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Android Emulator on Mac using Homebrew
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Install Homebrew

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

In your command line

brew tap homebrew/cask-versions
brew update
brew tap homebrew/cask
brew install --cask android-sdk
sdkmanager "emulator" "platform-tools" "system-images;android-26;google_apis;x86_64"
avdmanager create avd -n NAME -k "system-images;android-26;google_apis;x86_64"

In your ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile or ~/.zshrc

export ANDROID_HOME="/usr/local/share/android-sdk"
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/emulator
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/tools/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/platform-tools
export ANDROID_SDK_ROOT=$ANDROID_HOME
alias emulator="$ANDROID_HOME/tools/emulator" # https://stackoverflow.com/a/43809095

In your command line

source ~/.bashrc // or ~/.bash_profile or ~/.zshrc
emulate -avd NAME # the name you used above to create avd
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