How To Configure Android Emulator Once SDK Is Installed

I am trying to get the Android emulator up and running on my 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 distro. First, I had to install ia32-libs to get around some earlier issues that I had encountered

Solution 1:

You must create an AVD configuration before launching the emulator:

android create avd -n <name> -t <targetID> [-<option> <value>] ... 

http://developer.android.com/tools/devices/managing-avds-cmdline.html#AVDCmdLine

then you're ready to launch it

emulator -avd <avd_name> [<options>]

http://developer.android.com/tools/devices/emulator.html#starting