Android Emulator plugin not working in Jenkins

Question

When I run test on Jenkins with option create emulator I have this problem:

[android] Could not create Android emulator: Failed to run AVD creation command

When I target existing emulator I have this problem:

FATAL: C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile.android\avd\AVD_2.2.ini (The system cannot find the path specified) java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Windows\system32\config\systemprofile.android\avd\AVD_2.2.ini (The system cannot find the path specified) at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method) at java.io.FileInputStream.(Unknown Source) at java.io.FileReader.(Unknown Source) at hudson.plugins.android_emulator.util.Utils.parseConfigFile(Utils.java:436) at hudson.plugins.android_emulator.SdkInstaller$2.call(SdkInstaller.java:331) at hudson.plugins.android_emulator.SdkInstaller$2.call(SdkInstaller.java:328) at hudson.remoting.LocalChannel.call(LocalChannel.java:45) at hudson.plugins.android_emulator.SdkInstaller.getPlatformFromExistingEmulator(SdkInstaller.java:328) at hudson.plugins.android_emulator.SdkInstaller.getPlatformForEmulator(SdkInstaller.java:312) at hudson.plugins.android_emulator.SdkInstaller.installDependencies(SdkInstaller.java:174) at hudson.plugins.android_emulator.AndroidEmulator.setUp(AndroidEmulator.java:247) at hudson.model.Build$BuildExecution.doRun(Build.java:154) at hudson.model.AbstractBuild$AbstractBuildExecution.run(AbstractBuild.java:499) at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1488) at hudson.model.FreeStyleBuild.run(FreeStyleBuild.java:46) at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:88) at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:236)

I have this file. When I run manual emulator and tests on jenkins It works.

Answer 1

The path shown in the second case suggests that you may be running Jenkins as a system service.

In which case, you could try the workaround listed under "Known Issues" on the Android Emulator Plugin wiki page:

Running in a Windows service as "Local System"
New AVDs cannot be generated and run if Jenkins is running as a Windows service, using the "Local System" account (see issue #7355).

Workaround: configure the Jenkins service to "run as" a real user

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If that doesn't solve the problem, can you tell us in which directory AVDs are placed when you create them manually? You can find out by running emulator with the -verbose flag. Within the first few lines you should see something like:

emulator: Android virtual device file at: c:\users\foo\.android\avd\emu_4.0.3.ini