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How to get Android AVD name from adb device name

Using the Android SDK from the command line, I can get a list of the running devices available using:

./adb device

This gives me the serial number of available devices. How can I get the AVD name of the emulator device from that serial number (like the Eclipse ADT plugin does)?

Solution

  • The Eclipse plugin does it by connecting to the emulator via tcp/ip. To connect, (for linux), type

    ~/code$ telnet localhost 5554
    Trying ::1...
    Trying 127.0.0.1...
    Connected to localhost.
    Escape character is '^]'.
    Android Console: type 'help' for a list of commands
    OK

    Replace "5554" with whatever number comes after the hyphen when you type "adb devices" - "emulator-5554", for instance, would have telnet port 5554 open.

    Then, type "avd name", hit enter, and you should see something similar to the following:

    avd name
    GB10
    OK

    In this example the emulator's name was "GB10".