Quick Note: Resizing an Android Emulator Window on Ubuntu

I just installed Ubuntu on my new desktop system, and installed Android Studio (Dolphin). I changed my emulator’s settings to run in a separate window/process (I’m old school) and it launched just fine. The problem was I couldn’t resize the darned thing with the emulator chrome around it. I could resize my emulators on my Mac, but not on this installation of Ubuntu for some reason.

Some quick fixes for this:

• Resize with the keyboard. On Ubuntu, you can use Alt+F8 and the arrow keys to resize. Alternatively, you can do Alt+Spacebar and select Resize from the menu that comes up . I’ve found this . . . kind-of works. At least for me, I’m able to shrink the emulator window, but have had trouble making it bigger.
• You can also turn off the device’s chrome in the emulator’s settings. Click on the “Edit” icon in the Device Manager and deselect “Enable Device Frame”.

• This Ask Ubuntu article also has some suggestions for resizing windows from the command line, but I haven’t tried any of these myself.

I generally don’t find the “realistic” chrome all that useful for testing, so I’ve been opting for the second option.

Anyways, kind-of a short, silly post, I know. But . . . meh . . .