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D'pad is disabled in the emulator

I am using android sdk 4.0.3, I created an emulator of this. Now I have a problem that the emulator shows the disabled DPAD buttons. I configured the hardware keyboard and displayed the skin with the settings of the buttons in the configuration.

So, I just want to enable the Dpad buttons on the emulator

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android eclipse android-emulator avd d-pad
Jan 28 '13 at 11:41
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Each emulated device is based on a more or less real device that you have chosen as a “4.0” WVGA (480x800: hdpi). "This only applies to the resolution of your emulated device and its hardware functions. Avd-manager enter the tab that shows the device definitions. There you can edit the selected device and you will find the dpad input file.

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Feb 12 '13 at 17:38
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It sounds crazy, but it worked for me:

  • Launch the new Android Virtual Device Manager (AVD) emulator.
    Note: "DO NOT START THE DEVICE".
  • Locate the configuration file, for example: ~/.android/avd/XXXX.avd/config.ini
    Note that this directory has only one INI file.
  • Change config.ini :
    change hw.dPad=no to hw.dPad=yes
  • AVD Manager will show dPad=no when you click "Details". It does not appear to light up until the virtual device is started. (Awkward? Yes)
  • Launch the device. He must show DPAD without complaining that it does not exist.
  • The DETAILS button in AVD Manager should also show hw.dPad=yes

I came across this while trying to recreate the demo version of "Snake". He could not start by asking to press the UP key - and the pad did not answer! After receiving the DPAD set, the demo can be controlled using the pad.

This seems to be a bug in AVD Manager. If you set dPad to yes, you can set it to no through AVD Manager. But changing “no” to “yes” requires the solution described above.

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Jun 14 '13 at 22:38
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There is a configuration file in the virtual device folder, like my Mac OS X and VM (A17):

~/.android/avd/A17.avd/config.ini

change

 hw.dPad=no

to

 hw.dPad=yes
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May 21 '13 at 10:29
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I found this solution in another file. I am using version version SDK version 20.

  • Create a new AVD from your AVD manager.
  • There is no way to enable DPAD in the AVD manager. I tried even by clicking Edit .
  • Go to the folder C:\Users\%USERNAME%\.android\avd\YOUR_AVD_NAME
  • Open the hardware-qemu.ini file . Here you will get all hw configuration details.
  • There you will find hw.dPad = no ; Change it to hw.dPad = yes and save the file
  • Reboot AVD and Voila !!! DPAD is now enabled in the emulator.
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May 24 '14 at 7:23
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Change config.ini as

 hw.dPad=no --> hw.dPad=yes

. Keyboard cloning device definitions

 Enable Input -> Keyboard.

For your previous AVD, so you will no longer encounter this problem in the future.

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Jul 20 '13 at 13:59 on
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You need to uncheck the current hardware keyboard. Then it will be turned on. So the option would be

 Display a skin with hardware controls - true Hardware keyboard present - false
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Feb 04 '13 at 11:09
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