# Android Programming for Beginners

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-programming-for-beginners/46813>\
**Category:** Processing for Android\
**Created:** [July 28, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-programming-for-beginners/46813 "2025-07-28T13:52:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-programming-for-beginners/46813/7 "2025-07-29T18:08:20Z")

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> [@glv](#):
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> I was not able to get the emulator working in _ **Android Mode for Processing 4** _  
> Not yet!

Yet!

Topic here:

> [@Android Mode for Processing - Emulator](https://discourse.processing.org/t/android-mode-for-processing-emulator/46815):
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> Hello folks! I have had no success getting the emulator to work in Android Mode for Processing. This is NOT a solution but demonstrates that the emulator is working with the installed software if launched manually: Launch emulator from command prompt: emulator -avd Pixel\_4\_API\_33 -no-snapshot-load Try to use the emulator with Processing and let it fail; it still generates an APK (example below): android\_test\_1\_0\_0\_debug.apk It will build the APK and tell you emulator is not installe…

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