# ReactiveCircus/android-emulator-runner

A GitHub Action for installing, configuring and running hardware-accelerated Android Emulators on macOS virtual machines.

Repository: https://github.com/ReactiveCircus/android-emulator-runner
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/android-emulator-runner
Language: TypeScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android-emulators, github-actions, testing, ci
Last push: 2026-08-26T09:02:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 68, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2493, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 59, "gap_med": 124, "n_releases_24m": 6}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1277, forks 256 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:13.203273+00:00)

## What it is
A GitHub Action that installs, configures, and runs hardware-accelerated Android Emulators on GitHub Actions Linux and macOS virtual machines. It simplifies running Android instrumented and UI tests in CI by handling emulator setup, KVM/Hypervisor acceleration, and script execution.

## Use cases
- run android instrumented tests on github actions
- set up an android emulator in a ci workflow
- run espresso ui tests in ci
- configure a hardware-accelerated emulator on ubuntu runners
- automate android emulator testing in pull request pipelines
- run connected android tests without a physical device

## When to choose
- you run Android instrumented or UI tests on GitHub Actions
- you need hardware-accelerated emulators on hosted Linux or macOS runners
- you want a maintained, configurable action instead of hand-rolled emulator setup scripts

## When to avoid
- your CI provider does not support nested virtualization or KVM
- you need emulators on Windows runners or non-GitHub CI systems
- you only need Robolectric or JVM-based tests that don't require an emulator

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: testing, e2e-testing, ci-cd, developer-tools
- domain: mobile-development, testing, android-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: github-actions, android-emulator, android, instrumented-tests, kvm, ci-runners, devops, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- ReactiveCircus/android-emulator-runner (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.203273+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 2026-08-30T05:02:48.620549+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ReactiveCircus/android-emulator-runner (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.203273+00:00, sha 7f8e6002de20)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.