A virtual machine (VM) is a set of hardware options including the file system image. The Emulator Manager controls the virtual machines. When you launch the Emulator, you can specify the VM that you want to customize. Each VM has its own Emulator file system image. In other words, different VMs have different states of Emulators.
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If you update the EMULATOR_IMAGE package on Tizen SDK Install Manager, existing VMs are not launched properly as the Base Image file is modified. To use the existing VMs after updating, the Emulator Manager provides a 'Create Base Image' context menu or button. With this functionality, you can keep the existing VMs in the new Base Image. |
On the Emulator Manager:
You can set the following VM details:
The following rules apply for naming a VM:
You can use the default base image. You can also change the base image and choose another image when you create a VM by clicking Add New under the "Custom" tab folder. This new VM is added under the "Custom" group. The correct image file extension of the custom base image is .x86.
Select 1 of the following resolutions. Note that each resolution has its own default display density.
DPI (Dots Per Inch) value of the Emulator. The DPI depends on the display resolution.
The VM UI style. Select 1 or more of the available skins. The skin depends on the display resolution.
You can select RAM size of:
You can share a directory between the host PC and the Emulator. If you want to use this feature, set the value to Enabled and define the input directory to share in the File Sharing Path field. For more information, see File Sharing.
The Emulator supports hardware virtualization. It is kvm on Ubuntu and HAX on Windows®. If the host CPU supports hardware virtualization and a hardware virtualization module is installed, you can change this value. For more information, see Using Hardware Virtualization.
The Emulator supports hardware OpenGL® acceleration. If the host graphic card driver supports hardware acceleration and you select Enabled, the feature operates properly. Otherwise, do not try to make the Emulator support hardware acceleration. If the GPU option is enabled, the rendering performance of the video player or camera can degrade.