• NOTE DELETE THE AVD BEFORE DELETING THE SDK.

Find ini file.

PS C:\Users\dave> avdmanager.bat list avd
Available Android Virtual Devices:
    Name: Android_API_35
    Path: C:\android-sdk\.android\avd\Android_API_35.avd
...

Add the following options to the config.ini (NOTE, NOT the Android_API_35)

PlayStore.enabled = true
hw.keyboard = yes
hw.ramSize = 2G
vm.heapSize = 512M
hw.camera.back = emulated
hw.camera.front = emulated
hw.cpu.ncore=6
hw.gpu.enabled = yes
hw.gpu.mode=host
hw.lcd.density = 420
hw.lcd.height = 2400
hw.lcd.width = 1080
hw.lcd.vsync = 60
hw.lcd.depth = 32

PS E:\working\flipdare\code\apps\demo> adb shell
emu64xa:/ $ cat /proc/meminfo

rm -rf ~/.android/adbkey*;
adb kill-server;
adb devices;

	emulator -avd Android_API_30  -no-skin -no-boot-anim -no-window -wipe-data \
	-no-audio -no-accel -no-snapshot-save -netspeed full -netdelat none \
	-memory 768 -port

/opt/android-sdk/emulator/emulator @MyAVD -no-window -no-audio -ports 5554,5555 -skip-adb-auth -no-boot-anim -show-kernel -qemu -cpu max -machine gic-version=max

with options

	adb shell settings put global window_animation_scale 0.0
	adb shell settings put global transition_animation_scale 0.0
	adb shell settings put global animator_duration_scale 0.0

• Check for device up

  adb wait-for-device shell 'while [[ -z $(getprop sys.boot_completed) ]]; do sleep 1; done; input keyevent 82'
  

apt install linux-tools-generic
modprobe usbip_core
modprobe usbip_host
modprobe vhci_hcd

usbip list -l

sdkmanager "platform-tools" "platforms;android-30" "system-images;android-30;default;x86_64"

• Note, the platform-tools installs adb

echo "no" | avdmanager create avd -n test -k "system-images;android-30;default;x86_64" --device "pixel"

avdmanager delete avd -n test_arm
sdkmanager --uninstall "system-images;android-30;default;x86_64"

sdkmanager --install "system-images;android-30;google_atd;arm64-v8a"
echo "no" | avdmanager --verbose create avd --force --name "pixel_5_api30_google_atd_emulator" --package "system-images;android-30;google_atd;arm64-v8a" --tag "google_atd" --abi "arm64-v8a" --device "pixel_5"

sdkmanager --install "system-images;android-30;google_atd;x86_64"
echo "no" | avdmanager create avd -n Android_API_30 -k "system-images;android-30;google_atd;x86_64" -c 100M

echo "no" | avdmanager create avd -n API_30_X86_64_PLAYSTORE -k "system-images;android-30;google_apis_playstore;x86_64" -c 100M
echo "no" | avdmanager create avd -n API_30_X86_PLAYSTORE -k "system-images;android-30;google_apis_playstore;x86" -c 100M

• With google_apis

  sdkmanager --install "system-images;android-30;google_apis_playstore;x86_64"
  avdmanager create avd -n tester -k "system-images;android-30;google_apis_playstore;x86" -c 100M
  avdmanager create avd -n Android_API_33 -k "system-images;android-33;google_atd;x86_64" -c 100M
  

wget https://dl.google.com/android/repository/commandlinetools-linux-8512546_latest.zip
unzip commandlinetools-linux-8512546_latest.zip -d android-sdk
mv android-sdk /opt/
mkdir /opt/android-sdk/cmdline-tools/latest
mv /opt/android-sdk/cmdline-tools/* /opt/android-sdk/cmdline-tools/latest

echo "export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk-21.0.4-oracle-x64" >> /etc/bash.bashrc
export "PATH="\$JAVA_HOME/bin:\$PATH" >> /etc/bash.bashrc
echo "export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=/opt/android-sdk" >> /etc/bash.bashrc
echo "export ANDROID_HOME=/opt/android-sdk" >> /etc/bash.bashrc
echo "export ANDROID_EMULATOR_WAIT_TIME_BEFORE_KILL=60" >> /etc/bash.bashrc
echo "export PATH=\$PATH:/opt/android-sdk/cmdline-tools/latest/bin" >> /etc/bash.bashrc

sdkmanager --update
sdkmanager --licenses

• Get emulator download link:

  • https://ci.android.com/builds/branches/aosp-emu-master-dev/grid?

  • column: emulator –> linux_aarch64

  • click a green version

  • click Artifacts tab

  • click sdk-repo-linux_aarch64-emulator-[build number].zip

  • Right-click the Download link (blue) and copy the download URL

      cd /opt/android-sdk/
      wget -O emulator.zip https://ci.android.com/builds/submitted/12345114/emulator-linux_aarch64/latest/sdk-repo-linux_aarch64-emulator-12345114.zip
      unzip emulator.zip
      cd emulator
    

• Update licenses

  • copy text from https://chromium.googlesource.com/android_tools/+/refs/heads/master/sdk/emulator/package.xml
    • e.g. sdk-repo-linux-emulator-12345114.zip on branch aosp-emu-master-dev on target emulator-linux_x64_gfxstream
  • vi /opt/android-sdk/emulator/package.xml –> paste copied text
  • cat source.properties –> get Emulator version number from Pkg.Revision (Example: Pkg.Revision=31.3.9)
  • update the following params in package.xml according to the version: <major>, <minor>, <micro>

• Configure vm

  • Version from <major> in previous step.

      sdkmanager "system-images;android-VanillaIceCream;google_apis_playstore;x86_64"
      avdmanager -v create avd -f -n MyAVD -k "system-images;android-35;google_apis;arm64-v8a" -p "/opt/android-sdk/avd"
      avdmanager list avd --> check that you have MyAVD
    

• Misc

    mkdir /opt/android-sdk/platforms
    mkdir /opt/android-sdk/platform-tools
    echo "Vulkan = off" >> ~/.android/advancedFeatures.ini
    echo "GLDirectMem = on" >> ~/.android/advancedFeatures.ini
  

• Metal instance, enabled KVM access:

• sudo gpasswd -a $USER kvm

• logout and re-login

• /opt/android-sdk/emulator/emulator -accel-check –> check accel:0, KVM (version 12) is installed and usable: accel