Android Emulator Driver¶

jumpstarter-driver-androidemulator manages Android emulator lifecycle with ADB tunneling through Jumpstarter. It provides power control (start/stop) for the Android emulator and combines it with the ADB driver for device access.

Installation¶

pip3 install --extra-index-url https://pkg.jumpstarter.dev/simple/ jumpstarter-driver-androidemulator

For the optional Python ADB API:

pip3 install --extra-index-url https://pkg.jumpstarter.dev/simple/ "jumpstarter-driver-androidemulator[python-api]"

Prerequisites¶

Android SDK with emulator and platform-tools installed
emulator and adb available on PATH (or specify emulator_path)
An AVD created via Android Studio or avdmanager

Quick AVD Setup¶

# Apple Silicon (arm64)
sdkmanager "system-images;android-35;google_apis;arm64-v8a"
avdmanager create avd -n Pixel_6 -k "system-images;android-35;google_apis;arm64-v8a" -d pixel_6

# Intel/AMD (x86_64)
sdkmanager "system-images;android-35;google_apis;x86_64"
avdmanager create avd -n Pixel_6 -k "system-images;android-35;google_apis;x86_64" -d pixel_6

Configuration¶

Example exporter configuration:

export:
  android:
    type: jumpstarter_driver_androidemulator.driver.AndroidEmulator
    config:
      avd_name: "Pixel_6"
      headless: true
      console_port: 5554
      adb_server_port: 15037

Configuration Parameters¶

Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Default
avd_name	Name of the Android Virtual Device	str	yes
emulator_path	Path to the emulator executable	str	no	“emulator”
headless	Run without a window	bool	no	true
console_port	Emulator console port	int	no	5554
adb_server_port	Port for the custom ADB server	int	no	15037

Usage¶

CLI¶

# Power on the emulator
j android power on

# Check ADB devices through the tunnel
j android adb devices

# Run ADB commands
j android adb shell getprop ro.product.model

# Create a persistent ADB tunnel
j android adb tunnel

# Power off the emulator
j android power off

Python API¶

from jumpstarter.common.utils import serve
from jumpstarter_driver_androidemulator.driver import AndroidEmulator

driver = AndroidEmulator(avd_name="Pixel_6")
with serve(driver) as client:
    client.power.on()

    # Wait for boot and get an adbutils device
    with client.adb_device(timeout=180) as device:
        print(device.prop.model)
        print(device.shell("pm list packages"))

    client.power.off()

Architecture¶

This is a composite driver with two children:

adb (AdbServer from jumpstarter-driver-adb): Manages the ADB server and provides TCP tunneling for remote ADB access
power (AndroidEmulatorPower): Controls the emulator process lifecycle via the standard PowerInterface (on/off/read)

The emulator registers with the custom ADB server on port 15037 (via the ANDROID_ADB_SERVER_PORT environment variable) to avoid conflicts with any local ADB server on the standard port 5037.

API Reference¶

Driver¶

class jumpstarter_driver_androidemulator.driver.AndroidEmulator¶

Android emulator composite driver.

Manages an Android emulator with ADB tunneling. Children: - adb: ADB server for device communication - power: Emulator lifecycle (on/off)

classmethod client() → str¶: Return full import path of the corresponding driver client class

driver_type: ClassVar[str] = 'composite'¶: Driver category for observability (e.g. power, storage, network, serial, console, video, composite).

set_headless(headless: bool) → None¶: Set headless mode. Must be called before power on.

class jumpstarter_driver_androidemulator.driver.AndroidEmulatorPower¶

Power driver for Android emulator lifecycle management.

Starts the emulator with a minimal command line and shuts it down gracefully via adb emu kill, falling back to process kill.

off() → None¶: Stop the Android emulator.

on() → None¶: Start the Android emulator.

async read() → AsyncGenerator[PowerReading, None]¶: Return dummy power readings (emulator has no real power metrics).

Client¶

class jumpstarter_driver_androidemulator.client.AndroidEmulatorClient¶

Client for Android emulator with ADB access.

Children: - adb: ADB client for device communication - power: Power client for emulator lifecycle

adb_device(timeout: int = 180)¶

Forward ADB, wait for boot, and yield an adbutils device.

Requires the python-api extra (adbutils).

Args:: timeout: Seconds to wait for the emulator to finish booting.
Yields:: An adbutils.AdbDevice connected through the tunnel.