Android Tutorial DDMS - Dalvik Debug Monitor

Here is a tip for exploring the folders on the emulator and also its mounted SD-card (if you have added one like I did). I couldn't find a file-explorer in the emulator.

You can use a program called DDMS which can be found in the "tools"-folder in the android-sdk-windows-directory. After the latest SDK-update, you might need to add the "platform-tools"-folder (still in the android-sdk-windows-folder) to the path (enviroment-variables). Here is a guide how to do it in Win7:

How to set the windows path in Windows 7

Then from a comand-prompt (in the "tools"-folder), you launch it executing the file ddms. Make sure the emulator is running.

You can also use DDMS to push and pull files between the emulator and your computer. In addition, the program monitors a lof of stuff which can surely be useful.
 
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