How to install APK file in Android SDK Emulator

adb install command installs the application in emulator. Following are the options available with adb install command

adb install [-l] [-r] [-s] - push this package file to the device and install it
('-l' means forward-lock the app)
('-r' means reinstall the app, keeping its data)
('-s' means install on SD card instead of internal storage)

Now to install in Windows Machine proceed with following steps.

Install Android SDK

1. Start your Emulator. (Mostly in C:\adt\sdk\tools\emulator.exe)
2. Start Command Prompt (Windows + R type cmd )
3. Go to your platform-tools directory e.g. cd C:\adt\sdk\platform-tools
4. Paste the APK file in the ‘android-sdk\platform-tools’ folder

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5. Run following command.

adb install [apk file name]

Example

adb -e install -r yourapp.apk

Linux :

1. Open Terminal
2. Go to the platform-tools folder
   cd /home/android-sdk/platform-tools
3. install apk from follwing command

./adb install [apk file name]

Example

./adb install yourapp.apk

Mac:

• PATH=$PATH:”adb location”
• Example : PATH=$PATH:/users/jorgesys/eclipse/android-sdk-mac_64/tools
• Then run adb.
• in every machine you’ll get output as

1056 KB/s (328795 bytes in 0.302s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/yourapp.apk
Success

While from eclipse you can directly run with emulator which will ultimately install application in your emulator.