How am I able to push .txt files to the emulator using Android Studio?
One easy way is to drag and drop. It will copy files to /sdcard/Download. You can copy whole folders or multiple files. Make sure that "Enable Clipboard Sharing" is enabled. (under ...->Settings)
Update (May 2020):
Android studio have new tool called Device File Explorer. You can access it in two way:
By clicking on Device File Explorer icon in right bottom corner of android studio window.
If you could not find its icon, inside Android Studio press shift button twice. Quick search window will appear, then type Device File in it and Device File Explorer will appear in search result and you can click it.
Then you can navigate to folder which you want to push your file in it. Right click on that folder and select upload(or press Ctrl+Shift+O). Select file you want to upload and it will upload file to desired location.
Push file using adb.exe:
In Android 6.0+, you should use same process but your android application cannot access files which pushed inside SDCARD using DDMS File Explorer. It is the same if you try commands like this:
adb push myfile.txt /mnt/sdcard/myfile.txt
If you face EACCES (Permission denied) exception when you try to read file inside your application, it means you have no access to files inside external storage, since it requires a dangerous permission.
For this situation, you need to request granting access manually using new permission system in Android 6.0 and upper version. For details you can have a look in android tutorial and this link.
Solution for old android studio version:
If you want to do it using graphical interface you can follow this inside android studio menus:
Tools --> Android --> Android Device Monitor
Afterward, Android Device Monitor(DDMS) window will open and you can upload files using File Explorer. You can select an address like /mnt/sdcard and then push your file into sdcard.
You can use the ADB via a terminal to pass the file From Desktop to Emulator.
adb push <file-source-local> <file-destination-remote>
You can also copy file from emulator to Desktop
adb pull <file-source-remote> <file-destination-local>
How ever you can also use the Android Device Monitor to access files. Click on the Android Icon which can be found in the toolbar itself. It'll take few seconds to load. Once it's loaded, you can see a tab named "File Explorer". Now you can pull/push files from there.
Android Device monitor is no longer available in android studio.
If you are using android studio 3.0 and above.
Go to "Device File Explorer" which is on the bottom right of android studio.
If you have more than one device connected, select the device you want from the drop-down list on top.
mnt>sdcard is the location for SD card on the emulator.
Right click on the folder and click Upload. See the image below.
Note: You can upload folder as well not just individual files.
I am using Android Studio 3.3.
Go to View -> Tools Window -> Device File Explorer.
Or you can find it on the Bottom Right corner of the Android Studio.
If the Emulator is running, the Device File Explorer will display the File structure on Emulator Storage.
Here you can right click on a Folder and select "Upload" to place the file
I usually use mnt - sdcard - download folder.
Thanks.
After you drag and drop your files from Desktop to Emulator like this answer here :
https://stackoverflow.com/a/44885506/3904109
Your location of files will be
Android 19, 21, 22 /storage/sdcard/Download
Android 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 /storage/emulated/0/Download
Open command prompt and give the platform-tools path of the sdk.
Eg:- C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools>
Then type 'adb push' command like below,
C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools>adb push C:\MyFiles\fileName.txt /sdcard/fileName.txt
This command push the file to the root folder of the emulator.
refer johnml1135 answer, but not fully work.
after self investigate, using official docs, it works now:
and use Drag and Drop actually worked, but use android self installed app Download, then you can NOT find the copied file, for not exist so called /sdcard/Download folder.
finally using other file manager app, like
ES File Explorer
then can see the really path is
/storage/emulated/0/Download/
which contains the copied files, like
/storage/emulated/0/Download/chenhongyu_lixiangsanxun.mp3
after drag and drop more mp3 files:
adb push [file path on your computer] [file path on your mobile]
on windows 10 , android studio emulator.
be on the directory yourFile.xml is.
on terminal, command:
adb push yourFile.xml \C:\Users\yourUN\.android\avd\Pixel_4_API_29.avd\mnt\sdcard
Pixel_4_API_29 is the emulator name , choose the device you are using on emulator
Just need to drag and drop to the corresponding directory in the ADB
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.
I have Eclipse installed on a Windows 7 PC and I'm writing my app there, using an emulator.
In DDMS within Eclipse, I can see the database my app has created BUT it is shown in a UNIX directory structure, as I might find it on an Android device, not in the context of a Windows directory structure.
The file must exist physically on my C: drive or a network drive somewhere but I've done a search with windows explorer and it cannot find the DB. I can find all my project files ok.
Any ideas?
The DB, like any other files the app creates are stored in the emulator. Most likely there is only an image of the whole emulator file system stored on the host. you will not find the individual files.
To get access to them, they can be exported via adb or via the Eclipse DDMS user interface. This is just like working with a real device.
Here is a simple way to view the data in your .db file:
1. In DDMS, select the .db file in the File Explorer and click on Pull File. This way you can save the file somewhere on your PC like your desktop for instance.
2. One way to see the data in the file is to use the SQLite Manager add-on for Firefox.
Try the following steps.
Eclipse -> Window -> Show View -> others -> File Explorer -> data -> data -> your project package -> databases.
You can export your database in this location.
I love using Genymotion emulator with such brilliant speed to load Android. It has very wonderful speed but still have some instability performance.
How I can access file in /data/data/ in Genymotion emulator from file explorer in Eclipse? I know that in this device has also installed Superuser permission so I can use this application in root condition. But how I can access this from file explorer?
I know such operation using adb-shell and then basic terminal command also. I have successfully with this method but I want access this through file explorer from eclipse so I can easily pull from emulator.
As of now the only way to access data/data folder on the GenyMotion emulator is by using adb shell commands.
Since the emulator is running inside Oracle VirtualBox, direct access to the storage is a security issue and therefore you wont be able to find it through explorer or eclipse.
The VM saves the storage in .vmdk file format. Which is a virtual machine disk format. The data/data folder is somewhere deep inside that file.
Click here!
To learn more about .vmdk file format.
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.