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Android Development is a tool in the Work tools pane. Each lane has its own emulator on the machine that runs the lane. ADE starts it without a window and shows it in the pane, so it stays out of your way. It works on macOS, Windows, and Linux. If the Android SDK is missing, the tool shows a setup card that installs what it needs.

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What the tool does

Emulators per lane

Pick a device for the lane, or add extra devices beside it. ADE checks the machine’s memory before it starts one, and stops emulators nobody is using.

Live view and controls

Watch the emulator in the pane, use Back, Home, and Recents, and tap or type into the running app.

Inspect and record

Select an element as chat context, read logs, and record a video of the session.

From another machine

Watch and drive a lane’s emulator from another computer, the web client, or your phone.

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Agents

Agents use the ade android command. They can start the lane’s emulator, build and install the app, drive it by element, read logcat, and capture proof. Run ade help android to see every command. Each emulator takes several gigabytes of memory, so start them through ADE rather than with the emulator binary. ADE refuses a start that would make the machine swap.

iOS Simulator

The same idea for Apple devices, on macOS.