Debugging Android Apps on Dell Venue 7 using Eclipse
android, eclipse
Solution
sonicbabbler's solution did not work out well for me. I was still not able to force windows to recognize tablet and therefore adb was blind.
I've found solution here: http://opensource.dell.com/releases/venue8/developer-edition/Dell%20Tablet%20Install%20Instructions.pdf in section "Install the USB driver for adb mode".
Steps that need to be taken:
- Turn on “USB debugging” on your tablet (Settings -> System -> Developer Options)
- Connect the Tablet to your computer
- Open the device manager (Control Panel -> System and Security -> Device Manager)
- Right Click on unrecognized device (in my case that was: “Other Device / Android”) -> Properties
- Select the “Details” tab then choose “Hardware Ids” from the drop down list
- Copy the two values from the window
- Navigate to the location where Android SDK is installed (if you have Android Studio installed it is usually in {android_studio_dir}\sdk)
- Edit the file sdk->extras->google->usb_driver->android_winusb.inf file (if you are missing such path - install google usb driver using Android SDK Manager)
- Add the ID’s that you copied into the file and save the file. Make sure that you add the entries to both the 32-bit section ([Google.NTx86]) and the 64-bit section ([Google.NTamd64]) of the file
- Back to the “Device Manager” Window, Right Click on “Android” and select “Update Driver Software”
- Select “Browse my computer for Driver software”
- Click the “Browse” button
- Browse to the location of the “sdk->extras->google->usb_driver” in the SDK
- Select “Next”, Select “Install this driver software anyway”
- The success screen will be displayed, click “Close”
Problem
I recently bought Dell Venue 7 tablet. I am planning to use that for testing and debugging android apps. Unfortunately the usb driver for that device does not exits. I checked the dell website and they say that the driver for that device is not hosted on their website. They haven't provided information regarding where i can get the drivers for that device. I had Samsung Galaxy tab 3 and for that device i was able to download the device driver from Samsung website and test and debug applications using eclipse. Dell Venue 7 does not have device drivers. Any help regarding how i can test and debug applications on Dell Venue 7 would be greatly appreciated.