driver   Of these options  choose MTP and follow the instructions found in the quotes of other answers     Hope this helps       goto run menu -  run configuration    right click on android application on the right side and click new    fill the corresponding details like project name under the android tab    then under the target tab    select  launch on all compatible devices and then select active devices from the drop down list     save the configuration and run it by either clicking run on the  run  button on the bottom right side of the window or close the window and run again

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The USB drivers in  extras google usb driver didn t work for me   However the official drivers from Samsung did  http   developer samsung com android tools-sdks Samsung-Andorid-USB-Driver-for-Windows  Note  I m using a Samsung Galaxy S2 with Android 4 0 on Windows 7 64bit

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What I did  by reading all of above answers and it worked as well  7 deadly steps   Connect your android phone with the pc on which you are running eclipse your map project  Let it install all the necessary drivers   When done  open your smart phone  go to  Settings   Applications   Development   USB debugging and enable it on by clicking on the check button at the right side  Also  enable Settings   Unknowresoures Come back to eclipse on your pc  Right click on the project application  Run As   Run configurations     Choose Device Target Select your device Run  Click on the Target tab from top  By default it is on the first tab Android Choose the second radio button which says Launch on all compatible deivces AVDs  Then click Apply at the bottom and afterwards  click Run  Here you go  it will automatically install your application s  apk file into your smart phone and make it run over it   just like on emulator      If you get it running  please help others too

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Yes  You can Debug Android Application While you are developing them follow these steps   Make sure that you have PC suite of the mobile manufacturer  For Example if you are using samsung you should have samsung kies  1 Enable USB debugging on your device Settings   Applications   Development   USB debugging 2 Enable Unknownresources Settings Unknowresoures 3 Connect your device to PC 4 Select your Application Right click it  RunAS Run configurations Choose Device Target Select your device Run     You can also without using debugging cable For that you need to install Airdroid in your device After installing enter the link in your browser and Drag and Drop  apk file   Happy Coding

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