Script to Create Android Emulator for Espresso Tests on CI

create_emulator.sh

AVD_NAME="384x640_mdpi_api_23"

echo "Creating (forceful) AVD with name ${AVD_NAME}"
# We have to echo "no" because it will ask us if we want to use a custom hardware profile, and we don't.
CREATE_AVD_COMMAND="android create avd \
 --name ${AVD_NAME} \
 --target android-23 \
 --skin 384x640 \
 --abi google_apis/x86_64 \
 --force"
echo "Creating AVD"
echo "COMMAND: ${CREATE_AVD_COMMAND}"
echo "no" | ${CREATE_AVD_COMMAND}
echo "AVD ${AVD_NAME} created."


AVD_DIR=${HOME}/.android/avd
CONFIG_INI_PATH=${AVD_DIR}/${AVD_NAME}.avd/config.ini

# Customize AVD Properties
# vm.heapSize - Heap size needs to be larger than default (48) due to screenshots.  After a while we get Out of Memory Exceptions otherwise.
# hw.mainKeys - Say there aren't hardware menu buttons
# hw.lcd.density - mdpi density
echo "vm.heapSize=128
hw.ramSize=1024
disk.dataPartition.size=4096MB
hw.gpu.enabled=yes
hw.gpu.mode=auto
hw.lcd.density=160
hw.keyboard=yes
hw.mainKeys=no" >> ${CONFIG_INI_PATH}
cat ${CONFIG_INI_PATH}