Specifications

III. Device Setup
Thissectionwillprovideinformationonhowtosetupyoursupporteddeviceandgamepadfor
running,debugging,andtestingyourGearVRapplication.
PleasereviewtheSupported Devices aboveforthelistofsupporteddevicesforthisSDK
release.
Note:Thisinformationisaccurateatthetimeofpublicationofthisdocument.Unfortunately,we
cannotguaranteetheconsistencyorreliabilityofanyofthethirdpartyapplicationsdiscussed
inthesepages,norcanweoffersupportforanyofthethirdpartyapplicationswedescribe.
III.1 Setting up your System to Detect your Android Device
Torun,debug,andtestyourapplicationonanAndroiddevice,youmustsetupyoursystemto
detectyourAndroiddeviceoverUSB.Ifthedeviceisnotautomaticallydetectedbyyour
systemwhenconnectedoverUSB,updatethedriversmanually.Moreinformationcanbe
foundinthe“UsingHardwareDevices”sectionat
http://developer.android.com/tools/device.html.
Windows
IfyouaredevelopingonWindows,youneedtoinstallaUSBdriverforadb.Foraninstallation
guideandlinkstoOEMdrivers,seetheOEMUSBDriversdocument.
SamsungAndroiddriversmaybefoundontheirdevelopersite:
http://developer.samsung.com/android/toolssdks/SamsungAndroidUSBDriverforWindows
Windowsmayautomaticallydetectthecorrectdeviceandinstalltheappropriatedriverswhen
youconnectyourdevicetoaUSBportonyourcomputer.However,ifWindowsisunableto
detectyourdevice,youmaystillneedtoupdatethedriversthroughtheWindowsDevice
Manager,evenifyourdevicewasautomaticallydetected.
AccesstheDeviceManagerthroughtheWindowsControlPanel.Ifthedevicewas
automaticallydetected,itwillshowupunderPortableDevicesintheDeviceManager.
Otherwise,lookunderOtherDevicesintheDeviceManagerandselectthedevicetomanually
updatethedriver.
7