Creates a new Android emulator and launches it in a headless mode.

create-android-emulator.sh

#!/bin/bash

set -e

# Environment variables defining the specific Android SDK
# to install.
export API_LEVEL="${API_LEVEL:-33}"
export IMG_TYPE="${IMG_TYPE:-google_apis}"
export ARCHITECTURE=x86_64
export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT="${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT:-/opt/android}"
export DEVICE_ID="${DEVICE_ID:-pixel}"
export ABI="${IMG_TYPE}"/"${ARCHITECTURE}"
export PACKAGE_PATH="system-images;android-${API_LEVEL};${IMG_TYPE};${ARCHITECTURE}"

# Importing the emulator and command-line tools in the path.
export PATH="${PATH}:${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/emulator"
export PATH="${PATH}:${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/cmdline-tools/tools/bin"

# Creating the Android Virtual Emulator.
echo "Creating the Android Virtual Emulator ..."
echo "Using package ABI '$ABI' and device '$DEVICE_ID' for creating the emulator"
echo no | avdmanager create avd \
  --force \
  --name android \
  --abi "$ABI" \
  --package "$PACKAGE_PATH" \
  --device "$DEVICE_ID"
 
 # Start the emulator with no audio and no GUI.
echo "Starting the emulator ..."
emulator \
  -avd android \
  -gpu swiftshader_indirect \
  -no-audio \
  -no-window