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

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>

• now add your avdmanager in this,now your full code is D:\Softwares\Android\sdk\tools\bin>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>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]

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

This is the commands on Mac

cd ~/Library/Android/Sdk/tools/bin && ./avdmanager list avd

then

cd ~/Library/Android/Sdk/tools && ./emulator -avd NAME_OF_YOUR_DEVICE

Answer 5

1. Just create a .bat file. Call it smth like "run pixel 2.bat"
2. Open it with editor like Notepad++
3. Write 2 lines of code

cd C:\Users\mxsof\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\emulator 
emulator -avd pixel_2_api_29

4. Launch it.

That's all. Happy coding!

Answer 6

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 && ./emulator -avd Nexus_5X_API_24