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Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook

By : John Horton
Book Image

Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook

By: John Horton

Overview of this book

VirtueMart is a premier eCommerce solution powered by Joomla!In Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook you will learn how to create a full-functioning and attractive eCommerce solution with VirtueMart. You will be shown how to install and configure VirtueMart, how to set-up and run your store day-to-day as well as configure and customize the look and feel of your store. With this book by your side, you will be able to overcome as problems setting up, administrating and customizing your eCommerce store! This book finishes with blueprint projects meaning that getting started with VirtueMart is even easier for the novice and aspiring site builder or developer. If you have always wanted to create a professional-looking store, but are worried about the complexity and difficulty involved, then this book is for you! With numerous recipes, practical tips and solutions Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook will take you through every step required to achieve eCommerce success.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Building E-commerce Sites with VirtueMart Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Testing our app on the emulator


At the end of each of the remaining recipes of this chapter you will have a working app with new functionality. This recipe tells us how to quickly test it on the emulator.

Getting ready

Have your current project open in Eclipse and read on.

How to do it...

You can follow these steps every time you want to test your app. Remember not to close the emulator when you're done if you think you will need it again soon. This will save you from the wait of loading it up every time.

  1. From the Eclipse main menu select Project | Clean. Click on OK in the next pop up box.

  2. To run the app find the little green and white play icon below the main menu bar as shown in the following screenshot:

  3. Click on the play icon.

  4. Select Android Application as shown in the following screenshot:

  5. Click on OK.

  6. You might be prompted to select an emulator. Simply double click on the emulator we created in the Configuring an Android emulator (AVD) recipe. Make a coffee or read a book while waiting for the...