AVD Pilot

AVD Pilot is a Flutter macOS desktop app for managing Android Emulator AVDs.

Features

• List AVDs with clear state indicators (running, booting, stopped)
• Launch, stop, cold boot, and cold restart emulators
• Create, rename, delete, and wipe AVDs
• Edit emulator config from a curated Overview tab or raw key/value editor
• Live logcat console with pause/resume and auto-follow
• Build and package a distributable DMG installer

Prerequisites

• Flutter stable with macOS desktop support enabled
• Android SDK with the following tools installed:
  • emulator
  • adb
  • avdmanager
  • sdkmanager

Default macOS SDK path: ~/Library/Android/sdk.

Local development

flutter pub get
flutter run -d macos

Quality checks

flutter analyze
flutter test

Build release app

flutter build macos --release

Project notes

• SDK path resolution order:
  1. User override (saved in app settings)
  2. ANDROID_SDK_ROOT
  3. ANDROID_HOME
  4. ~/Library/Android/sdk
• Tool invocations use absolute executable paths (no $PATH dependency).
• macOS sandbox entitlement is disabled so the app can execute Android SDK tools outside the app bundle.

Distribution notes

• Current release artifacts are unsigned and not notarized.
• Use the published SHA256 checksum to verify downloaded DMGs.