How to install an apk on the emulator in Android Studio

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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 emulator-5554 install  home pcname Downloads apkname apk   Now how about in Android Studio

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Start your Emulator from Android Studio Tools- gt Android- gt  AVD Manager then select an emulator image and start it   After emulator is started just drag and drop the APK Very simple

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In Android Studio  View - Tool Windows - Gradle  In the Gradle tool window navigate to your  app - Tasks - install and then execute  by double-clicking   any of your install tasks  e g  installDebug  installRelease  Note  the apk will also automatically installed when you Run your application

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Much easier is just to start your emulator  then go to sdk platform-tools and use adb from there to install apk  Like   adb install xxx apk  It will install it on running emulator

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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

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For those using Mac and you get a command not found error  what you need to do is  type     adb install  yourapk apk

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In android studio emulator to run an apk file just drag the apk into the emulator The emulator will install the apk

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Just drag APK file to android emulator it will install automatically

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Run simulator -  drag and drop yourApp apk into simulator screen  Thats all  No commands

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Just download the apk from talkback website   Drag the downloaded apk to the started emulator  Go to settings on emulator   Search for talkback  you will now find it there

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EDIT  Even though this answer is marked as the correct answer  in 2013   currently  as answered by  user2511630 below  you can drag-n-drop apk files directly into the emulator to install them     Original Answer   You can install  apk files to emulator regardless of what you are using  Eclipse or Android Studio   here s what I always do   For full beginners   1- Run the emulator  and wait until it s completely started   2- Go to your sdk installation folder then go to platform-tools  you should see an executable called adb exe    3- create a new file and call it run bat  edit the file with notepad and write CMD in it and save it   4- copy your desired apk to the same folder  5- now open run bat and write adb install  your apk file apk   6- wait until the installation is complete   7- voila your apk is installed to your emulator   Note  to re-install the application if it already existe use adb install -r  your apk file apk   sorry for the detailed instruction as I said for full beginners  Hope this help   Regards    Tarek

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Drag and drop apk if the emulator is launched from Android Studio  If the emulator is started from command line  drag and drop doesn t work  but  Tarek K  Ajaj instructions  above  work   Note  Installed app won t automatically appear on the home screen  it is in the apps container - the dotted grid icon  It can be dragged from there to the home screen

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1 Install Android studio  2 Launch AVD Manager 3 Verify environment variable in set properly based on OS  bash profile in mac and environment Variable in windows  4  launch emulator 5  verify via adb devices command  6 use adb install apkFileName apk

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When you start Android studio Look for Profile or Debug apk  After clicking you get the option to browse for the saved apk and you will be bale to later run it using emulator

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

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