Emulator issues in Android 4.0

You need to explcitly specify the memory size as MB otherwise you will get memory allocation error

the physical Search key is now disabled

keyboard is disabled by default in ics emulator

it is false by default

Here are the default options when creating an AVD

By choosing DPAD and home and backkeys as avaialbe in AVD the search key is functional

android emulator change dark background

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See if this helps


<application
        android:name="com.androidbook.parse.ParseApplication"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Light"
        android:label="@string/app_name" >

android 4.4 emulator device rotation

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Here are some early reports on why this is not working

Here is a reported issue