Android Emulator Keyboard not displaying

Question

Just installed the android sdk on my macbook pro. I created a virtual device, allotted 50mb worth of memory in android 3.0. I ran the emulator, and Android_ displays on the

Answer 1

On the newer Android versions, you won't find it the AVD settings, you simply need to load the emulator normally and go to the Settings app, there you can choose to NOT use the hardware keyboard of your computer.

Answer 2

you may try do this : change default skin to with dynamic hardware controls when you edit emulates hopes to help you

Answer 3

Yes,If you enter manual resolution in AVD it will not show keyboard just select any default resolution keyboard will start showing up

Answer 4

Press CTRL+F11 or num pad 7 to enable an onscreen keyboard within the OS. I don't think the 3.0 emulator has an equivalent keyboard interface the way the others do.

Answer 5

I don't know if this will be helpful, but in Android 4.0, even if you have the hardware keyboard emulation enabled, you can pull down the system menu at the top of the screen, and it should give you to option to turn the hardware keyboard off, enabling the virtual keyboard again. Curiously, I found that hardware keyboard emulation still works - best of both worlds!