Uses a default --config value from android-info.txt.
Also starts writing this value to android-info.txt for each main form
factor with a lunch target: phone, tv, and auto.
Test: launch_cvd, observe phone form factor
Test: Edit shared/phone/android-info.txt to say `config=tablet`,
launch_cvd, observe tablet form factor
Test: launch_cvd --config foldable, observe foldable form factor
Test: build for aosp_cf_x86_tv-userdebug, launch_cvd
Observe TV form factor
Test: build for aosp_cf_x86_64_auto-userdebug, launch_cvd
Observe auto form factor
Bug: 178137761
Change-Id: I7a02c550a94e63f6d09089114687275ad92e70e1
Make sure virtualization with KVM is available.
grep -c -w "vmx\|svm" /proc/cpuinfo
This should return a non-zero value. If running on a cloud machine, this may take cloud-vendor-specific steps to enable. For Google Compute Engine specifically, see the GCE guide.
Download, build, and install the host debian package:
git clone https://github.com/google/android-cuttlefish cd android-cuttlefish debuild -i -us -uc -b sudo dpkg -i ../cuttlefish-common_*_amd64.deb || sudo apt-get install -f sudo reboot
The reboot will trigger installing additional kernel modules and applying udev rules.
Go to http://ci.android.com/
Enter a branch name. Start with aosp-master if you don‘t know what you’re looking for
Navigate to aosp_cf_x86_phone and click on userdebug for the latest build
Click on Artifacts
Scroll down to the OTA images. These packages look like aosp_cf_x86_phone-img-xxxxxx.zip -- it will always have img in the name. Download this file
Scroll down to cvd-host_package.tar.gz. You should always download a host package from the same build as your images.
On your local system, combine the packages:
mkdir cf cd cf tar xvf /path/to/cvd-host_package.tar.gz unzip /path/to/aosp_cf_x86_phone-img-xxxxxx.zip
Launch cuttlefish with:
$ HOME=$PWD ./bin/launch_cvd
$ HOME=$PWD ./bin/stop_cvd
You can use adb to debug it, just like a physical device:
$ ./bin/adb -e shell
You can use the TightVNC JViewer. Once you have downloaded the TightVNC Java Viewer JAR in a ZIP archive, run it with
$ java -jar tightvnc-jviewer.jar -ScalingFactor=50 -Tunneling=no -host=localhost -port=6444
Click “Connect” and you should see a lock screen!