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

 Update 2020/05:
 Windows 10

first get a list of emulators, open cmd and run :

cd %homepath%\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\emulator

then

emulator -list-avds

next create a shortcut of emulator.exe found in the directory above, then change the properties in it by editing the Target: text box like this

emulator.exe @YourDevice