How to install SD card on Android emulator (1.6)

Question

I want to install an SD card on Android emulator (1.6). I am using Eclipse 3.4.0.

I found one command to install an SD card:

mksdcard

But where should I execute it?

I tried in Dev tools → Terminal Emulator.

But it is giving an error:

permission denied

Answer 1

The easiest way to make sure your SD card is properly associated to your emulator instance is to create an AVD with an SD card. Do it as follows:

In Eclipse: Menu Window → Android SDK and AVD manager → New:

• give a name to your AVD (no space allowed)
• give a SDK target
• give size to the wanted SD card
• create the new AVD

Or, the second solution: you already have your own AVD and you want to add an SD card to it:

• open a command prompt or terminal (Windows / Linux?)

• cd to your sdk/tools directory

• execute the following: mksdcard 256M NameOfYourCard

  (you can pass the size you want of course)

And then put the following in your run configuration in the "Launch Additional command line" field:

-sdcard fullPathToYourCard

It should work. If it's not clear, have a look in here for more detailed procedure.