Android on Docker

Building the SDK image on any UNIX.

Requirements:

• Docker installed
  
• Java installed

Step 1 - Clone the repo

git clone https://github.com/yanivsetton/android-docker.git
cd android-docker

Step 2 - Update the Android version

cd sdk/tools/bin/
./sdkmanager "platform-tools" "platforms;android-<api_level>" "emulator"

Example:
sdkmanager "system-images;android-25;google_apis;armeabi-v7a" " "system-images;android-24;google_apis;armeabi-v7a"

# Please check sdkmanager --list to get the full options.

Step 3 - Creating the emulator

# To create emulator in the path "android-docker/sdk/tools/bin"
echo "no" | avdmanager create avd -n test -k "system-images;android-25;google_apis;armeabi-v7a"
# Change the name "test" to feet your needs.

Step 4 - Building the docker image

# navigate to the root path of the repository (android-docker)
docker build -t="yanivsetton/android-ready-sdk-vnc:latest" . # Change the name to feet your needs.

Step 5 - Running the image

docker run -d --name android-emulator -p 5901:5901 -p 2222:22 yanivsetton/android-ready-sdk-vnc:latest:latest

# You can ADB on port 5037, SSH on port 2222, remote VNC on port 5901 or EXEC: docker exec -it android-emulator bash
# Inside the container you will already have the downloaded sdk veresion and licence accepted 
# you will have to create avd emulator with the downloaded image of the sdk
# and run the emulator.

# To run the emulator:
emulator64-arm -avd test -noaudio -no-boot-anim -accel on -gpu swiftshader_indirect &

# Please note that there is mant kinds of emulator to feet different architectures so use on depend your arch is.
# Please pay attention to the -avd "test" and replace with the relevant name.

Using VNC

To use VNC open any VNC client and connect to the IP:5901
The password for full remote privileges is: android
The password for view only is: docker

You can change the passwords in the vncpass.sh file

Using volume

Instead building image for any SDK version you can build the image without updating any SDK version.
In your HOST cd to android-docker/tools/bin
and update the required SDK versions using sdkmanager "platform-tools" "platforms;android-<api_level>" "emulator" (see step 2)
to use the volume add the following:

-v android-docker/sdk/:/opt/android-sdk/
so the finall command should be like:
docker run -d --name android-emulator -p 5901:5901 -p 2222:22 -v android-docker/sdk/:/opt/android-sdk/ yanivsetton/android-ready-sdk-vnc:latest:latest