Question

I try to install android market on emulator using these instructions – How to install android market on emulator for all api's, but after restarting emulator all changes are lost.

In other guide, I read that I need to remove some .img files from device avd folder, but it doesn’t work. What else can I do to permanently install market to emulator?

Answer 1

As you told me you need this for test-purpose, I think it isn’t worth the trouble. Don’t you know any person with an Android device to test it? I know this isn’t the answer you expect – but as it is recommended to test on a real device anyhow – here my suggestion:

I’ve been using this code in a few apps which are in the market and it works fine:

public static void goToMarket(Context context){
    Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    it.setData(Uri.parse(context.getString(R.string.playstorelink)));
    context.startActivity(it);
}

The link in the string could look like this: market://details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android

To prevent this code from crashing on the emulator (obviously there is no PlayStore) you can wrap this code in a try catch blog:

catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
        // Do something
}