Android Emulator from Command Line Has Weird Resolution

Question

I'm creating an Android emulator for Espresso testing from a terminal via this command:

./avdmanager create avd -n TestEmulator1 -k "system-images;android-25;google_apis;x86_64" -c 2000M --tag "google_apis" --device "Nexus 5X"

However when I run the emulator, the resolution is really off

When I check it in the AVD Manager from Android Studio, it looks like the settings are correct. Is there something missing from my command that's causing this issue? It causes all of my tests to fail when run. Thanks!

Answer 1

Add the skin resolution you need like this:

./avdmanager create avd -n TestEmulator1 -k "system-images;android-25;google_apis;x86_64" -c 2000M --tag "google_apis" --device "Nexus 5X"

./emulator -avd TestEmulator1 -no-window -skin 768x1280 &

Or try if something like this (-s "768x1280") still works with the new avdmanager:

android create avd --force -n nexus4-emulator -t "Google Inc.:Google APIs:"$EMULATOR_VERSION --abi $ANDROID_ABI -s "768x1280" --device "Nexus 4" -c 128M

Further information about emulators with a decent size here.

Answer 2

-skin option is deprecated now.

Try using hw.lcd.width, hw.lcd.height, and hw.lcd.depth to set resolution of the screen inside avd/<avd_name>/config.ini. Works for me.

Supported options are listed here: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/qemu/+/refs/heads/master/android/avd/hardware-properties.ini