znerol/android-emulator-standalone

A simple script to generate standalone macOS apps from existing Android Emulator AVDs.

Android Emulator Standalone

A simple script to generate standalone macOS apps from existing Android Emulator AVDs.

Usage: build-app.sh AVD_NAME [ANDROID_SDK_ROOT]

The build-app.sh script will prepare a directory, copy the AVD and download the necessary SDK components. If the AVD_NAME is something like Pixel_2_API_29, then the script will create a directory with the name Pixel 2 API 29.XXXXXX (where X signifies a random character). After the script finishes, the directory can be renamed into Pixel 2 API 29.app.

The app bundle then can be distributed to machines without having to install Android Studio or Java.

Whenever the app is first started, the embedded AVD will be copied over to ~/Library/Application Support/Android Emulator Standalone AVD.

Caveats

• Use x86_64 variants of system images. 32bit versions do not seem to work.

• This script calls into sdkmanager command line and thus requires Java. It is recommended to set JAVA_HOME environment variable to the JRE shipping with Android Studio.

  export JAVA_HOME=/Applications/Android\ Studio/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home
  

• Produced bundles can become several GB in size.

License

This Software is licensed under the terms of MIT license.