starting Android app on multiple emulators simultaneously

Question

As we all know, Android resolution is rather fragmented.

I (like many others) don't have all the screen resolution, or OS versions to test my app on.

Emulators give a solution to the resolution and OS problem, but it is getting rather tedious and annoying to run my app on each emulator (even if they are already running) just to see one layout.

So, my question is; is there any way to run my app on EACH emulator I have selected, not doing them individually?

For now, I am using a solution called Manymo, which allows me to launch emulators faster, but my ideal solution would be to start 1 app, and have a setting to be able to launch it simultaneously on several emulators.

I am surprised to see after many searches, that although people ask about running multiple, I can't seem to find anyone who would like to launch an app in multiple instances simultaneously.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Once you've got your emulators running, I believe in the Run Configurations control, you can select Launch on all compatible devices/AVD's and then select Active AVD's from the dropdown. I believe this should launch your app on all emulators you have running. Could be quite taxing on your system, though, unless you're swimming in RAM.