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

A Picture worth thousand words :)

How to Start AVD from MAC terminal

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

On windows

......\Android\sdk\tools\bin\avdmanager list avds

......\Android\sdk\tools\emulator.exe -avd Nexus_5X_API_27

Answer 4

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

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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

Answer 5

in 2019 , there might have some changes due to android studio update.

1. open command prompt [ cmd ]

2. 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 )

3. check the list of emulators that you all ready created by

   emulator -list-avds

4. copy your preferred emulator name.

5. choose and run your emulator by

   emulator -avd < your preferred emulator name >

6. done.

Answer 6

 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