Where is Android Emulator Internal Storage

Question

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

Angary

Answer 1

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.

Carnap

From Eclipse: Click Window > Open Perspective > Other... > DDMS. – Carnap

Great thanks. Can you actually open the files from there or just see that they exist? – Angary

You should be able to grab them off the emulator using the adb pull command. There is a button for it in the File Exporer view. Looks like a floppy disk :) – Carnap

Might be a good idea to acclimatise yourself with using adb via a terminal/command prompt as it's much easier/faster once you get the hang of it. The DDMS however is a very useful tool and quite powerful for troubleshooting all sorts of issues. – Carnap

Android Device Monitor was deprecated in Android Studio 3.1 and removed from Android Studio 3.2. Details here -> developer.android.com/studio/profile/monitor – Shanon

Answer 2

In Android Studio on Mac you can go to View -> Tool Windows -> Device File Explorer. Here you can use a finder-like structure.

Hardened

this must've been removed from Studio recently. Unfortunately it's not an option under Tool Windows in Hedgehog | 2023.1.1. It only has Device Explorer and Device Manager. – Angular

Answer 3

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

Hornwort

I'm not too great with command line, I tend to use Eclipse for everything but thanks for the help :) If theres a way i can do this programatically that would be useful – Angary

Answer 4

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

Claudio

this must've been removed from Studio recently. Unfortunately it's not an option under Tool Windows in Hedgehog | 2023.1.1. It only has Device Explorer and Device Manager. – Angular

Answer 5

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.

Noh

Answer 6

In Android Studio Hedgehog (2023.1.1 Patch 2) you can find it under the Device Manager menu. Just click the three dots and you will find the Option "Show on Disk".

Rondarondeau

Answer 7

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 

Judiciary