Comparison of Android Emulator tools

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` `-no-audio`
				`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` `-ports`
				`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` `-no-jni`
			`-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`