Run AVD Emulator without Android Studio
is there a way to run the emulator without starting the Android Studio first. Perhaps from the command line. I know that this feature was available in older versions and has vanished since then. But perhaps someone found out how to do it anyways?
The way to run emulator from console (I assume that you installed it before, using Android Studio) is:
 run cd ~/Android/Sdk/tools/bin && ./avdmanager list avd  
You will get the list od your virtual installed devices. In my case it was:
Available Android Virtual Devices:
    Name: Galaxy_Nexus_API_17
  Device: Galaxy Nexus (Google)
    Path: /home/piotr/.android/avd/Galaxy_Nexus_API_17.avd
  Target: Google APIs (Google Inc.)
          Based on: Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) Tag/ABI: google_apis/x86
    Skin: galaxy_nexus
  Sdcard: /home/piotr/.android/avd/Galaxy_Nexus_API_17.avd/sdcard.img
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    Name: Nexus_5X_API_23
  Device: Nexus 5X (Google)
    Path: /home/piotr/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd
  Target: Google APIs (Google Inc.)
          Based on: Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) Tag/ABI: google_apis/x86
    Skin: nexus_5x
  Sdcard: /home/piotr/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/sdcard.img
Copy name of device you want to run and then
 cd ~/Android/Sdk/tools && ./emulator -avd NAME_OF_YOUR_DEVICE 
in my case:
 cd ~/Android/Sdk/tools && ./emulator -avd Nexus_5X_API_23 
In the ANDROID_HOME folder you will have tools folder
 In Mac/Linux emulator -avd <avdName> In Windows emulator.exe -avd <avdName>  
 If you are using API 24 You can get the names of the emulator from the list android list avds If you are using API 25 then you will get it with avdmanager in toolsbin avdmanager list avds  
Try this
D:SoftwaresAndroidsdktoolsbin>  D:SoftwaresAndroidsdktoolsbin>avdmanager list avd  cd..  and run your emulator with this cmd, Here my emulator name is Tablet_API_25 so I have typed this name after the -avd.
 D:SoftwaresAndroidsdktools>emulator -avd Tablet_API_25 

