GDK is released. Where is the Emulator?

Question

Google Glass Development kit was released yesterday. But, I can't find any emulator. Where is it? Is there any emulator like an android emulator out there, where we can test these native google glass apps?

Kathyrnkati

Have you checked glass-apps.org/google-glass-emulator? – Floatplane

@luanjot: That is a web based emulator for glass apps built using HTML, JSON, REST etc. Is this is working for this new 'Android' based glass api too? – Kathyrnkati

Answer 1

Glass is basically an android device. Just create your own ADV (using android v15) with a resolution of 640x320.

You could also use the released img/boot files to create a virtual machine running glass, just like you would any other android device (google for tuts on this).

Of course, touch/sensors/etc are a bit tricky to emulate/run, but they do work like they do on any android device. I ported my sensor code directly, and touches worked immediately using the glass.gesturerecogniser code posted on dev.google.

Blancablanch

Hello thanks for the information, so you mean by creating an AVD like that I can compile and run the glass? – Kathyrnkati

Can you tell us more about how you tested GDK app on emulator? I did the same and tried demo Stopwatch app, but Eclipse warned that there is not default activity set in the Manifest. – Maurya

Answer 2

There is still no Google Glass emulator in the GDK, you have to test your Glassware directly on the device installing the apk (with Eclipse or adb).

Translucid

Answer 3

There exist way to modify Android smartphone to work as Google Glass, see more information here: http://www.elekslabs.com/2013/11/google-glass-development-without-glass.html

Assamese

Answer 4

Note: There is no official emulator for Google Glass yet.

Akee