Android AVD install chrome and firefox

Question

I created few AVD's using the AVD Manager. I want to know how can I install chrome/firefox on these AVD's?

Answer 1

Chrome's .apk

Firefox's .apk

Download both .apk files and install to your AVD using adb install apk_name

Answer 2

To install something onto a device, you need to already have the device running.

So first, start the device using the emulator command.

Then, in a different terminal/command window, use the adb command to install the package. In my case, I've copied the apk file to the platform-tools folder:

./adb install Firefox_17.0.apk

Like the rest of the emulator, the installation is slow, so be patient.

Of course, this just installs the packages. Getting them to run successfully is another matter entirely. So far, I cannot get the Chrome or Firefox packages to run. Chrome says "Not supported on this version of Android. Version 4.0 is minimal supported version." I am running 4.3 in the emulator. And Firefox starts but then immediately terminates with a "Unfortunately, Firefox has stopped" message.