I have an "Android Backup" folder with some data inside. Is it possible to emulate this data on a virtual android/ AVD and if so will I be able to access the data?
Are you looking for Using the Emulator?
You can add any file to the sdcard of your emulated device using the terminal.
Edit: Actually the usage of the terminal can be found in the Android Debug Bride description.
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Is it possible to share a directory with a emulated device in android studio?
I want to be able to access a local directory from device's file manager (so it is available to all apps), and such that changes are detected immediately.
I just started with android studio, I searched but i could only find how to copy files...
BTW, I'm on ubuntu 18.04.
No, but you could push the directory using adb or Android Studio. That's generally not a feature an emulator like this would have, as its not a realistic setup on a phone.
A workaround would be to setup a file watcher on your local directory and perform a push when a file is changed.
I have an error due to the contents of a file stored in internal storage on my Android Emulator. (I wrote it to file). Is there a way I can view the internal storage used by my app in windows?
I've searched through my whole project folder, sdk, workspace etc and cant find anything. I saw someone in another question say it was in the /data folder, but i dont know where to look for that either.
Thanks
If you want to view the folder/file structure of the running emulator, you can do that with the Android Device Monitor which is included with the SDK.
Specifically, it has a File Explorer, which allows you to browse the folder structure on the device. It also has buttons which give you the adb push/pull functionality but from a GUI if this is easier for you to use.
In Android Studio on Mac you can go to View -> Tool Windows -> Device File Explorer. Here you can use a finder-like structure.
They are stored in an img file inside the avd directory. If you are using Linux you can mount the img file via:
sudo mount -o loop ~/.android/avd/<youremulator>/sdcard.img <mountpoint>
Not sure if there is a way in Windows or Mac to view the contents of the img since they are either in ext3, ext4, or yaffs file system format (depending on what you are emulating) and windows doesn't easily support those file systems.
Your best bet is to use adb to copy the file directly out of the emulator while it is running as shown in adb --help:
adb pull <remote> [<local>] - copy file/dir from device
In Android Studio 3.2 and later you can access a device's internal storage by using the menu item
View -> Tool Windows -> Device File Explorer
See this article for details: https://developer.android.com/studio/debug/device-file-explorer
...and this one to find out where the other components of Android Device Monitor ended up: https://developer.android.com/studio/profile/monitor
In Android N emulator you can easily get access Internal Memory.
Go to Emulator:
Settings -> Memory -> Internal Storage -> Others
Then a pop up will open. Click on explore. Then you will get access of Internal Storage.
in Android Studio 4.1 and later you can access a device's internal storage by using the menu item
View -> Tool Windows -> Device File Explorer -> storage
I am using Titanium framework for creating Android apps in Mac OSX. I am searching for the location of android apps which are created using Titanium.
We can see our iPad or iPhone apps based on the iOS version . Its location is its iOS version folder. But I am unable to find android apps location.
I have googled for it but no help.
Thanks.
if you run on Mac, open the AVD manager. Clicked the arrow and then "Show on Disk"(...)
Usually they are saved in your user profile. ~/.android/avd is a typical location. It is also possible that they are located within the SDK's directory. This could happen if you set ANDROID_SDK_HOME as environment variable.
To access the file system of android emulator you have two possibilities:
Use the SDK Device Monitor. It provides a graphical interface to the file system of the emulator. If you have android SDK in your PATH environment you can access it via Terminal -> monitor.
Alternatively you can access the file system via command line shell: Terminal -> adb -e shell. You already have root access.
I am trying to paste an sqlite database containing language details for testing in an AVD emulator. The application into which it is to be tested is mysword4android-3.5.1.apk, which I have installed into the emulator, and it is running. The test database is to be placed in a file "...mnt\sdcard\mysword" - what I can't figure out and find is:
Where in my laptop is this "...mnt\sdcard\mysword" located - all I get are png images or xml files when I search for it on my laptop.
How to place this sqlite database into the location/file so that the app can access it and show it
The makers of the app have simply said to copy and paste this database into the data path where other language databases are located; and this location is "...mnt\sdcard\mysword"
P.S. I have no idea about writing program code. I am using a Windows7 laptop and the AVD emulator is running Android 4.2. If the copy-paste can work that is all I can do.
The file is contained in an emulated SD card in the emulator and therefore not directly visible in the file system on your laptop. Use the tools provided with the Android development kit to move files between the laptop and the emulator file systems.
In particular, the adb pull and adb push commands will be helpful.
I want to know whether there is a method to access local files (say text files, web pages) of the filesystem in Android emulator.
I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 for Android development.
You can use the adb command which comes in the tools dir of the SDK:
adb shell
It will give you a command line prompt where you can browse and access the filesystem. Or you can extract the files you want:
adb pull /sdcard/the_file_you_want.txt
Also, if you use eclipse with the ADT, there's a view to browse the file system (Window->Show View->Other... and choose Android->File Explorer)
In Android Studio 3.0 and later do this:
View > Tool Windows > Device File Explorer
In addition to the accepted answer, if you are using Android Studio you can
invoke Android Device Monitor,
select the device in the Devices tab on the left,
select File Explorer tab on the right,
navigate to the file you want, and
click the Pull a file from the device button to save it to your local file system
Taken from Working with an emulator or device's file system
In Android Studio 3.5.3, the Device File Explorer can be found in View -> Tool Windows.
It can also be opened using the vertical tabs on the right-hand side of the main window.
Update!
You can access the Android filesystem via Android Device Monitor. In Android Studio go to Tools >> Android >> Android Device Monitor.
Note that you can run your app in the simulator while using the Android Device Monitor. But you cannot debug you app while using the Android Device Monitor.