Installing an apk on android emulator on Mac OS

Question

I tried following these steps(from here):

go to sdk folder, then go to tools.
copy your apk file inside the tool directory
./emulator -avd myEmulator
to run the emulator on mac 
./adb install myApp.apk
to install app on the emulator

But when I run "./emulator -avd phoneEmulator" (phoneEmulator is the name of my emulator) it just displays:

Phil-Knights-MacBook-Pro:tools philiplknight$ ./emulator -avd phoneEmulator
2012-07-30 22:44:33.377 emulator-arm[2859:80b] Warning once: This application, or a
library it uses, is using NSQuickDrawView, which has been deprecated. 
Apps should cease use of QuickDraw and move to Quartz.

It's as if that command is never returning.

If I can't input the 2nd command ./adb install myApp.apk in that window, where do I call it?

Solution 1

1. Open Terminal
2. go to android-sdk-mac\platform-tools
3. type ./adb install myApp.apk

Solution 2

You can work around by:

1. You have a *.apk file with you if you don't have, download it.
2. Open Android Studio and Run the emulator.
3. Open the finder and go to the location which contains your *.apk file.
4. Drag that *.apk and drop into the emulator and it will ask for confirmation after your confirmation it will install the *.apk in the emulator.
5. You can find it in application menu once installation succeeds.

Solution 3

First of all, you SHOULD NOT copy APKs to the tools or any other SDK directory. Do not cd to the SDK directories, just add them to the PATH environment var or use their absolute path in command lines. Then, if you want to run the emulator and then execute command from the same terminal, send the process to background (&):

$ export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/sdk/tools:path/to/sdk/platform-tools
$ emulator -avd myEmulator &
$ adb install /path/to/my.apk

Solution 4

You can work around by:

1. Upload yourapp.apk to internet. I.e: yourhost.com/yourapp.apk
2. Run emulator
3. Open internet browser on your emulator, visit link yourhost.com/yourapp.apk
4. Download and install

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Comments

[TruthOf42]

When I do this ("./adb install BarcodeScanner4.2.apk") I get "-bash: ./adb: No such file or directory". Any ideas?

[TheSteve]

Did you cd to the location of adb? That message means that bash can't find "./adb"

[Chris Stratton]

Yes - rather surprising that no one made these points earlier.

[Petroff]

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[Vito Valov]

Now it's fixed @Petroff

[devluv]

This is the best answer.

[Vikrant Bhat]

This answer should be at the top