How to install an apk on the emulator in Android Studio?

Question

How do you install an apk on the emulator in Android Studio from the terminal?

In Eclipse we did

/home/pcname/android-sdks/platform-tools/adb -s em         


        

Answer 1

For Linux: once emulator is running, the following worked for me.

Because I installed the Android SDK on my home directory, I have the following file structure:

• home/Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb

• home/AndroidStudioProjects/Metronome.adk

AndroidStudioProjects is a file folder I made for my Android projects. "Metronome.adk" is the file I want to run.

So, using Terminal from the home directory...

./Android/Sdk/platform-tools/adb install ./AndroidStudioProjects/Metronome.adk

Being a Linux novice, I often forget the need to put the "./" in when trying to locate a file or run a command.

After the command achieves "Success", the app is in the Apps area of the emulator and can be run.