You will also want to select a screen resolution that works best for your display.Ĩ. Keep in mind that you will want to make sure Android 2.2 – API Level 8 is selected under Target. You can fill out these settings to your preferences. Now you are within the “ Create new Android Virtual Device (AVD)” window, which is where you will configure your Android emulator or virtual environment. Once you’re there, select New on the right side of the window.
Now you will have to navigate to the “ Virtual Devices” window from within the left column of the Android SDK and AVD Manager.
Once the new download list appears, you will want to select the items shown in the image below, which include some necessary resources and tools as well as the OS itself.Ħ. Now you will be able to download the repository, which will provide you with more download options.ĥ. In the left column of this window, click the Available Packages button. Now the Android SDK and AVD Manager window will appear. Next you will have to start the SDK manager app by opening an app or script called “ Android” from within the Tools folder.Ĥ. This will give you a list of files and folders as shown in the image below.ģ. Once you have downloaded the SDK, extract it.
First download the Android SDK for either Mac or WindowsĢ. Here’s what you will need to do to access the Android 2.2 Froyo Emulator:ġ.
Unlike the iPhone OS SDK and Microsoft’s SDK, thankfully the Android SDK is available for both Windows and Mac. This is made possible via the SDK (Software Development Kit), which is also where devs access the tools and resources necessary to build apps. It was however confirmed by BlackBerry that it is looking for a Q2 2014 release of BBM for Windows Phone.Like the iPhone OS and most other mobile operating systems, developers can typically access an emulator in order to test out apps on their computer before on an actual device. Windows Phone is still the only major smartphone ecosystem BBM has not yet made a foray into. It also increased the file sharing limit from 6MB to 16MB.
It is also important to note that the previous update which had come to BBM (for Android, BB10 and iOS) around two months ago offered larger and bolder images, brought sticker support, as well as the ability to share photos in multi-person chats. "This special release of BBM for BlackBerry smartphones will include many of the things we've talked about here.and a few special things added for good measure," he writes. While Gadway has not given away much details in the post, he does write that the special release of the BBM for BlackBerry smartphones will be for the BBOS and BlackBerry 10 smartphones. In addition to that the blog also makes a mention of the fact that there is something new in store for BlackBerry users. The updated BBM v2.2 app Android version can be downloaded from Google Play.
The latest version also brings a range of bug fixes and performance improvements. It will include latest statuses and profile photos from BBM contacts and newer posts from the BBM channels that users follow. The 'Updates' tab has been renamed to 'Feeds', to represent a user better. These include a hotdog, hacker, a pair of hot lips amongst others. On the cosmetic side there are 16 new emoticons that will be added to the new version. All that new users require are an email ID, name and password, and they can start using it. The new features on BBM v2.2 for Android include an easier way to add contacts via email, wherein a user who receives a BBM invite by email can just become a contact by clicking on the link provided, rather than sending a PIN invite back, as is the current method. Our goal was to make it simpler for new users to join the BBM community and to make it faster and easier to add new BBM contacts." On the official BlackBerry blog, Inside BlackBerry, Jeff Gadway, head of product and brand marketing writes about the new version which has hit the Google Play store on Wednesday, "This next release (v.2.2) is focused on streamlining key aspects of the BBM experience. Now the latest version of BBM (version 2.2) is available for download on Google Play, with the iOS version all set to hit the App Store in the coming days. It was late last year that Canadian smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry released its BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) on Android and iOS platforms for free.