CyanogenMod on Android emulator - is it possible?

Question

I'm testing several modifications of Cyanogen MOD ROM's. It's not really comfortable to test them on real device. So the question: is it possible to install custom ROM (in particular CyanogenMod) on standard (or non-standard) Android emulator?

Photogram

You might also get useful answers at android.stackexchange.com – Concierge

Answer 1

Run the Android SDK Manager and in menus, navigate to Tools->Manage Add-on Sites. In the window that opens, click the User Defined Sites tab and click the New button.

Enter the following URL:

http://nushio.fedorapeople.org/cyanogenmod/repository.xml

After installing it and refreshing the packages list, you will find CyanogenMod-Kang Emulator in Android API 9, revision 3.

Install and enjoy!

Moseley

btw, if I were to do run the build (cm for emulator), should I be using device "goldfish" in the command, e.g. lunch cm_goldfish_userdebug? – Sandwich

There was an interesting edit suggestion that was rejected. Maybe you would like to apply it manually. – Brigette

Answer 2

For a way that still works with Cyanogen 13 see http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/289928-testing-getting-an-emulator-up-and-running-a-full-rom-with-the-market-etc/ and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=906161

In short:

• install ADT
• open SDK manager: tools/android
• install Android 6.0 (for CM-13)
• maybe install Tools/ Android SDK Tools & Platformtools latest version
• maybe install Extras/ GoogleRepo, AndroidSupportRepo & -Lib
• select Tools/Manage AVDs
• create new device, create new AVD
• place system.img into ~/.android/avd/

For a device that is officially supported by CM select from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Devices

• Vendor: Google
• CM version you want

I wasn't yet able to make this really work... but it should.

Skeen