How to pass command line options to the emulator in Android Studio?

Question

I use Android Studio 2.1.3. When I run an Android app I pick an AVD, where can I pass command line options such as -http-proxy? I don\'t even find a way in the

Answer 1

I found a hacky solution to add parameters to the Android Studio AVD.

Android Studio by default uses the binary $ANDROID_SDK/emulator/emulator. In my case the path in MacOS is /Users/martin/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator. What I did is:

1. Rename the binary to emulator-original

2. Create a bash script with the name emulator that contains:

   #!/bin/bash /Users/<YOUR_USERNAME>/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator-original <PARAMS> $@

3. Change the script permissions with chmod +x emulator

Now Android Studio runs my script instead of running the binary

Answer 2

You can set emulator start parameters in an environment variable studio.emu.params; they will be added to the command line when AS starts the emulator, see source code.

Tested on Windows with AS 4.1 and set studio.emu.params=-writable-system.

Answer 3

I'm also missing those settings.. Some kind of workaround is to go to wifi settings -> tap and hold wifi network -> modify network and there update proxy/dns settings