Android - GCM for development, do I need a physical device?

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If I want to use GCM in a development environment, can I use the Android mobile device emulator or do I need a physical device?

I want to run the GCM Demo Application.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 13 '12 at 20:30

You can use an emulator. But it has to be version 2.2 above and contains Google API. Once you created this emulator AVD, goto Settings->Accounts & Sync, then add a google account. Once this is done, you should be ready to register for GCM and receive messages from it.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 14 '12 at 17:04

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Don't believe everything you read in the documentation. Some of it is completely wrong.

For instance, I have a freshly created 2.2 emulator which won't register to GCM; it returns PHONE_REGISTRATION_ERROR every time. Later emulators work fine.

answered Jul 14 '12 at 17:04

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