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Android Emulator usage: emulator [options] [-qemu args]
options:
-sysdir <dir> search for system disk images in <dir>
-system <file> read initial system image from <file>
-datadir <dir> write user data into <dir>
-kernel <file> use specific emulated kernel
-ramdisk <file> ramdisk image (default <system>/ramdisk.img
-image <file> obsolete, use -system <file> instead
-initdata <file> same as '-init-data <file>'
-data <file> data image (default <datadir>/userdata-qemu.img
-partition-size <size> system/data partition size in MBs
-cache <file> cache partition image (default is temporary file)
-cache-size <size> cache partition size in MBs
-no-cache disable the cache partition
-nocache same as -no-cache
-sdcard <file> SD card image (default <system>/sdcard.img
-snapstorage <file> file that contains all state snapshots (default <datadir>/snapshots.img)
-no-snapstorage do not mount a snapshot storage file (this disables all snapshot
functionality)
-snapshot <name> name of snapshot within storage file for auto-start and auto-save (default 'default-boot')
-no-snapshot perform a full boot and do not do not auto-save, but qemu vmload
and vmsave operate on snapstorage
-no-snapshot-save do not auto-save to snapshot on exit: abandon changed state
-no-snapshot-load do not auto-start from snapshot: perform a full boot
-snapshot-list show a list of available snapshots
-no-snapshot-update-time do not do try to correct snapshot time on restore
-wipe-data reset the user data image (copy it from initdata)
-avd <name> use a specific android virtual device
-skindir <dir> search skins in <dir> (default <system>/skins)
-skin <name> select a given skin
-no-skin don't use any emulator skin
-noskin same as -no-skin
-dynamic-skin dynamically construct a skin of given size, requires -skin WxH option
-memory <size> physical RAM size in MBs
-netspeed <speed> maximum network download/upload speeds
-netdelay <delay> network latency emulation
-netfast disable network shaping
-trace <name> enable code profiling (F9 to start)
-show-kernel display kernel messages
-shell enable root shell on current terminal
-no-jni disable JNI checks in the Dalvik runtime
-nojni same as -no-jni
-logcat <tags> enable logcat output with given tags
-no-audio disable audio support
-noaudio same as -no-audio
-audio <backend> use specific audio backend
-raw-keys disable Unicode keyboard reverse-mapping
-radio <device> redirect radio modem interface to character device
-port <port> TCP port that will be used for the console
-ports <consoleport>,<adbport> TCP ports used for the console and adb bridge
-onion <image> use overlay PNG image over screen
-onion-alpha <%age> specify onion-skin translucency
-onion-rotation 0|1|2|3 specify onion-skin rotation
-scale <scale> scale emulator window
-dpi-device <dpi> specify device's resolution in dpi (default 165)
-http-proxy <proxy> make TCP connections through a HTTP/HTTPS proxy
-timezone <timezone> use this timezone instead of the host's default
-dns-server <servers> use this DNS server(s) in the emulated system
-cpu-delay <cpudelay> throttle CPU emulation
-no-boot-anim disable animation for faster boot
-no-window disable graphical window display
-version display emulator version number
-report-console <socket> report console port to remote socket
-gps <device> redirect NMEA GPS to character device
-keyset <name> specify keyset file name
-shell-serial <device> specific character device for root shell
-tcpdump <file> capture network packets to file
-bootchart <timeout> enable bootcharting
-charmap <file> use specific key character map
-prop <name>=<value> set system property on boot
-shared-net-id <number> join the shared network, using IP address 10.1.2.<number>
-memcheck <flags> enable memory access checking
-gpu <mode> set hardware OpenGLES emulation mode
-camera-back <mode> set emulation mode for a camera facing back
-camera-front <mode> set emulation mode for a camera facing front
-webcam-list lists web cameras available for emulation
-screen <mode> set emulated screen mode
-force-32bit always use 32-bit emulator
-selinux <disabled|permissive> Set SELinux to either disabled or permissive mode
-qemu args... pass arguments to qemu
-qemu -h display qemu help
-verbose same as '-debug-init'
-debug <tags> enable/disable debug messages
-debug-<tag> enable specific debug messages
-debug-no-<tag> disable specific debug messages
-help print this help
-help-<option> print option-specific help
-help-disk-images about disk images
-help-keys supported key bindings
-help-debug-tags debug tags for -debug <tags>
-help-char-devices character <device> specification
-help-environment environment variables
-help-keyset-file key bindings configuration file
-help-virtual-device virtual device management
-help-sdk-images about disk images when using the SDK
-help-build-images about disk images when building Android
-help-all prints all help content
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