Can I run .apk file on Android Studio simulator?

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After exporting .apk file from Godot, I can install it on real device and run it. But can I run .apk file on Android Studio simulator? If not, which means I can only run on real device, then how to debug it?

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If an emulator is running, near Godot play button (run) appears another button with green android bot icon.
Click on this button to launch your project on the emulator.

Otherwise in general:

1) Paste your APK file in the 'android-sdk\tools' or 'platform-tools' folder.
2) Then type the following command.

adb install [.apk path]

-j

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Nice I didn't realise it saw any emulator. That could be handy. Thank you

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Cool! Thank you for your answer!

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You can use this command to see devices connected to adb :

adb devices
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