# Homey v2 and emulators

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/homey-v2-and-emulators/5814>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Tags:** tools\
**Created:** [December 23, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-v2-and-emulators/5814 "2018-12-23T13:42:37Z")\
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There is another option:  
The build-in emulator in Android Studio (available here: [https://developer.android.com/studio/install](https://developer.android.com/studio/install)).  
This is the official IDE (Integrated Development Environment)

Using the emulator:  
[https://developer.android.com/studio/run/managing-avds](https://developer.android.com/studio/run/managing-avds)

Pros:

- Official Android emulator
- Differtent sizes and tablet emulator
- Hardware accelerated
- Every Android version you can think of
- Play Store available
- Auto update apps
- Many manuals online
- Touchscreen support
- You can try the latest Android version 🕶

Cons:

- Large! (Like in several Gigabytes large!)
- No play store version for tablets available (if you know your way using ADB, you can use the tablet)
- Not for every hardware
- Not an easy click-and-go setup

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