Saturday, September 24, 2011

List of Android emulator shortcuts

Android development is like cream, handling the emulator is on the other side.
Android emulator almost covers up the screen. In some cases you may not even see the 
'Home' button of the emulator screen, like on screens with resolution 1366 x 768.
Using android emulator shortcuts is the best way to get rid of such problems. Using shortcuts may
also increase the speed at which you work with the emulators.
Thus regardless of the screen resolution use of android emulator shortcuts is always encouraged.


Here is a list of android emulator shortcut keys:

Escape Back button
Home Home button
F2         PageUp Menu button
Shift-F2         PageDown Start button
F3         Call/Dial button
F4         Hangup/EndCall button
F5         Search button
F7         Power button
Ctrl-F3 Ctrl-KEYPAD_5 Camera button
Ctrl-F5 KEYPAD_PLUS Volume up button
Ctrl-F6 KEYPAD_MINUS Volume down button
KEYPAD_5         DPAD center
KEYPAD_4          DPAD left
KEYPAD_6          DPAD right

KEYPAD_8          DPAD up
KEYPAD_2          DPAD down
F8         Toggle cell network on/off
F9         Toggle code profiling (when -trace set)
Alt-ENTER         Toggle fullscreen mode
Ctrl-T Toggle trackball mode
Ctrl-F11, KEYPAD_7 Rotate screen orientation to previous or next layout
Ctrl-F12, KEYPAD_9 Rotate screen orientation to previous or next layout


And now, Start using the shortcuts...