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

After upgrading to R16 I could only get the on-screen buttons to appear if I created an emulator using the WXGA720 resolution.

Here is my complete config.ini file:

hw.sdCard=yes
hw.mainKeys=no
hw.lcd.density=320
disk.cachePartition.size=256MB
hw.cpu.arch=arm
skin.name=WXGA720
sdcard.size=512M
abi.type=armeabi-v7a
image.sysdir.2=system-images\android-16\armeabi-v7a\
image.sysdir.1=add-ons\addon-google_apis-google-16\images\armeabi-v7a\
hw.gps=yes
skin.path=platforms\android-16\skins\WXGA720
hw.keyboard.lid=no
hw.cpu.model=cortex-a8
vm.heapSize=48
hw.ramSize=1024

Hopefully this helps someone.