fake android account for testing

I would like to have a fake android account I can use for testing adding/deleting/merging/referencing contacts. In my searches, I'm a little 开发者_运维知识库surprised something hasn't turned up. I am new to the android scene. How do people normally go about this?

Thank you.

You can use the android emulator that comes with the SDK, that is about it unless you are willing to use your own device.

I'm not sure if the android emulator allows access to contacts though.

For testing, you can just create another gmail.com account (e.g., mytestaccount@gmail.com) and use that to sign in on the emulator (or test device, if you have one). Remember to sign out of your current Google/gmail.com account so you get the "Sign up" option on the Gmail page.