# google/android-emulator-container-scripts

This is a set of minimal scripts to run the emulator in a container for various systems such as Docker, for external consumption

Repository: https://github.com/google/android-emulator-container-scripts
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android-emulator-container-scripts
Language: Python
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-07-24T20:19:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 94, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2576, "days_push": 40, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2073, forks 292 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:10.591943+00:00)

## What it is
A set of Python scripts from Google for running the Android emulator inside Docker containers, with pre-built images hosted on Google Artifact Registry. It enables headless Android emulator instances accessible via ADB for testing and automation on Linux hosts with KVM.

## Use cases
- run android emulator in docker container
- headless android emulator for ci testing
- connect adb to containerized emulator
- spin up android emulator on cloud vm
- automate android testing with docker

## When to choose
- you need reproducible Android emulator environments in Docker on Linux
- you want to run emulators on cloud VMs with nested virtualization
- you need headless emulators for automated testing pipelines

## When to avoid
- you develop on macOS or Windows with Docker Desktop (KVM acceleration unsupported)
- you need a graphical emulator experience on your local machine
- you require a fully stable, production-hardened tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: experimental
- function: container-runtime, developer-tools, cli, simulation
- domain: developer-tools, mobile-development, testing, android-tools
- platform: python, cli
- tags: android-emulator, docker, kvm, adb, containerized-testing, containers, linux

## Member repositories
- google/android-emulator-container-scripts (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:10.591943+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:56:29.830552+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/google/android-emulator-container-scripts (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:10.591943+00:00, sha bdc0ab7248ad)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.