Prepare Device - ZSShen/ProbeDroid GitHub Wiki

We need to prepare the device embedded with Android 5.0 (Lollipop) for experiment.

For Real Device

Since ProbeDroid traces the behavior performed by a newly started app, such operation needs root privilege. Thus a rooted device is necessary.

For Virtual Device

  • Create a virtual device with Android Virtual Device Manager.
    • Choose the Nexus 5 phone device definition.
    • Select the system image with API Level 21 and target description Android 5.0 (with Google APIs). Also, select ABI label armeabi-v7a for ARM device and x86 for x86 device.
    • For the advanced device settings, please enlarge the VM heap size ( to 512 MB for example).

Now an appropriate device for experiment is ready.