Is Google Play Store supported in avd emulators?

Question

After googling quite a bit I am unable to find the answer to this question. Is google play store officially support in avd emulators.

I know it was once stopped , t

Answer 1

When you create a virtual device from Android Studio pay attention to the Play Store Column in the device table. The images with the play store icon have google play pre-installed.

❗️ In system images that come with google play root is not available.

After you've created the AVD you'll also be able to see from the Android Studio AVD Manager which of your images have google play installed: