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Android

David Galindo
David Galindo
1,980 Points
Posted by David Galindo
David Galindo
1,980 Points

Emulator not reflecting changes made

Hello. I'm currently in the intro stages to developing a simple app on android. However when I launch the emulator it does not reflect or show any changes I've made. It simply show the hello world texts and Fun Facts. Dispite the fact I've changed colors, added a button and redid the text. Can anyone help me??

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

Hi, David. The emulator works much like a real phone in that updates to your app need to be installed. To update the app to reflect the current changes you should click the Run button (that looks like a play icon) or Instant Run (lightning bolt icon) if it's available to build and install your changes.

Instant Run will only change the app that is currently running. If you stop and relaunch it will be from the last version you installed from Run.