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Android Mobile Simulator for Microsoft Edge

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  You have built a web application on your PC or laptop.  Now,  you want to see how it appears on a mobile device. This is the use case for a mobile simulator, an extension that displays how your site would appear on a handheld. It is a responsive testing tool. It is available on Google Chrome Webstore. It can simulate 5 models of Android smartphones and 11 models of Apple smartphones. Deatils here:  Mobile Simulator From the above site you can add it to Microsoft Edge where it will show as one of the extensions as shown. How do you test it? Just bring up a web page (any) as shown here: Now click on this icon and see the simulator getting displayed as shown: There is another web site here with some operational buttons on the right.

Where do I find the app's .apk file in Android Studio's latest version?

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  The Android Studio has been changing ( https://android-studio.en.uptodown.com/windows/versions ).  The version  I am using is the latest. The location of the APK file is found in the ' output ' folder. In the Snow Cat version of the Android Studio, the location of the APK (app-debug.apk) file is shown in this figure. I copied the file and I installed it on a Android Phone where .apk files can be installed.

How do you fix this error net::ERR_CACHE_MISS in an Android app built using Android Studio?

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 I am a Windows Phone developer trying to get into Android App development. I have been working with Android app development for the past couple of days with the latest Android Studio.  I finally got an app that can display an URL . I had an important line missing in my Manifest file and when I corrected this it worked. It has to do with the browser permissions. ========= <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"     package="com.example.mywview"> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>     <application         android:allowBackup="true"         android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"         android:label="@string/app_name"         android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"         android:supportsRtl="true"         android:theme="@style/Theme.MyWView">         <act