Does anyone know if it’s possible to change the visible network bars in the android emulator? I’ve searched google, tried with telnet and DDMS, but no luck.
Alternately, does anyone know where I can get png files of the bar images (in 2.3)? What I’m ultimately trying to do is get some screenshots of the different levels (1 bar, 2 bars, ect). I went down the route of trying to get the android source code, but it didn’t go so well.
Sorry for necroposting but I was searching for the same thing and while I failed to get an instant answer on SO I though I should post my finding here as it answers the initial question.
To set the network reception level in the emulator you need to connect to it using telnet
normally your emulator will be running on port 5554 but you can always check this in the title bar of your emulator window.
after that you can run the command
where NN is an int 0..31 indicating signal level. thus the command
will give you no bars. hope someone will find this useful some day. happy coding!