In AVD emulator how to see sdcard folder? and Install apk to AVD?

  1. switch to DDMS perspective
  2. select the emulator in devices list, whose sdcard you want to explore.
  3. open File Explorer tab on right hand side.
  4. expand tree structure. mnt/sdcard/

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To install apk manually: copy your apk to to sdk/platform-tools folder and run following command in the same folder

adb install apklocation.apk

I have used the following procedure.

Procedure to install the apk files in Android Emulator(AVD):

Check your installed directory(ex: C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools), whether it has the adb.exe or not). If not present in this folder, then download the attachment here, extract the zip files. You will get adb files, copy and paste those three files inside tools folder

Run AVD manager from C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk and start the Android Emulator.

Copy and paste the apk file inside the C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

  • Go to Start -> Run -> cmd

  • Type cd “C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools”

  • Type adb install example.apk

  • After getting success command

  • Go to Application icon in Android emulator, we can see the your application


On linux sdcard image is located in:

~/.android/avd/<avd name>.avd/sdcard.img

You can mount it for example with (assuming /mnt/sdcard is existing directory):

sudo mount sdcard.img -o loop /mnt/sdcard

To install apk file use adb:

adb install your_app.apk