What is the correct Device Definition for Google Glass (for a simulator in Eclipse or Android studio)?

Question

Yes I will test on the actual device (when it arrives) but would be nice to know now:

How to setup a device definition so I can run an emulator that is something like glass.

Critical are:

Size: What size does glass "report" itself as: Small, Normal, Large, XLarge

Screen Ratio: notlong or Long?

Density bucket: xxhdpi? or what?

Other: does setting it up for DPad input help at all or come close to the nav on Glass? Other tips?

Note: Yes I know about the mirror API playground, but I'm developing APKs not mirror-api.

Guillermo

Answer 1

DisplayMetrics gives this output on Glass Explorer edition:

DisplayMetrics{density=1.5, width=640, height=360, scaledDensity=1.5, xdpi=180.62222, ydpi=169.33333}

So it does indeed look like hdpi.

Also the screen size is small:

....
else if ((getResources().getConfiguration().screenLayout &      Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_MASK) == Configuration.SCREENLAYOUT_SIZE_SMALL) {     
               Log.d(TAG,"SMALL screen");
           }

And it is "notlong"

Guillermo

Answer 2

I created an AVD with the following specs:

Screen Size: 3" Resolution: 640x360 RAM: 682 MB Size: Small Screen Ratio: notlong Density: hdpi

and its a pretty good representation of my Glass, though its not perfect. I don't know what the exact screen size should be but with that resolution and density, looking at XML layouts in the Graphical Layout Preview look accurate.

Meggs

Are you able to debug the demo GDK apps on an AVD created this way, or is it just for layout testing? – Prebo

We weren't creating a GDK app actually, it was for a regular Android application. Yes, the original intent was for layout previewing in Eclipse. – Meggs

Answer 3

As for Enterprise Edition 2, according to Tech Specs, I configured new hardware profile for virtual device as following:

Hardware profile: System image:

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