The command prompt offers a faster, more efficient way to manage your emulator. This article explores how to start and reboot your virtual device effortlessly on Windows using simple commands.

A command-line application in Android is written in the same way, regardless of the platform. Figure 5 shows an example of a simple “Hello World” application.

Developing Android applications seems like it should be fairly straightforward if you believe the glossy marketing by Google and others. It’s certainly possible to just follow the ...