Run AVD Emulator without Android Studio

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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 vanished since then  But perhaps someone found out how to do it anyways

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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

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You may create a shell script and put it in your desktop   Dim WinScriptHost Set WinScriptHost   CreateObject  WScript Shell   WinScriptHost Run  C  Users  lt user gt  AppData Local Android Sdk emulator emulator -avd  lt AVD NAME gt    0 Set WinScriptHost   Nothing   Replace  lt user  with your user id  and  lt AVD NAME  with the name of your avd file  e g  pixel 2 api 28

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I am working with a React Native project and I also faced this problem  I solved it by making a  bat file in my desktop that I can open fast  The content of the  bat is  C  Users haria AppData Local Android sdk emulator emulator -avd Pixel 2 XL API 27   Where haria is my Windows username and Pixel 2 XL API 27 is my emulator name    If you want to see your emulator name  open CMD  or PowerShell  and type  In Windows      cd C  Users haria AppData Local Android sdk emulator   Then to see the emulator s  name       emulator -list-avds

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Only for Windows  Why to torture yourself  Make a Simple BAT file       Open Notepad Create the command as shown below Save as   bat  Optional  Create a shortcut to that   bat  rename shortcut and change icon   Here is the command      cd  d yourSdkPath emulator  amp  amp  emulator -avd yourAVDName   Example      cd  d D  Android SDK emulator  amp  amp  emulator -avd Nexus 5 API 28

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if you installed Git on your system  then you can run  sh bash code  I create the bash code for search from your created ADV Devices and list them  then you can select the number of adv device for run emulator without running Android studio   link  adv-emulator sh  note  windows os   please first add  appdata     Local Android Sdk emulator to your system Environment path  otherwise the bash-code not work

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A Picture worth thousand words    How to Start AVD from MAC terminal

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If you are starting emulator for Flutter applications  then you can run below command -    gt  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 -    gt  flutter emulators --launch Pixel 2 API 29   Thanks

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If you are on windows then create a  bat file and just double click that  bat file which will save you some time every day  Here is my code to launch android Emulator with use of batch file    echo off title Android Emulator color 1b echo                                    echo Please make sure that your android path is correct for the script echo Change this path  C  Users YOUR USER NAME AppData Local Android Sdk emulator  to use your curret path and save it as a  bat file on your system to launch android emulator echo                                   c  cd C  Users YOUR USER NAME AppData Local Android Sdk emulator emulator -avd Nexus 5X API 28  pause

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Try this 1  Complete Video tutorials  For all windows versions  OR 2  Text tutorials  Open the command prompt and change the directory where your sdk is placed D  Softwares Android sdk tools bin gt   now add your avdmanager in this now your full code is D  Softwares Android sdk tools bin gt avdmanager list avd  it will show you a list of emulator device that you have already created after few seconds  now typecd    and run your emulator with this cmd  Here my emulator name is Tablet API 25 so I have typed this name after the -avd  D  Softwares Android sdk tools gt emulator -avd Tablet API 25   EDIT   For Android Studio 3 2 or later  the path changes to D  Softwares Android sdk emulator emulator -avd Tablet API 25 i e   ANDROID HOME  tools emulator -avd  AVD NAME

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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

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In Ubuntu 20 04  I found following solution First You need to export Android path variables  For that   export ANDROID SDK   Android Sdk export PATH  ANDROID SDK emulator  ANDROID SDK tools  PATH  The paths may change according to your installation path  If Android Studio is installed using Ubuntu Software then path will be same as stated above  If the export worked correctly  then following command should list your AVD names  emulator -list-avds  In my case  I got the result Nexus 5 API 30  Which is the name of my AVD  If the above command have listed your AVD name  then you could run your AVD by   emulator  YOUR AVD NAME  In my case emulator  Nexus 5 API 30  You could add the export commands to  bashrc file to avoid typing export  command every time you needed to run your AVD

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For Windows  In case anyone looking for shortcut   batch script - Gist - Download batch file    echo off IF   1       GOTO ExitWithPrompt  set i 1 FOR  F  delims     i IN   emulator -list-avds   DO       set  A i i 1     set em   i     if  i      1           echo Starting  em          emulator -avd  em          EXIT  B 0         GOTO  Exit  ExitWithPrompt emulator -list-avds echo Please enter the emulator number to start   Exit EXIT  B 0   Usage  D   gt start-emulator Nexus 5 API 26 Please enter the emulator number to start  D   gt start-emulator 1 Starting Nexus 5 API 26 HAX is working and emulator runs in fast virt mode

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For Windows Users   create and open a bat file  bat is the extension of file  Put the following code inside the file  cd  d  Path of SDK folder  emulator  amp  amp  emulator -avd Name of Emulator   Here is the example  cd  d E  Run Android Installation Final Sdk emulator  amp  amp  emulator -avd Pixel API 28    Save it  Run it from any cmd command prompt shell    you can see my post to auto start emulator when windows start

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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   cd  d 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

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cd C  Users  computer user name  AppData Local Android Sdk emulator  then run    emulator -list-avds or emulator -list-avds  output  PIXEL 2 API 29 PIXEL 2 XL API 29  then run    emulator -avd PIXEL 2 XL API 29 or emulator -avd PIXEL 2 XL API 29  That s it

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Got it working for Windows 10   C  Users UserName AppData Local Android Sdk tools gt emulator -list-avds Nexus 5X API 28 C  Users UserName AppData Local Android Sdk emulator gt emulator -avd Nexus 5X API 28

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On windows         Android sdk tools bin avdmanager list avds         Android sdk tools emulator exe -avd Nexus 5X API 27

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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      Check this question s answer also

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If you are on windows  what about a shortcut   It is very easy to place whatever you want ant the icon is descriptive and nice   First  navigate to your android sdk  probably at C  Users YOURUSERNAME AppData Local Android Sdk tools  Then right click on emulator exe and then click create shortcut  Your new and shiny shortcut gets created  probably with a predefined name  Right click on the shortcut  and on the target field  my computer is on spanish  add an extra parameter with the name of your device with an   in front  take a look at the picture below     now you can do whatever yhou want with that shortcut  put on the desktop  bind it to the start-menu or whatever

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For Windows users    Copy your Emulator name  Go to this directory  C  Users  yourusername  AppData Local Android Sdk emulator Right click on emulator exe and send as a shortcut to where you want  Right click on shortcut  exe file and add your Emulator name just copied to end of target textbox with   symbol  Double click your shortcut and done    C  Users  yourusername  AppData Local Android Sdk emulator emulator exe  EmulatorName

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The way to run the emulator from the console  I assume that you installed it before  using Android Studio  is   run  cd   Android Sdk tools bin  amp  amp    avdmanager list avd  OR  cd   Android Sdk tools  amp  amp    emulator -list-avds  You will get the list od your virtual installed devices  In my case it was   Available Android Virtual Devices    Name  Galaxy Nexus API 17   Device  Galaxy Nexus  Google    Path   home piotr  android avd Galaxy Nexus API 17 avd   Target  Google APIs  Google Inc     Based on  Android 4 2  Jelly Bean  Tag ABI  google apis x86   Skin  galaxy nexus   Sdcard   home piotr  android avd Galaxy Nexus API 17 avd sdcard img   Copy name of the device you want to run and then   cd   Android Sdk tools  amp  amp    emulator -avd NAME OF YOUR DEVICE  in my case   cd   Android Sdk tools  amp  amp    emulator -avd Nexus 5X API 23

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On MacOS  First list down the installed emulators    Library Android sdk tools emulator -list-avds   then run an emulator     Library Android sdk tools emulator -avd Nexus 5X API 27

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In the ANDROID HOME folder you will have tools folder  In Mac Linux  emulator -avd  lt avdName gt   In Windows  emulator exe -avd  lt avdName gt    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

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Assuming you ve got Android Studio installed  and SDK in your PATH  it s   emulator -avd avd name  To get a list of AVD names  run   emulator -list-avds  Source  https   developer android com studio run emulator-commandline html

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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

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to list the emulators you have    Library Android sdk tools emulator -list-avds   for example  I have this Nexus 5X API 24  so the command to run that emulator is  cd   Library Android Sdk tools  amp  amp    emulator -avd Nexus 5X API 24

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Open your terminal and  cd path to Android Sdk emulator   And run the following to get the emulator name that you created before using android studio     emulator -list-avds   Replace  emulator name with the one you want to launch and run    emulator -avd  emulator name

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The path for emulator is   Users  lt Username gt  AppData Local Android sdk tools

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I already have the Studio installed  But without starting  not installing  the Android Studio you can directly start the emulator with  C  Users YOURUSERNAME AppData Local Android Sdk tools emulator exe -netdelay none -netspeed full -avd YOUR AVD NAME

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For Linux Ubuntu  Create a new File from Terminal as  gedit emulator sh  Use any Name for file here i have used  emulator    now write following lines in this file  cd  home userName Android Sdk tools     emulator  your created Android device Name   here after   write the name of your AVD e g     emulator  Nexus 5X API 27    Now save the file and run your emulator using following commands    emulator sh  In case of Permission denied use following command before above command  chmod  x emulator sh  All set Go

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Just create a  bat file  Call it smth like  quot run pixel 2 bat quot  Open it with editor like Notepad   Write 2 lines of code  cd C  Users mxsof AppData Local Android Sdk emulator  emulator -avd pixel 2 api 29   Launch it   That s all  Happy coding

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This is the commands on Mac   cd   Library Android Sdk tools bin  amp  amp    avdmanager list avd   then  cd   Library Android Sdk tools  amp  amp    emulator -avd NAME OF YOUR DEVICE

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in 2019   there might have some changes due to android studio update    open command prompt   cmd   change directory to sdk   tools  cd C  Users Intel AppData Local Android sdk tools   if that address is not working      2 a open android studio     2 b open Gradle Scripts directory   if you have a open project inside android studio  you can easily find in left side of the screen        2 c double click on local properties   at the very bottom       2 d you should see the address right away    sdk dir       2 e change your directory to that address in command prompt   like cd AppData       2 f change directory again to tools   cd tools     check the list of emulators that you all ready created by   emulator -list-avds copy your preferred emulator name  choose and run your emulator by   emulator -avd  lt  your preferred emulator name   done

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Assuming you have installed Android studio properly Open a command prompt and type      emulator -list-avds     which will display all the devices and then type emulator  avd name where avd name is the the name of your emulator installed

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