Create avd and start app with command line

March 21, 2017

Install sdk, create or delete avd

android list sdk -a
android update sdk -a -u --filter [id1, id2]

android list targets
android create avd -n 4.1-x86 -t 1 -b x86 -c 512M

android delete avd -n 4.1-x86

Start emulator and launch app

android list avd
emulator64-x86 -avd 4.1-x86 -no-window -no-boot-anim -qemu -m 1024 -enable-kvm &

adb shell am start fm.xiami.main/fm.xiami.bmamba.activity.StartActivity

adb forward tcp:11874 tcp:11873

on 64-bits machines you may need install ia32-libs to run adb:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

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