Run Tasker in an emulator

[ScottS]

Anyone running Tasker in an emulator (virtual machine running Android)? If so, would that require an additional license? I was thinking this may be a much easier method of writing/testing tasks, then sending them to phone for use.

[GermainZ]

I tried using the trial on the emulator, but it kept force closing. Didn't really need it tho, so I didn't check the logcat. Might have been an AVD setting I've forgotten about.

[TomL]

Android emulators tend to do a poor job with emulating:

sensors
wifi connectivity
cell connectivity
phone calls
docks
ac power plugs
bluetooth
etc.etc

That doesn't leave much that works that you can actually use Tasker for.

Tom

[ScottS]

Thanks for the feedback.

[TomL]

...
gps location
screen brightness
screen rotation
multitouch screen interactions
slide out keyboards
battery levels
...

And emulated Android environments can be much slower than real Android devices.

Tom