How to get Android AVD name from adb device name

Issue

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)?

Solution

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".

Answered By - Alexander Lucas