How to Get Serial Number or ID of Android Emulator After it Runs?

Question

If I run several emulators with -no-window option in one machine. The command "adb devices" shows:

List of devices attached
emulator-5554  device
emulator-5556  device
emulator-5558  device
...

However, according to this output, I can't tell the difference between each emulator device at all. I need to know which emulator runs on what AVD, then I can install APKs or send commands to the emulator.

How can I recognize each emulator device or get the serial number of emulator after it runs?

Answer 1

The same string (e.g., emulator-5554) is show in the title bar of the emulator window.

Answer 2

"adb get-serialno" command can get correct serial number when only one emulator is running. When there are multiple emulators running, it will return "unknown". Maybe, I should diff the output of "adb device" before and after starting an emulator.

Answer 3

Always start the same AVD on the same ports, don't let emulator decide. Use

$ emulator -ports X,Y @avd_X

then, the serial number will be emulator-X and your avd_X will always be on ports X,Y, so you can run your commands with this serial number, like for example

$ adb -s emualtor-X shell cmd

To kill the emulator run

$ adb -s emulator-X emu kill

Answer 4

@dtmilano:: Ur answer regarding how to use the same port is awesome. However, I tried using the cmd

> adb -s emulator-X kill-server

and many other similar commands. I was really looking at an alternative that will result the avd options without logging into Telnet forever.