How to run AVD Manager on Mac

Question

I tried command line in tools directory within terminal by typing android and

and bash says it cannot find the command. When I type ls I can see android.

Also am I obliged to use command line. Why Eclipse does only show a button for running SDK Manager which is not used often instead of AVD Manager ?

What SDK version are you using? SDK and AVD Manager in Eclipse has been splited into two separate bottons since recent release. — yorkw, Mar 30 '12 at 10:22
For the command line: If you want to start a program/tool/script in a directory, which is not in the PATH (echo $PATH), then type ./. In your case ./android — stolzem, Mar 30 '12 at 10:30
https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/avdmanager — Khurshid Ansari, Mar 27 '21 at 09:43

score 84 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 29 '18 at 17:40

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If you don't want to use Eclipse this will fire it up.

Under tools folder write the following:

./android avd

edited Oct 29 '18 at 17:40

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answered Mar 20 '13 at 08:13

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I agree. It helped me too. – infografnet Jul 02 '15 at 16:39
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deprecated at the moment. – James Nguyen Feb 26 '18 at 07:39
Invalid or unsupported command "avd" – Justin Dec 02 '21 at 20:04

score 28 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 11 '15 at 08:49

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Today Eclipse has been replaced with Android Studio in the SDK bundle.

Android Studio for Mac installs the SDK in a subfolder in the user's Library folder, so the full command line to launch the AVD becomes:

~/Library/Android/sdk/tools/android avd

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5 years later even this isn't a thing anymore. `avdmanager` has its own command – adamdport Jun 22 '20 at 00:20

score 20 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 12 '17 at 14:01

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On newer versions of Android Studio, this should be done by running the avdmanager binary located on tools/bin/ (relative to the SDK root directory):

$ ~/Library/Android/sdk/tools/bin/avdmanager

The same applies to the SDK Manager:

$ ~/Library/Android/sdk/tools/bin/sdkmanager

answered Mar 12 '17 at 14:01

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`~/Library/Android/sdk/tools/bin/avdmanager` does not run the GUI app. How to open GUI AVD Manager? – oluckyman Mar 22 '17 at 18:11

Aloyan Dmitry · Answer 4 · 2019-01-21T17:59:58.000

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avdmanager used only for create/move/remove avds.
GUI can be used only in Android Studio (I think GUI is a part of Idea plugin, not an independent app like before in Eclipse)

For run emulator from console use this:

For list available AVDs:

~/Library/Android/sdk/tools/emulator -list-avds

For run emulator:

~/Library/Android/sdk/tools/emulator @AVD_NAME
@ - required

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score -5 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 30 '12 at 10:14

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Eclipse -> Windows -> AVD Manager, You can make note of the button.

Eclipse shows both buttons (SDK and AVD Manager)

Am using -Eclipse SDK Version: 3.7.0

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