Accessing google maps in android emulator

Question

i am developing an android application using google maps data.I can access google maps in emulator but when i try the same in my application the google maps is not opening .What is the problem?Help

Answer 1

Sounds like your not using the Google API in the emulator:

http://code.google.com/android/add-ons/google-apis/

You need to create an Android Virtual Device (AVD) with the google API:

In the above screenshot you can see that 'test_avd' does not use the google API. Also you can see 'test_maps_avd' does use the google API.