Run AVD Emulator without Android Studio

Question

is there a way to run the emulator without starting the Android Studio first. Perhaps from the command line. I know that this feature was available in older versions and has

Answer 1

You can make a batch file, that will open your emulator directly without opening Android Studio. If you are using Windows:

• Open Notepad

• New file

• Copy the next lines into your file:

  C:/
  cd C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\tools
  emulator @[YOUR_EMULATOR_DEVICE_NAME]
  

  Notes:

  • Replace [YOUR_EMULATOR_DEVICE_NAME] with the device name you created in emulator

  • To get the device name go to: C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\tools

  • Run cmd and type: emulator -list-avds

  • Copy the device name and paste it in the batch file

• Save the file as emulator.bat and close

• Now double click on emulator.bat and you got the emulator running!