Let's see how to open Android Virtual Device (AVD) directly from the terminal without opening Android Studio!
First, we need to get our Android SDK location, here is a link to help you find it. For me (MacOS) is: /Users/<user>/Library/Android/sdk
.
Now Open the .rc
file in your favorite editor:
# if you use ZSH
nano ~/.zshrc
# if you use BASH
nano ~/.bashrc
Add this line at the final of the file (your Android SDK path with a /emulator:$PATH
at the end):
export PATH="/Users/<your-user-name>/Library/Android/sdk/emulator:$PATH"
Save the file and go back to the terminal and reload the new configuration:
source ~/.zshrc
#or
source ~/.bashrc
Now you can get it running from any location:
emulator -avd EmulatorName
To see all available emulators just run:
emulator -list-avds
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