4.8 Running the Emulator in a Tool Window
So far in this chapter we have only used the emulator as a standalone window. The emulator may also be run as a tool window embedded within the main Android Studio window. To embed the emulator, select the File -> Settings... menu option (Android Studio -> Preferences... on macOS), navigate to Tools -> Emulator in the left-hand navigation panel of the preferences dialog, and enable the Launch in a tool window option:
Figure 4-14
With the option enabled, click the Apply button followed by OK to commit the change, then exit the standalone emulator session.
Run the sample app once again, at which point the emulator will appear within the Android Studio window as shown in Figure 4-15:
To hide and show the emulator tool window, click on the Emulator tool window button (marked A above). Click on the “x” close button next to the tab (B) to exit the emulator. The emulator tool window can accommodate...
