Android studio how to see more phone models in the simulator

Question

I've noticed that in the simulator of Android Studio there's not the Samsung S6, Edge, s7 ecc. This are the one I have:

Is there a way to have them? Because I would like to test my app on them.

Answer 1

Here's an answer from a similar post: Samsung Galaxy S6 Emulator in Android studio

You only have to install the skin for the Galaxy S6 to you AVD (Android Virtual Device). This is the most accurate way to emulate an S6 regarding the documentation that Samsung has.

Take a look at Install Samsung Galaxy S6 skin in your Android Emulator:

For Samsung devices, Samsung provide emulator skins for its flagships devices like Galaxy S6, Galaxy S5 or Galaxy Note 4. In this tutorial, we’re going to install Samsung Galaxy S6 Emulator skin but process is the same for all Emulator skins you want to install on Eclipse.

It talks about eclipse, but it's applicable for the Android Studio too.

You also have a Samsung Official video here which explains the same as the tutorial.

You also have this Samsung Testlab where you can test your apps in different Samsung devices which could be more interesting for you than the skin.

Look also at: Emulate Samsung Galaxy Tab, where you would find this answer:

To get the official Samsung Galaxy Tab emulator do the following:

Open the Android SDK and AVD Manager Click on Available packages Expand the Third party Add-ons. There you will see Samsung Electronics add-ons. Once the add-on is installed create a new emulator. Under Target you will see the new Samsung Tab settings, select that. That's it!

Another way to get custom emulators like Samsung S6, Xperia Z3 or Motorola G is to install Genymotion, where you have more emulators then only Nexuses. Notice that Genymotion depends on VirtualBox so it would also might work faster then classic AVDs.

Hope it will help.