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

If you are starting emulator for Flutter applications, then you can run below command -

> flutter emulators --launch [Emulator ID]

In my case, emulator id is Pixel_2_API_29 as i created it with AVD manager in Android studio. so the command in my case is below -

> flutter emulators --launch Pixel_2_API_29

Thanks

Answer 2

Firstly change the directory where your avd devices are listed; for me it is here:

cd ~/Android/Sdk/tools

Then run the emulator by following command:

./emulator -avd Your_avd_device_name

For me it is:

./emulator -avd Nexus_5X_API_27

That's all.

Answer 3

Here’s what you need to do:

1.Download and extract the SDK.
2.Open a terminal and navigate to the “tools” directory.
3.Launch the “android” tool (./android if you are currently in the tools directory).
4.Tick off the “SDK Platform” for each version of Android that you’d like to use in your emulator.
5.Click the “Install N Packages” button.
6.Click each package and tick off “Accept License” (legally, I’m probably required to tell you that this step may take several hours as you read each license ;).
7.Done with those licenses? Great. Click “Install”. Wait for the SDK manager to finish installing your packages, then you can close it.
8.Back in your terminal, still in the tools directory, enter ./android avd which will launch the Android Virtual Device Manager.
9.Click “New” and fill out the form to build the device you’d like to emulate. In the “Target” dropdown, you’ll see the SDK Platforms that you installed earlier. If the version you need is missing, you need to go back and install it. Click OK when you’re done.
10.Click on the device that you just created and click the “Start” button, tweak any options that you need on the Launch Options window, and click “Launch”.

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Answer 4

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!

Answer 5

In the ANDROID_HOME folder you will have tools folder

In Mac/Linux emulator -avd <avdName> In Windows emulator.exe -avd <avdName>

If you are using API 24 You can get the names of the emulator from the list android list avds If you are using API 25 then you will get it with avdmanager in tools\bin avdmanager list avds

Answer 6

Here is what I've done to run the emulator quickly in windows : I've created a windows batch file like this :

start C:\Users\{Username}\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\tools\emulator.exe -avd {Emulator_Name}

and just run the batch file every time I need the emulator.