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

For Windows

In case anyone looking for shortcut / batch script - Gist - Download batch file.

@echo off
IF [%1]==[] (GOTO ExitWithPrompt)
set i=1
FOR /F "delims=" %%i IN ('emulator -list-avds') DO (
    set /A i=i+1
    set em=%%i
    if %i% == %1 (
        echo Starting %em%
        emulator -avd %em%
        EXIT /B 0
    )
)
GOTO :Exit
:ExitWithPrompt
emulator -list-avds
echo Please enter the emulator number to start

:Exit
EXIT /B 0

Usage

D:\>start-emulator
Nexus_5_API_26
Please enter the emulator number to start

D:\>start-emulator 1
Starting Nexus_5_API_26
HAX is working and emulator runs in fast virt mode.

Answer 2

If you are on windows, what about a shortcut ? It is very easy to place whatever you want ant the icon is descriptive and nice.

• First, navigate to your android sdk, probably at C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\tools\
• Then right click on emulator.exe and then click create shortcut.
• Your new and shiny shortcut gets created, probably with a predefined name.
• Right click on the shortcut, and on the target field (my computer is on spanish) add an extra parameter with the name of your device with an @ in front (take a look at the picture below )

now you can do whatever yhou want with that shortcut, put on the desktop, bind it to the start-menu or whatever

Answer 3

Assuming you have installed Android studio properly,Open a command prompt and type emulator -list-avds which will display all the devices and then type emulator @avd_name where avd_name is the the name of your emulator installed.

Answer 4

(Only for Windows) Why to torture yourself? Make a Simple BAT file ! :

1. Open Notepad
2. Create the command as shown below
3. Save as *.bat
4. (Optional) Create a shortcut to that *.bat, rename shortcut and change icon

Here is the command:

cd /d yourSdkPath\emulator && emulator -avd yourAVDName

Example:

cd /d D:\Android_SDK\emulator && emulator -avd Nexus_5_API_28

Answer 5

The path for emulator is

/Users/<Username>/AppData/Local/Android/sdk/tools

Answer 6

For Windows users:

• Copy your Emulator name.
• Go to this directory: C:\Users\[yourusername]\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\emulator
• Right click on emulator.exe and send as a shortcut to where you want.
• Right click on shortcut .exe file and add your Emulator name just copied to end of target textbox with @ symbol.
• Double click your shortcut and done!

C:\Users\[yourusername]\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\emulator\emulator.exe @EmulatorName