Apps How to access files in AVD SD card?

[zollen]

I have been generating a couple of custom gestures with the gesture builder (in Android Virtual Device Android 4.0) but I have no idea how to retrieve the files and save them into my local HD. Any information would be appreciated.

 

[Kupot]

Hi!

So this is what I've found.. On the android forums they link to this for AVD support:

Using the Android Emulator | Android Developers

Within this page you can follow a link to this article (this will answer your question, the above link is for your reference):

Using the Android Emulator | Android Developers

In this article (and I can't test since I'm at work right now..) it seems you can state any directory (relative to your working directory) as a designated SD card repository. This is the command they suggest:

emulator -sdcard <filepath>

Let us know what you find, hopefully this helps.

 

[zollen]

Hi!

So this is what I've found.. On the android forums they link to this for AVD support:

Using the Android Emulator | Android Developers

Within this page you can follow a link to this article (this will answer your question, the above link is for your reference):

Using the Android Emulator | Android Developers

In this article (and I can't test since I'm at work right now..) it seems you can state any directory (relative to your working directory) as a designated SD card repository. This is the command they suggest:

emulator -sdcard <filepath>

Let us know what you find, hopefully this helps.

Thanks for the reply. If I understood the article correctly, I believe the -sdcard option allows you to define the path where the sd repository is located (i.e sdcard.zip).

I am looking for a way (if possible) to extract files stored in the sd repository (i.e.sdcard.zip) and copy the contents to my local HD.

 

[jiminaus]

The sdcard file created by avd won't be an archive file like a .zip file or such. It will be a "disk in a file". The file will contain the actual file-system sectors that would otherwise be on an actual SD card.

If you're using Linux, you can mount the SD card of an avd called myavd to /mnt using the loop device like so:

sudo mount -o loop -t vfat ~/.android/avd/myavd.avd/sdcard.img /mnt

If you're using Windows, well.... you're using Windows.

 

[zollen]

The sdcard file created by avd won't be an archive file like a .zip file or such. It will be a "disk in a file". The file will contain the actual file-system sectors that would otherwise be on an actual SD card.

If you're using Linux, you can mount the SD card of an avd called myavd to /mnt using the loop device like so:

sudo mount -o loop -t vfat ~/.android/avd/myavd.avd/sdcard.img /mnt

If you're using Windows, well.... you're using Windows.

Am I correct that after the mount was successful, I should be able to access any files that are stored in the virtual SD as if they are files in a regular file system?

 

[Kupot]

If you're using Windows, well.... you're using Windows.

LOL - love it.

But there are ways around everything in the world of computers (just bear in mind, this will be tedious as all get-out). I found the instructions here:
Tutorial: Read/Write Android Emulator sdcard.img in Windows | deltafalcon&#039;s blog

As far as Linux goes, yes the "loop device" function will give you access like you had a physical USB installed/plugged in to the comp.

 

[fixticks]

Or use this command
adb pull path_to-file_on_sdcard path_to_save_on_your_pc

to put files there
adb push path_to-file_on_pc path_to_save_on_sdcard

navigate to the sdk tools directory first if adb is not in your PATH variable.