How to get Android AVD name from adb device name

Question

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)?

Astereognosis

Answer 1

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".

Bowden

Never would have figured that out on my own. Thanks! – Astereognosis

Is there any way to just invoke avd name from the command line without telnet? – Thorpe

Nope. The avd command only exists on the emulated device, which is why you have to telnet into it to to run "avd name" – Bowden

@Kvass: Here's a hack that simplifies the process (works on OS X): (sleep 0.5; echo 'avd name') | telnet 127.0.0.1 5554 – Transatlantic

Answer 2

Here it is:

> adb -s emulator-5554 emu avd name
MyDevice
OK

Kus

Answer 3

Using adb devices you can see the List of devices attached.

In my case the result is:

List of devices attached
emulator-5554   device

Thready