How to configure the Android Emulator to show onscreen buttons like the new Galaxy Nexus?

Question

I would like to convert/adapt my application to Android 4.0. To do so I plan to use the ActionBar on devices that support it. All Android version >= 3.0 do so. Furthermore devi

Answer 1

The soft keys showed up for me when I set hw.mainKeys to no:

1. Open $HOME/.android/avd/YOURS.avd/config.ini
2. Set hw.mainKeys=no

(This was covered in a deleted answer; don't know why it was deleted.)