Building Android from source - emulator and AVDs [closed]

Answer 1

You shared that:

Apparently variables such as ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT should be automatically created during a build and using the envSetup.sh script. I guess something has gone wrong with my environment setup for this not to happen.

I ALSO ATTEMPTED to get this to work and LEARNED that:

1. lunch full-eng sets up all the appropriate env
2. to check it, simply run:
   env | grep ANDROID
   and you will see all the appropriate env variables setup.
   These are local to the current shell only!
3. emulator then does what it should.

When I came back to the shell later, I simply ran lunch full-eng again to restore my environment.
I hope this helps others as well!