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Re: emulator

 

On Mon, 7 Mar 2016 13:12:43 +0100
Michael Zanetti <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> sudo ubuntu-emulator create xenial
> ubuntu-emulator run xenial
> 
> On 07.03.2016 12:27, Yasmany Cubela Medina wrote:
> > Can you please Michael tell me which channel is that and how can i
> > create an emulator with it.
> > 
> > Thanks so much
> > 
> > On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 6:23 AM Michael Zanetti
> > <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> > 
> >     Yes,
> > 
> >     sadly I can confirm that the release of Mir 0.20 did not fix
> > the issue.
> > 
> >     FWIW, the emulator does work fine for me using a Xenial based
> > channel (I know this isn't really what you want, but I guess better
> > than nothing atm).
> > 
> >     Br,
> >     Michael
> > 
> >     On 07.03.2016 00:06, Yasmany Cubela Medina wrote:  
> >     > Hello Nekhelesh, Thanks so much for answer.
> >     >
> >     > I also have an instance with the rc-proposed facing the same
> >     > issue.
> >     >
> >     > Create another instance with devel-proposed and the emulator
> >     > never  
> >     show  
> >     > the UI.
> >     >
> >     > Its really hard to develop an app for this OS if you can use
> >     > the emulator, the developer team should take more care on
> >     > this, not every one has the money to buy a phone.
> >     >
> >     > Again Thanks so much for answering.
> >     >
> >     > On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 5:15 PM Nekhelesh Ramananthan
> >     > <krnekhelesh@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:krnekhelesh@xxxxxxxxx>  
> >     <mailto:krnekhelesh@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:krnekhelesh@xxxxxxxxx>>>
> > wrote:  
> >     >
> >     >     Just noticed that the critical bug has been fixed in Mir
> >     > 0.20.  
> >     I am  
> >     >     not sure if Mir 0.20 has landed in the rc-proposed
> >     > images. If it has, then if you use the latest rc-proposed
> >     > image in the Ubuntu Emulator, it should work.
> >     >
> >     >     On Sun, 6 Mar 2016 at 22:42 Nekhelesh Ramananthan
> >     >     <krnekhelesh@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:krnekhelesh@xxxxxxxxx>  
> >     <mailto:krnekhelesh@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:krnekhelesh@xxxxxxxxx>>>
> > wrote:  
> >     >
> >     >         https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg18239.htmlHi  
> >     Yasmany,  
> >     >
> >     >         I asked this very same question [0] on this mailing
> >     > list a  
> >     month  
> >     >         ago. The answer is *you cannot use the emulator *due
> >     > to  
> >     critical  
> >     >         bugs and as such is not in a usable state. You are
> >     > basically hitting this bug [1] :/. At this point of time,
> >     > your best solution would be to install the latest development
> >     > release of Ubuntu which is Ubuntu 16.04 [2] and then install
> >     > the Ubuntu-SDK. You can then run your apps directly on the  
> >     desktop.  
> >     >         However this does not replace the emulator or phone
> >     > since you cannot replicate life-cycle restrictions that
> >     > confined  
> >     apps are  
> >     >         bound to.
> >     >
> >     >         Cheers,
> >     >         Nekhelesh
> >     >
> >     >         [0]
> >     > https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg18239.html [1]
> >     >         
> >      https://bugs.launchpad.net/canonical-devices-system-image/+bug/1517597  
> >     >         [2] http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/
> >     >
> >     >         On Sun, 6 Mar 2016 at 19:32 Yasmany Cubela Medina
> >     >         <yasmanycm@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:yasmanycm@xxxxxxxxx>  
> >     <mailto:yasmanycm@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:yasmanycm@xxxxxxxxx>>>
> > wrote:  
> >     >
> >     >             Hello again. I reach since i really need your
> >     > help.  
> >     You can  
> >     >             find as attachment an screenshot of what im
> >     > facing  
> >     with the  
> >     >             emulator. Im using the rc channel and i stuck
> >     > since i cant even pass the setup steps. I get a pointer
> >     > besides the desktop one inside the emulator that i dont know
> >     > how to interact with or perform click events o anything to  
> >     work with.  
> >     >
> >     >             Screenshot from 2016-03-06 13-58-58.pngPlease
> >     > help.
> >     >
> >     >             On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 11:18 AM Yasmany Cubela
> >     > Medina <yasmanycm@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:yasmanycm@xxxxxxxxx>  
> >     <mailto:yasmanycm@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:yasmanycm@xxxxxxxxx>>>
> > wrote:  
> >     >
> >     >                 Hello.
> >     >
> >     >                 Im trying to develop an app and im using the  
> >     emulator to  
> >     >                 test it, sadly i do not have an ubuntu phone
> >     > and cant buy one since dont have the money.
> >     >
> >     >                 Im having issues to pick the right channel
> >     > and  
> >     image to  
> >     >                 create the emulator.
> >     >
> >     >                 Can please point me to the right one so i can
> >     > keep  
> >     with  
> >     >                 my idea.
> >     >
> >     >                 Thanks so much for the help.
> >     >
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For application testing things will likely not work on Xenial. There
are bugs being tracked for Emulator already and one android fix already
in the pipeworks with any luck everything will be fixed for ota10.

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