Creating Android Virtual Devices (AVDs)

Some of you may prefer working with your AVDs from the command-line interface for some reason or other. Maybe you have some awesome scripts that you'd like to write to set up some awesome AVDs. This recipe details how to create AVDs and launches them straight from the command line.

How to do it…

Before you can create your own AVDs, you will need to specify some attributes for it; the most important one being the system image that will be used. To do so, execute the following steps:

  1. You can find a list of the system images available to you by using the following command:
    [path-to-sdk-install]/tools/android list targets

    Or use the following command from the Windows terminal:

    C:\[path-to-sdk-install]\tools\android ...

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