How to see Samsung galaxy Tab Emulator in Full size?

Question

Presently I am developing Android application for Samsung galaxy tab. I am using default Samsung Galaxy Tab emulator that Samsung has provided in ADT third party add-ons.

But when I run emulator, its not fit into my monitor screen. I am not able to see full size Emulator, I can only see half size emulator. My monitor resolution is 1600x900. to see full size emulator i need to scale the emulator.

Is their any way to check full size emulator by scrolling or something. or what will be the screen resolution is required to see full size emulator ?

Answer 1

From AVD Manager when starting the emulator, choose "Scale Display to Real Size"

Set the Screen Size (I used 7 because Galaxy Tab has a 7 inch display, you can set anything that fits in your monitor) which will fit in your monitor. This is the size of the emulator screen.

Set monitor resolution (dpi). This is in almost all cases 96dpi. This is the actual resolution of your computer monitor.

Now start, you are done :)

About minimum resolution: Samsung Galaxy Tab resolution is: 600x1024 So, the vertical resolution of your monitor should be at least 1024 (which is currently 900). I say at least because there is the windows taskbar.

You can use Ctrl+F11 when the emulator is loaded to rotate it and get to the landscape mode. Tab's landscape resolution becomes 1024x900 (reversed) You will notice that, in landscape mode, it fits your screen (as your 1600x900 is larger than 1024x600)

Your monitor is 16:9, so keeping the same ratio, so if you could set something like 1820x1024, the emulator would fit in portrait mode.

I think you got the point.