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

(Only for Windows) Why to torture yourself? Make a Simple BAT file ! :

1. Open Notepad
2. Create the command as shown below
3. Save as *.bat
4. (Optional) Create a shortcut to that *.bat, rename shortcut and change icon

Here is the command:

cd /d yourSdkPath\emulator && emulator -avd yourAVDName

Example:

cd /d D:\Android_SDK\emulator && emulator -avd Nexus_5_API_28