The following table compares the tasks you can perform using the emulator UI, AVD Manager, commonly used command-line startup options, and the Emulator console.The table compares features between different emulator tools that are similar but not necessarily with identical functionality. In the AVD Manager, you can set hardware profile and AVD properties.
To use certain features of the emulator with your apps, you need to enable them through various <uses-feature> elements and manifest permission constants, just as you would on a hardware device.
| User interface control | Hardware profile property | AVD property | Command-line startup option | Console command |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Device hardware | ||||
| Device type: Phone/Tablet, Wear OS, Android TV | ||||
| Back, Home, Overview, Menu | Input: Has Hardware Buttons (Back/Home/Menu) | |||
| Settings: Send keyboard shortcuts to | Input: Has Hardware Keyboard | Keyboard Input | ||
Directional Pad | Navigation Style: None, D-pad, Trackball, Wheel | |||
| Zoom Mode | ||||
| Battery | power | |||
| Phone | gsm, sms send | |||
| Rotate | Supported Device States | Startup: Orientation | rotate | |
| Camera | Camera (can choose webcam) | -camera-back-camera-front-webcam-list | ||
Take Screenshot Settings: Screenshot save location | ||||
| Orientation Location Virtual sensors | Sensors: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, GPS, Proximity Sensor | geo | ||
| Fingerprint | finger | |||
| Volume | -noaudio
| |||
event | ||||
| Disk Images and Memory | ||||
| Memory and Storage: SD Card | -sdcard | |||
| Memory and Storage: Internal Storage | ||||
| RAM | Memory and Storage: RAM | -memory | ||
| Memory and Storage: VM Heap | vm | |||
| In the Your Virtual Devices page of the AVD Manager, right-click an AVD and select Wipe Data. | -wipe-data | |||
| Network | ||||
network status | ||||
-dns-server | ||||
-http-proxy | ||||
| Network: Latency | -netdelay | network delay | ||
-netfast | ||||
| Cellular: Network Type | Network: Speed | -netspeed | network speed | |
| Voice status Data status | gsm | |||
| Signal strength | ||||
| Settings: Use detected ADB location | -port
| |||
redir | ||||
-tcpdump | network capture start, network capture stop | |||
| System | ||||
| In the System Image page of the AVD Manager, select a system image capable of VM acceleration. | -accel-accel-check-no-accel | |||
| Multi-Core CPU | ||||
-engine | ||||
| Emulated Performance: Graphics — hardware, software, or auto | -gpu | |||
-nojni
| ||||
-selinux {disabled|permissive} | ||||
-timezone | ||||
-version | ||||
| UI | ||||
| Settings: Emulator window theme | ||||
| Resize | Screen Size and Screen Resolution | window | ||
| Round | ||||
-no-boot-anim | ||||
| Default Skin | Device Frame and Custom Skin Definition | |||
-screen {touch|multi-touch|no-touch} | ||||
| Debug | ||||
-debug tags-debug-tag-debug-no-tag | ||||
-logcat | ||||
-show-kernel | ||||
-verbose | ||||