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Mobile App Development vocabulary · iOS, Android and Native Development

Emulator

Meaning in mobile app development, with examples

/ˈɛmjəˌleɪtər/nounCore term

In mobile app development, emulator means: A program that copies the hardware and software of a mobile device on a computer, so you can run and test an app without a real phone.

In Turkish: emülatör, öykünücü

How it is used

The word Android developers use: the Android Emulator comes with Android Studio, and you create virtual devices (AVDs) with different screen sizes and Android versions. Typical phrases: run on the emulator, launch the emulator, test on an emulator.

Example sentences

  1. It works on the emulator, but it crashes on my Samsung.

  2. Create an emulator with API 26 so we can check the oldest supported version.

Common collocations

  • Android Emulator
  • run on the emulator
  • launch the emulator
  • test on an emulator
  • simulatorApple's tool, included with Xcode, that runs iOS apps on a Mac in a window that looks like an iPhone or iPad, without imitating the real device hardware.
  • Android StudioGoogle's official development environment for Android apps, based on IntelliJ IDEA, with a code editor, the Android Emulator, profilers and build tools.
  • debugTo find and fix the cause of a bug, for example by running the app step by step, checking logs or stopping the code at a breakpoint.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

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