1page.title=AVD Manager 2@jd:body 3 4 5<p>The AVD Manager provides a graphical user interface in which you can create 6and manage Android Virtual Devices (AVDs), which are required by the 7<a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/emulator.html">Android Emulator</a>.</p> 8 9<p>You can launch the AVD Manager in one of the following ways:</p> 10<ul> 11 <li>In Eclipse: select <strong>Window > AVD Manager</strong>, or click 12 the AVD Manager icon in the Eclipse toolbar.</li> 13 14 <li>In other IDEs: Navigate to your SDK's <code>tools/</code> directory and execute 15 <code>android avd</code>.</li> 16</ul> 17 18<p>For more information, see <a href="{@docRoot}tools/devices/managing-avds.html">Managing 19AVDs with AVD Manager</a>. 20