How to get Android AVD name from adb device name
adb, adt, android, android-virtual-device
Solution
The Eclipse plugin does it by connecting to the emulator via tcp/ip. To connect, (for linux), type
~/code$ telnet localhost 5554 Trying ::1... Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. Android Console: type 'help' for a list of commands OK
Replace "5554" with whatever number comes after the hyphen when you type "adb devices" - "emulator-5554", for instance, would have telnet port 5554 open.
Then, type "avd name", hit enter, and you should see something similar to the following:
avd name GB10 OK
In this example the emulator's name was "GB10".
Problem
Using the Android SDK from the command line, I can get a list of the running devices available using: ``` ./adb device ``` This gives me the serial number of available devices. How can I get the AVD name of the emulator device from that serial number (like the Eclipse ADT plugin does)?