You really need at least two devices for testing. High-end 2.1+ devices and a pre-2.0 device. I find that the emulator does a good job of matching pre-2.0 device behavior but you can get really burned trusting the emulator to behave the same for the later devices. I've found differences between the emulator and the device, in everything from NPE's being thrown on the device to completely different layouts in the UI.
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Mark Murphy <[email protected]>wrote: > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 2:40 PM, A Curious Developer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Can we use *any* Android-based phone for testing and debugging? > > Any that has the Android Market on it should be safe. > > > That is, can we download, run, and debug our applications from the > > Eclipse environment? > > See above. > > > Can we do that with just the device itself and no phone service? > > Yes, though some phones may require phone service with a data plan to > get the phone up and running. If you choose a GSM phone, all you need > to do is borrow a friend's SIM for five minutes, long enough for you > to get the phone activated and get WiFi working, and then you no > longer need the SIM. > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) > http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy > http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.1 Available! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Shane Isbell (Founder of ZappMarket) http://apps.facebook.com/zappmarket/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
