Proxy which requires authentication with Android Emulator

Question

Has anybody managed to get the Android Emulator working behind a proxy which requires authentication?

I\'ve tried setting the -http-proxy argument to

Answer 1

I remember having the same problem - After searching on the web, I found this solution - From the command line,

1. > adb shell
2. # sqlite3 /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
3. sqlite> INSERT INTO system VALUES(99,’http_proxy', 'proxy:port');
4. sqlite>.exit

EDIT: Edited answer to reflect the latest version of Android.