How to copy files to Android emulator instance
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How am I able to push .txt files to the emulator using Android Studio?
Android Solutions
Solution 1 - Android
One easy way is to drag and drop. It will copy files to /sdcard/Download. You can copy whole folders or multiple files. Make sure that "Enable Clipboard Sharing" is enabled. (under ...->Settings)
Solution 2 - Android
Update (May 2020): Android studio have new tool called Device File Explorer. You can access it in two way:
- By clicking on
Device File Explorer
icon in right bottom corner of android studio window. - If you could not find its icon, inside Android Studio press shift button twice. Quick search window will appear, then type
Device File
in it and Device File Explorer will appear in search result and you can click it.
Then you can navigate to folder which you want to push your file in it. Right click on that folder and select upload(or press Ctrl+Shift+O). Select file you want to upload and it will upload file to desired location.
Push file using adb.exe
:
In Android 6.0+, you should use same process but your android application cannot access files which pushed inside SDCARD using DDMS File Explorer. It is the same if you try commands like this:
adb push myfile.txt /mnt/sdcard/myfile.txt
If you face EACCES (Permission denied)
exception when you try to read file inside your application, it means you have no access to files inside external storage, since it requires a dangerous permission.
For this situation, you need to request granting access manually using new permission system in Android 6.0 and upper version. For details you can have a look in android tutorial and this link.
Solution for old android studio version:
If you want to do it using graphical interface you can follow this inside android studio menus:
Tools --> Android --> Android Device Monitor
Afterward, Android Device Monitor(DDMS) window will open and you can upload files using File Explorer. You can select an address like /mnt/sdcard
and then push your file into sdcard.
Solution 3 - Android
You can use the ADB via a terminal to pass the file From Desktop to Emulator.
adb push <file-source-local> <file-destination-remote>
You can also copy file from emulator to Desktop
adb pull <file-source-remote> <file-destination-local>
How ever you can also use the Android Device Monitor to access files. Click on the Android Icon which can be found in the toolbar itself. It'll take few seconds to load. Once it's loaded, you can see a tab named "File Explorer". Now you can pull/push files from there.
Solution 4 - Android
Android Device monitor is no longer available in android studio.
If you are using android studio 3.0 and above.
- Go to "Device File Explorer" which is on the bottom right of android studio.
- If you have more than one device connected, select the device you want from the drop-down list on top.
mnt>sdcard
is the location for SD card on the emulator.- Right click on the folder and click Upload. See the image below.
Note: You can upload folder as well not just individual files.
Solution 5 - Android
I am using Android Studio 3.3.
Go to View -> Tools Window -> Device File Explorer. Or you can find it on the Bottom Right corner of the Android Studio.
If the Emulator is running, the Device File Explorer will display the File structure on Emulator Storage.
Here you can right click on a Folder and select "Upload" to place the file
I usually use mnt - sdcard - download folder. Thanks.
Solution 6 - Android
After you drag and drop your files from Desktop to Emulator like this answer here : https://stackoverflow.com/a/44885506/3904109
Your location of files will be
Android 19, 21, 22 /storage/sdcard/Download
Android 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 /storage/emulated/0/Download
Solution 7 - Android
Open command prompt and give the platform-tools path of the sdk. Eg:- C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools> Then type 'adb push' command like below,
C:\Android\sdk\platform-tools>adb push C:\MyFiles\fileName.txt /sdcard/fileName.txt
This command push the file to the root folder of the emulator.
Solution 8 - Android
refer johnml1135
answer, but not fully work.
after self investigate, work now:
as official say:
> 添加文件 > > 将任意文件拖动到模拟器屏幕上。文件将保存到 /sdcard/Download 目录中。使用适合 API 级别的方法导航到文件。例如,对于 API 22,导航路径为:Settings > Device:Storage & USB > Internal Storage > Explore(虚拟 SD 卡)。
and use Drag and Drop
actually worked, but use android self installed app Download
, then you can NOT find the copied file, for not exist so called /sdcard/Download
folder.
finally using other file manager app, like
then can see the really path is
/storage/emulated/0/Download/
which contains the copied files, like
/storage/emulated/0/Download/chenhongyu_lixiangsanxun.mp3
after drag and drop more mp3 files:
Solution 9 - Android
adb push [file path on your computer] [file path on your mobile]
Solution 10 - Android
on windows 10 , android studio emulator.
be on the directory yourFile.xml is.
on terminal, command:
adb push yourFile.xml \C:\Users\yourUN\.android\avd\Pixel_4_API_29.avd\mnt\sdcard
Pixel_4_API_29 is the emulator name , choose the device you are using on emulator