Android Emulator Launcher

Quickly list and launch Android and iOS emulators from the VS Code status bar, no matter what project you have open.

Features

• Global Availability: Shows a "📱 Run Emulator" button in your status bar at all times.
• Auto-Discovery: Automatically finds your configured Android/iOS emulators using Flutter's underlying tools.
• Quick Launch: Click to see a dropdown of all installed devices and hit Enter to boot.

Extension Settings

You can customize how the extension finds your emulators. By default, it tries flutter first, and if not found, falls back to native SDK tools.

• emulatorLauncher.sdkStrategy: How the extension looks for emulators.
  • auto (default): Tries Flutter first, then native Android SDK and Xcode iOS tools.
  • flutter: Only uses Flutter CLI.
  • android-sdk: Only uses native Android SDK tools.
  • ios-xcrun: Only uses native Xcode iOS simulators.
• emulatorLauncher.flutterPath: Set the absolute path to your Flutter executable if it's not in PATH.
• emulatorLauncher.androidSdkEmulatorPath: Custom path to the native emulator binary if auto cannot find your Android SDK installation.

Requirements

• Usually none! The plugin attempts to automatically find tools based on your OS.
• For Flutter integration: flutter must be installed.
• For Native Android: Android SDK must be installed (e.g., via Android Studio).
• For Native iOS: macOS with Xcode installed.