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1 #include "android/help.h"
2 #include "android/cmdline-option.h"
3 #include "android/utils/path.h"
4 #include "android/utils/bufprint.h"
5 #include "android/utils/debug.h"
6 #include "android/utils/misc.h"
7 #include "android/skin/keyset.h"
8 #include "android/android.h"
9 #include <stdint.h>
10 #include "audio/audio.h"
11 #include <string.h>
12 #include <stdlib.h>
13 #include "android/protocol/core-commands-api.h"
14 
15 /* XXX: TODO: put most of the help stuff in auto-generated files */
16 
17 #define  PRINTF(...)  stralloc_add_format(out,__VA_ARGS__)
18 
19 static void
help_virtual_device(stralloc_t * out)20 help_virtual_device( stralloc_t*  out )
21 {
22     PRINTF(
23     "  An Android Virtual Device (AVD) models a single virtual\n"
24     "  device running the Android platform that has, at least, its own\n"
25     "  kernel, system image and data partition.\n\n"
26 
27     "  Only one emulator process can run a given AVD at a time, but\n"
28     "  you can create several AVDs and run them concurrently.\n\n"
29 
30     "  You can invoke a given AVD at startup using either '-avd <name>'\n"
31     "  or '@<name>', both forms being equivalent. For example, to launch\n"
32     "  the AVD named 'foo', type:\n\n"
33 
34     "      emulator @foo\n\n"
35 
36     "  The 'android' helper tool can be used to manage virtual devices.\n"
37     "  For example:\n\n"
38 
39     "    android create avd -n <name> -t 1  # creates a new virtual device.\n"
40     "    android list avd                   # list all virtual devices available.\n\n"
41 
42     "  Try 'android --help' for more commands.\n\n"
43 
44     "  Each AVD really corresponds to a content directory which stores\n"
45     "  persistent and writable disk images as well as configuration files.\n"
46 
47     "  Each AVD must be created against an existing SDK platform or add-on.\n"
48     "  For more information on this topic, see -help-sdk-images.\n\n"
49 
50     "  SPECIAL NOTE: in the case where you are *not* using the emulator\n"
51     "  with the Android SDK, but with the Android build system, you will\n"
52     "  need to define the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT variable in your environment.\n"
53     "  See -help-build-images for the details.\n"
54     );
55 }
56 
57 
58 static void
help_sdk_images(stralloc_t * out)59 help_sdk_images( stralloc_t*  out )
60 {
61     PRINTF(
62     "  The Android SDK now supports multiple versions of the Android platform.\n"
63     "  Each SDK 'platform' corresponds to:\n\n"
64 
65     "    - a given version of the Android API.\n"
66     "    - a set of corresponding system image files.\n"
67     "    - build and configuration properties.\n"
68     "    - an android.jar file used when building your application.\n"
69     "    - skins.\n\n"
70 
71     "  The Android SDK also supports the concept of 'add-ons'. Each add-on is\n"
72     "  based on an existing platform, and provides replacement or additional\n"
73     "  image files, android.jar, hardware configuration options and/or skins.\n\n"
74 
75     "  The purpose of add-ons is to allow vendors to provide their own customized\n"
76     "  system images and APIs without needing to package a complete SDK.\n\n"
77 
78     "  Before using the SDK, you need to create an Android Virtual Device (AVD)\n"
79     "  (see -help-virtual-device for details). Each AVD is created in reference\n"
80     "  to a given SDK platform *or* add-on, and will search the corresponding\n"
81     "  directories for system image files, in the following order:\n\n"
82 
83     "    - in the AVD's content directory.\n"
84     "    - in the AVD's SDK add-on directory, if any.\n"
85     "    - in the AVD's SDK platform directory, if any.\n\n"
86 
87     "  The image files are documented in -help-disk-images. By default, an AVD\n"
88     "  content directory will contain the following persistent image files:\n\n"
89 
90     "     userdata-qemu.img     - the /data partition image file\n"
91     "     cache.img             - the /cache partition image file\n\n"
92 
93     "  You can use -wipe-data to re-initialize the /data partition to its factory\n"
94     "  defaults. This will erase all user settings for the virtual device.\n\n"
95     );
96 }
97 
98 static void
help_build_images(stralloc_t * out)99 help_build_images( stralloc_t*  out )
100 {
101     PRINTF(
102     "  The emulator detects that you are working from the Android build system\n"
103     "  by looking at the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT variable in your environment.\n\n"
104 
105     "  If it is defined, it should point to the product-specific directory that\n"
106     "  contains the generated system images.\n"
107 
108     "  In this case, the emulator will look by default for the following image\n"
109     "  files there:\n\n"
110 
111     "    - system.img   : the *initial* system image.\n"
112     "    - ramdisk.img  : the ramdisk image used to boot the system.\n"
113     "    - userdata.img : the *initial* user data image (see below).\n"
114     "    - kernel-qemu  : the emulator-specific Linux kernel image.\n\n"
115 
116     "  If the kernel image is not found in the out directory, then it is searched\n"
117     "  in <build-root>/prebuilts/qemu-kernel/.\n\n"
118 
119     "  Skins will be looked in <build-root>/development/tools/emulator/skins/\n\n"
120 
121     "  You can use the -sysdir, -system, -kernel, -ramdisk, -datadir, -data options\n"
122     "  to specify different search directories or specific image files. You can\n"
123     "  also use the -cache and -sdcard options to indicate specific cache partition\n"
124     "  and SD Card image files.\n\n"
125 
126     "  For more details, see the corresponding -help-<option> section.\n\n"
127 
128     "  Note that the following behaviour is specific to 'build mode':\n\n"
129 
130     "  - the *initial* system image is copied to a temporary file which is\n"
131     "    automatically removed when the emulator exits. There is thus no way to\n"
132     "    make persistent changes to this image through the emulator, even if\n"
133     "    you use the '-image <file>' option.\n\n"
134 
135     "  - unless you use the '-cache <file>' option, the cache partition image\n"
136     "    is backed by a temporary file that is initially empty and destroyed on\n"
137     "    program exit.\n\n"
138 
139     "  SPECIAL NOTE: If you are using the emulator with the Android SDK, the\n"
140     "  information above doesn't apply. See -help-sdk-images for more details.\n"
141     );
142 }
143 
144 static void
help_disk_images(stralloc_t * out)145 help_disk_images( stralloc_t*  out )
146 {
147     char  datadir[256];
148 
149     bufprint_config_path( datadir, datadir + sizeof(datadir) );
150 
151     PRINTF(
152     "  The emulator needs several key image files to run appropriately.\n"
153     "  Their exact location depends on whether you're using the emulator\n"
154     "  from the Android SDK, or not (more details below).\n\n"
155 
156     "  The minimal required image files are the following:\n\n"
157 
158     "    kernel-qemu      the emulator-specific Linux kernel image\n"
159     "    ramdisk.img      the ramdisk image used to boot the system\n"
160     "    system.img       the *initial* system image\n"
161     "    userdata.img     the *initial* data partition image\n\n"
162 
163     "  It will also use the following writable image files:\n\n"
164 
165     "    userdata-qemu.img  the persistent data partition image\n"
166     "    system-qemu.img    an *optional* persistent system image\n"
167     "    cache.img          an *optional* cache partition image\n"
168     "    sdcard.img         an *optional* SD Card partition image\n\n"
169     "    snapshots.img      an *optional* state snapshots image\n\n"
170 
171     "  If you use a virtual device, its content directory should store\n"
172     "  all writable images, and read-only ones will be found from the\n"
173     "  corresponding platform/add-on directories. See -help-sdk-images\n"
174     "  for more details.\n\n"
175 
176     "  If you are building from the Android build system, you should\n"
177     "  have ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT defined in your environment, and the\n"
178     "  emulator shall be able to pick-up the right image files automatically.\n"
179     "  See -help-build-images for more details.\n\n"
180 
181     "  If you're neither using the SDK or the Android build system, you\n"
182     "  can still run the emulator by explicitely providing the paths to\n"
183     "  *all* required disk images through a combination of the following\n"
184     "  options: -sysdir, -datadir, -kernel, -ramdisk, -system, -data, -cache\n"
185     "  -sdcard and -snapstorage.\n\n"
186 
187     "  The actual logic being that the emulator should be able to find all\n"
188     "  images from the options you give it.\n\n"
189 
190     "  For more detail, see the corresponding -help-<option> entry.\n\n"
191 
192     "  Other related options are:\n\n"
193 
194     "      -init-data       Specify an alternative *initial* user data image\n\n"
195 
196     "      -wipe-data       Copy the content of the *initial* user data image\n"
197 "                           (userdata.img) into the writable one (userdata-qemu.img)\n\n"
198 
199     "      -no-cache        do not use a cache partition, even if one is\n"
200     "                       available.\n\n"
201 
202     "      -no-snapstorage  do not use a state snapshot image, even if one is\n"
203     "                       available.\n\n"
204     ,
205     datadir );
206 }
207 
208 static void
help_keys(stralloc_t * out)209 help_keys(stralloc_t*  out)
210 {
211     int  pass, maxw = 0;
212 
213     stralloc_add_str( out, "  When running the emulator, use the following keypresses:\n\n");
214 
215     if (!android_keyset)
216         android_keyset = skin_keyset_new_from_text( skin_keyset_get_default() );
217 
218     for (pass = 0; pass < 2; pass++) {
219         SkinKeyCommand  cmd;
220 
221         for (cmd = SKIN_KEY_COMMAND_NONE+1; cmd < SKIN_KEY_COMMAND_MAX; cmd++)
222         {
223             SkinKeyBinding  bindings[ SKIN_KEY_COMMAND_MAX_BINDINGS ];
224             int             n, count, len;
225             char            temp[32], *p = temp, *end = p + sizeof(temp);
226 
227             count = skin_keyset_get_bindings( android_keyset, cmd, bindings );
228             if (count <= 0)
229                 continue;
230 
231             for (n = 0; n < count; n++) {
232                 p = bufprint(p, end, "%s%s", (n == 0) ? "" : ", ",
233                             skin_key_symmod_to_str( bindings[n].sym, bindings[n].mod ) );
234             }
235 
236             if (pass == 0) {
237                 len = strlen(temp);
238                 if (len > maxw)
239                     maxw = len;
240             } else {
241                 PRINTF( "    %-*s  %s\n", maxw, temp, skin_key_command_description(cmd) );
242             }
243         }
244     }
245     PRINTF( "\n" );
246     PRINTF( "  note that NumLock must be deactivated for keypad keys to work\n\n" );
247 }
248 
249 
250 static void
help_environment(stralloc_t * out)251 help_environment(stralloc_t*  out)
252 {
253     PRINTF(
254     "  The Android emulator looks at various environment variables when it starts:\n\n"
255 
256     "  If ANDROID_LOG_TAGS is defined, it will be used as in '-logcat <tags>'.\n\n"
257 
258     "  If 'http_proxy' is defined, it will be used as in '-http-proxy <proxy>'.\n\n"
259 
260     "  If ANDROID_VERBOSE is defined, it can contain a comma-separated list of\n"
261     "  verbose items. for example:\n\n"
262 
263     "      ANDROID_VERBOSE=socket,radio\n\n"
264 
265     "  is equivalent to using the '-verbose -verbose-socket -verbose-radio'\n"
266     "  options together. unsupported items will be ignored.\n\n"
267 
268     "  If ANDROID_LOG_TAGS is defined, it will be used as in '-logcat <tags>'.\n\n"
269 
270     "  If ANDROID_SDK_HOME is defined, it indicates the path of the '.android'\n"
271     "  directory which contains the SDK user data (Android Virtual Devices,\n"
272     "  DDMS preferences, key stores, etc.).\n\n"
273 
274     "  If ANDROID_SDK_ROOT is defined, it indicates the path of the SDK\n"
275     "  installation directory.\n\n"
276 
277     );
278 }
279 
280 
281 static void
help_keyset_file(stralloc_t * out)282 help_keyset_file(stralloc_t*  out)
283 {
284     int           n, count;
285     const char**  strings;
286     char          temp[MAX_PATH];
287 
288     PRINTF(
289     "  on startup, the emulator looks for 'keyset' file that contains the\n"
290     "  configuration of key-bindings to use. the default location on this\n"
291     "  system is:\n\n"
292     );
293 
294     bufprint_config_file( temp, temp+sizeof(temp), KEYSET_FILE );
295     PRINTF( "    %s\n\n", temp );
296 
297     PRINTF(
298     "  if the file doesn't exist, the emulator writes one containing factory\n"
299     "  defaults. you are then free to modify it to suit specific needs.\n\n"
300     "  this file shall contain a list of text lines in the following format:\n\n"
301 
302     "    <command> [<modifiers>]<key>\n\n"
303 
304     "  where <command> is an emulator-specific command name, i.e. one of:\n\n"
305     );
306 
307     count   = SKIN_KEY_COMMAND_MAX-1;
308     strings = calloc( count, sizeof(char*) );
309     for (n = 0; n < count; n++)
310         strings[n] = skin_key_command_to_str(n+1);
311 
312     stralloc_tabular( out, strings, count, "    ", 80-8 );
313     free(strings);
314 
315     PRINTF(
316     "\n"
317     "  <modifers> is an optional list of <modifier> elements (without separators)\n"
318     "  which can be one of:\n\n"
319 
320     "    Ctrl-     Left Control Key\n"
321     "    Shift-    Left Shift Key\n"
322     "    Alt-      Left Alt key\n"
323     "    RCtrl-    Right Control Key\n"
324     "    RShift-   Right Shift Key\n"
325     "    RAlt-     Right Alt key (a.k.a AltGr)\n"
326     "\n"
327     "  finally <key> is a QWERTY-specific keyboard symbol which can be one of:\n\n"
328     );
329     count   = skin_keysym_str_count();
330     strings = calloc( count, sizeof(char*) );
331     for (n = 0; n < count; n++)
332         strings[n] = skin_keysym_str(n);
333 
334     stralloc_tabular( out, strings, count, "    ", 80-8 );
335     free(strings);
336 
337     PRINTF(
338     "\n"
339     "  case is not significant, and a single command can be associated to up\n"
340     "  to %d different keys. to bind a command to multiple keys, use commas to\n"
341     "  separate them. here are some examples:\n\n",
342     SKIN_KEY_COMMAND_MAX_BINDINGS );
343 
344     PRINTF(
345     "    TOGGLE_NETWORK      F8                # toggle the network on/off\n"
346     "    CHANGE_LAYOUT_PREV  Keypad_7,Ctrl-J   # switch to a previous skin layout\n"
347     "\n"
348     );
349 }
350 
351 
352 static void
help_debug_tags(stralloc_t * out)353 help_debug_tags(stralloc_t*  out)
354 {
355     int  n;
356 
357 #define  _VERBOSE_TAG(x,y)   { #x, VERBOSE_##x, y },
358     static const struct { const char*  name; int  flag; const char*  text; }
359     verbose_options[] = {
360         VERBOSE_TAG_LIST
361         { 0, 0, 0 }
362     };
363 #undef _VERBOSE_TAG
364 
365     PRINTF(
366     "  the '-debug <tags>' option can be used to enable or disable debug\n"
367     "  messages from specific parts of the emulator. <tags> must be a list\n"
368     "  (separated by space/comma/column) of <component> names, which can be one of:\n\n"
369     );
370 
371     for (n = 0; n < VERBOSE_MAX; n++)
372         PRINTF( "    %-12s    %s\n", verbose_options[n].name, verbose_options[n].text );
373     PRINTF( "    %-12s    %s\n", "all", "all components together\n" );
374 
375     PRINTF(
376     "\n"
377     "  each <component> can be prefixed with a single '-' to indicate the disabling\n"
378     "  of its debug messages. for example:\n\n"
379 
380     "    -debug all,-socket,-keys\n\n"
381 
382     "  enables all debug messages, except the ones related to network sockets\n"
383     "  and key bindings/presses\n\n"
384     );
385 }
386 
387 static void
help_char_devices(stralloc_t * out)388 help_char_devices(stralloc_t*  out)
389 {
390     PRINTF(
391     "  various emulation options take a <device> specification that can be used to\n"
392     "  specify something to hook to an emulated device or communication channel.\n"
393     "  here is the list of supported <device> specifications:\n\n"
394 
395     "      stdio\n"
396     "          standard input/output. this may be subject to character\n"
397     "          translation (e.g. LN <=> CR/LF)\n\n"
398 
399     "      COM<n>   [Windows only]\n"
400     "          where <n> is a digit. host serial communication port.\n\n"
401 
402     "      pipe:<filename>\n"
403     "          named pipe <filename>\n\n"
404 
405     "      file:<filename>\n"
406     "          write output to <filename>, no input can be read\n\n"
407 
408     "      pty  [Linux only]\n"
409     "          pseudo TTY (a new PTY is automatically allocated)\n\n"
410 
411     "      /dev/<file>  [Unix only]\n"
412     "          host char device file, e.g. /dev/ttyS0. may require root access\n\n"
413 
414     "      /dev/parport<N>  [Linux only]\n"
415     "          use host parallel port. may require root access\n\n"
416 
417     "      unix:<path>[,server][,nowait]]     [Unix only]\n"
418     "          use a Unix domain socket. if you use the 'server' option, then\n"
419     "          the emulator will create the socket and wait for a client to\n"
420     "          connect before continuing, unless you also use 'nowait'\n\n"
421 
422     "      tcp:[<host>]:<port>[,server][,nowait][,nodelay]\n"
423     "          use a TCP socket. 'host' is set to localhost by default. if you\n"
424     "          use the 'server' option will bind the port and wait for a client\n"
425     "          to connect before continuing, unless you also use 'nowait'. the\n"
426     "          'nodelay' option disables the TCP Nagle algorithm\n\n"
427 
428     "      telnet:[<host>]:<port>[,server][,nowait][,nodelay]\n"
429     "          similar to 'tcp:' but uses the telnet protocol instead of raw TCP\n\n"
430 
431     "      udp:[<remote_host>]:<remote_port>[@[<src_ip>]:<src_port>]\n"
432     "          send output to a remote UDP server. if 'remote_host' is no\n"
433     "          specified it will default to '0.0.0.0'. you can also receive input\n"
434     "          through UDP by specifying a source address after the optional '@'.\n\n"
435 
436     "      fdpair:<fd1>,<fd2>  [Unix only]\n"
437     "          redirection input and output to a pair of pre-opened file\n"
438     "          descriptors. this is mostly useful for scripts and other\n"
439     "          programmatic launches of the emulator.\n\n"
440 
441     "      none\n"
442     "          no device connected\n\n"
443 
444     "      null\n"
445     "          the null device (a.k.a /dev/null on Unix, or NUL on Win32)\n\n"
446 
447     "  NOTE: these correspond to the <device> parameter of the QEMU -serial option\n"
448     "        as described on http://bellard.org/qemu/qemu-doc.html#SEC10\n\n"
449     );
450 }
451 
452 static void
help_avd(stralloc_t * out)453 help_avd(stralloc_t*  out)
454 {
455     PRINTF(
456     "  use '-avd <name>' to start the emulator program with a given Android\n"
457     "  Virtual Device (a.k.a. AVD), where <name> must correspond to the name\n"
458     "  of one of the existing AVDs available on your host machine.\n\n"
459 
460       "See -help-virtual-device to learn how to create/list/manage AVDs.\n\n"
461 
462     "  As a special convenience, using '@<name>' is equivalent to using\n"
463     "  '-avd <name>'.\n\n"
464     );
465 }
466 
467 static void
help_sysdir(stralloc_t * out)468 help_sysdir(stralloc_t*  out)
469 {
470     char   systemdir[MAX_PATH];
471     char   *p = systemdir, *end = p + sizeof(systemdir);
472 
473     p = bufprint_app_dir( p, end );
474     p = bufprint( p, end, PATH_SEP "lib" PATH_SEP "images" );
475 
476     PRINTF(
477     "  use '-sysdir <dir>' to specify a directory where system read-only\n"
478     "  image files will be searched. on this system, the default directory is:\n\n"
479     "      %s\n\n", systemdir );
480 
481     PRINTF(
482     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n" );
483 }
484 
485 static void
help_datadir(stralloc_t * out)486 help_datadir(stralloc_t*  out)
487 {
488     char  datadir[MAX_PATH];
489 
490     bufprint_config_path(datadir, datadir + sizeof(datadir));
491 
492     PRINTF(
493     "  use '-datadir <dir>' to specify a directory where writable image files\n"
494     "  will be searched. on this system, the default directory is:\n\n"
495     "      %s\n\n", datadir );
496 
497     PRINTF(
498     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n" );
499 }
500 
501 static void
help_kernel(stralloc_t * out)502 help_kernel(stralloc_t*  out)
503 {
504     PRINTF(
505     "  use '-kernel <file>' to specify a Linux kernel image to be run.\n"
506     "  the default image is 'kernel-qemu' from the system directory.\n\n"
507 
508     "  you can use '-debug-kernel' to see debug messages from the kernel\n"
509     "  to the terminal\n\n"
510 
511     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
512     );
513 }
514 
515 static void
help_ramdisk(stralloc_t * out)516 help_ramdisk(stralloc_t*  out)
517 {
518     PRINTF(
519     "  use '-ramdisk <file>' to specify a Linux ramdisk boot image to be run in\n"
520     "  the emulator. the default image is 'ramdisk.img' from the system directory.\n\n"
521 
522     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
523     );
524 }
525 
526 static void
help_system(stralloc_t * out)527 help_system(stralloc_t*  out)
528 {
529     PRINTF(
530     "  use '-system <file>' to specify the intial system image that will be loaded.\n"
531     "  the default image is 'system.img' from the system directory.\n\n"
532 
533     "  NOTE: In previous releases of the Android SDK, this option was named '-image'.\n"
534     "        And using '-system <path>' was equivalent to using '-sysdir <path>' now.\n\n"
535 
536     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
537     );
538 }
539 
540 static void
help_image(stralloc_t * out)541 help_image(stralloc_t*  out)
542 {
543     PRINTF(
544     "  This option is obsolete, you should use '-system <file>' instead to point\n"
545     "  to the initial system image.\n\n"
546 
547     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
548     );
549 }
550 
551 static void
help_data(stralloc_t * out)552 help_data(stralloc_t*  out)
553 {
554     PRINTF(
555     "  use '-data <file>' to specify a different /data partition image file.\n\n"
556 
557     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
558     );
559 }
560 
561 static void
help_wipe_data(stralloc_t * out)562 help_wipe_data(stralloc_t*  out)
563 {
564     PRINTF(
565     "  use '-wipe-data' to reset your /data partition image to its factory\n"
566     "  defaults. this removes all installed applications and settings.\n\n"
567 
568     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
569     );
570 }
571 
572 static void
help_cache(stralloc_t * out)573 help_cache(stralloc_t*  out)
574 {
575     PRINTF(
576     "  use '-cache <file>' to specify a /cache partition image. if <file> does\n"
577     "  not exist, it will be created empty. by default, the cache partition is\n"
578     "  backed by a temporary file that is deleted when the emulator exits.\n"
579     "  using the -cache option allows it to be persistent.\n\n"
580 
581     "  the '-no-cache' option can be used to disable the cache partition.\n\n"
582 
583     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
584     );
585 }
586 
587 static void
help_no_cache(stralloc_t * out)588 help_no_cache(stralloc_t*  out)
589 {
590     PRINTF(
591     "  use '-no-cache' to disable the cache partition in the emulated system.\n"
592     "  the cache partition is optional, but when available, is used by the browser\n"
593     "  to cache web pages and images\n\n"
594 
595     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
596     );
597 }
598 
599 static void
help_sdcard(stralloc_t * out)600 help_sdcard(stralloc_t*  out)
601 {
602     PRINTF(
603     "  use '-sdcard <file>' to specify a SD Card image file that will be attached\n"
604     "  to the emulator. By default, the 'sdcard.img' file is searched in the data\n"
605     "  directory.\n\n"
606 
607     "  if the file does not exist, the emulator will still start, but without an\n"
608     "  attached SD Card.\n\n"
609 
610     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
611     );
612 }
613 
614 static void
help_snapstorage(stralloc_t * out)615 help_snapstorage(stralloc_t*  out)
616 {
617     PRINTF(
618     "  Use '-snapstorage <file>' to specify a repository file for snapshots.\n"
619     "  All snapshots made during execution will be saved in this file, and only\n"
620     "  snapshots in this file can be restored during the emulator run.\n\n"
621 
622     "  If the option is not specified, it defaults to 'snapshots.img' in the\n"
623     "  data directory. If the specified file does not exist, the emulator will\n"
624     "  start, but without support for saving or loading state snapshots.\n\n"
625 
626     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n"
627     "  see '-help-snapshot' for more information about snapshots\n\n"
628     );
629 }
630 
631 static void
help_no_snapstorage(stralloc_t * out)632 help_no_snapstorage(stralloc_t*  out)
633 {
634     PRINTF(
635     "  This starts the emulator without mounting a file to store or load state\n"
636     "  snapshots, forcing a full boot and disabling state snapshot functionality.\n\n"
637     ""
638     "  This command overrides the configuration specified by the parameters\n"
639     "  '-snapstorage' and '-snapshot'. A warning will be raised if either\n"
640     "  of those parameters was specified anyway.\n\n"
641      );
642  }
643 
644 static void
help_snapshot(stralloc_t * out)645 help_snapshot(stralloc_t*  out)
646 {
647     PRINTF(
648     "  Rather than executing a full boot sequence, the Android emulator can\n"
649     "  resume execution from an earlier state snapshot (which is usually\n"
650     "  significantly faster). When the parameter '-snapshot <name>' is given,\n"
651     "  the emulator loads the snapshot of that name from the snapshot image,\n"
652     "  and saves it back under the same name on exit.\n\n"
653 
654     "  If the option is not specified, it defaults to 'default-boot'. If the\n"
655     "  specified snapshot does not exist, the emulator will perform a full boot\n"
656     "  sequence instead, but will still save.\n\n"
657 
658     "  WARNING: In the process of loading, all contents of the system, userdata\n"
659     "           and SD card images will be OVERWRITTEN with the contents they\n"
660     "           held when the snapshot was made. Unless saved in a different\n"
661     "           snapshot, any changes since will be lost!\n\n"
662 
663     "  If you want to create a snapshot manually, connect to the emulator console:\n\n"
664 
665     "      telnet localhost <port>\n\n"
666 
667     "  Then execute the command 'avd snapshot save <name>'. See '-help-port' for\n"
668     "  information on obtaining <port>.\n\n"
669     );
670 }
671 
672 static void
help_no_snapshot(stralloc_t * out)673 help_no_snapshot(stralloc_t*  out)
674 {
675     PRINTF(
676     "  This inhibits both the autoload and autosave operations, forcing\n"
677     "  emulator to perform a full boot sequence and losing state on close.\n"
678     "  It overrides the '-snapshot' parameter.\n"
679     "  If '-snapshot' was specified anyway, a warning is raised.\n\n"
680     );
681 }
682 
683 static void
help_no_snapshot_load(stralloc_t * out)684 help_no_snapshot_load(stralloc_t*  out)
685 {
686     PRINTF(
687     "  Prevents the emulator from loading the AVD's state from the snapshot\n"
688     "  storage on start.\n\n"
689     );
690 }
691 
692 static void
help_no_snapshot_save(stralloc_t * out)693 help_no_snapshot_save(stralloc_t*  out)
694 {
695     PRINTF(
696     "  Prevents the emulator from saving the AVD's state to the snapshot\n"
697     "  storage on exit, meaning that all changes will be lost.\n\n"
698     );
699 }
700 
701 static void
help_no_snapshot_update_time(stralloc_t * out)702 help_no_snapshot_update_time(stralloc_t*  out)
703 {
704     PRINTF(
705     "  Prevent the emulator from sending an unsolicited time update\n"
706     "  in response to the first signal strength query after loadvm,\n"
707     "  to avoid a sudden time jump that might upset testing. (Signal\n"
708     "  strength is queried approximately every 15 seconds)\n\n"
709     );
710 }
711 
712 static void
help_snapshot_list(stralloc_t * out)713 help_snapshot_list(stralloc_t*  out)
714 {
715     PRINTF(
716     "  This prints a table of snapshots that are stored in the snapshot storage\n"
717     "  file that the emulator was started with, then exits. Values from the 'ID'\n"
718     "  and 'TAG' columns can be used as arguments for the '-snapshot' parameter.\n\n"
719 
720     "  If '-snapstorage <file>' was specified as well, this command prints a "
721     "  table of the snapshots stored in <file>.\n\n"
722 
723     "  See '-help-snapshot' for more information on snapshots.\n\n"
724     );
725 }
726 
727 static void
help_skindir(stralloc_t * out)728 help_skindir(stralloc_t*  out)
729 {
730     PRINTF(
731     "  use '-skindir <dir>' to specify a directory that will be used to search\n"
732     "  for emulator skins. each skin must be a subdirectory of <dir>. by default\n"
733     "  the emulator will look in the 'skins' sub-directory of the system directory\n\n"
734 
735     "  the '-skin <name>' option is required when -skindir is used.\n"
736     );
737 }
738 
739 static void
help_skin(stralloc_t * out)740 help_skin(stralloc_t*  out)
741 {
742     PRINTF(
743     "  use '-skin <skin>' to specify an emulator skin, each skin corresponds to\n"
744     "  the visual appearance of a given device, including buttons and keyboards,\n"
745     "  and is stored as subdirectory <skin> of the skin root directory\n"
746     "  (see '-help-skindir')\n\n" );
747 
748     PRINTF(
749     "  note that <skin> can also be '<width>x<height>' (e.g. '320x480') to\n"
750     "  specify an exact framebuffer size, without any visual ornaments.\n\n" );
751 }
752 
753 /* default network settings for emulator */
754 #define  DEFAULT_NETSPEED  "full"
755 #define  DEFAULT_NETDELAY  "none"
756 
757 static void
help_shaper(stralloc_t * out)758 help_shaper(stralloc_t*  out)
759 {
760     int  n;
761     NetworkSpeed* android_netspeed;
762     NetworkLatency* android_netdelay;
763     PRINTF(
764     "  the Android emulator supports network throttling, i.e. slower network\n"
765     "  bandwidth as well as higher connection latencies. this is done either through\n"
766     "  skin configuration, or with '-netspeed <speed>' and '-netdelay <delay>'.\n\n"
767 
768     "  the format of -netspeed is one of the following (numbers are kbits/s):\n\n" );
769 
770     for (n = 0; !corecmd_get_netspeed(n, &android_netspeed); n++) {
771         PRINTF( "    -netspeed %-12s %-15s  (up: %.1f, down: %.1f)\n",
772                         android_netspeed->name,
773                         android_netspeed->display,
774                         android_netspeed->upload/1000.,
775                         android_netspeed->download/1000. );
776         free(android_netspeed);
777     }
778     PRINTF( "\n" );
779     PRINTF( "    -netspeed %-12s %s", "<num>", "select both upload and download speed\n");
780     PRINTF( "    -netspeed %-12s %s", "<up>:<down>", "select individual up and down speed\n");
781 
782     PRINTF( "\n  The format of -netdelay is one of the following (numbers are msec):\n\n" );
783     for (n = 0; !corecmd_get_netdelay(n, &android_netdelay); n++) {
784         PRINTF( "    -netdelay %-10s   %-15s  (min %d, max %d)\n",
785                         android_netdelay->name, android_netdelay->display,
786                         android_netdelay->min_ms, android_netdelay->max_ms );
787         free(android_netdelay);
788     }
789     PRINTF( "    -netdelay %-10s   %s", "<num>", "select exact latency\n");
790     PRINTF( "    -netdelay %-10s   %s", "<min>:<max>", "select min and max latencies\n\n");
791 
792     PRINTF( "  the emulator uses the following defaults:\n\n" );
793     PRINTF( "    Default network speed   is '%s'\n",   DEFAULT_NETSPEED);
794     PRINTF( "    Default network latency is '%s'\n\n", DEFAULT_NETDELAY);
795 }
796 
797 static void
help_http_proxy(stralloc_t * out)798 help_http_proxy(stralloc_t*  out)
799 {
800     PRINTF(
801     "  the Android emulator allows you to redirect all TCP connections through\n"
802     "  a HTTP/HTTPS proxy. this can be enabled by using the '-http-proxy <proxy>'\n"
803     "  option, or by defining the 'http_proxy' environment variable.\n\n"
804 
805     "  <proxy> can be one of the following:\n\n"
806     "    http://<server>:<port>\n"
807     "    http://<username>:<password>@<server>:<port>\n\n"
808 
809     "  the 'http://' prefix can be omitted. If '-http-proxy <proxy>' is not used,\n"
810     "  the 'http_proxy' environment variable is looked up and any value matching\n"
811     "  the <proxy> format will be used automatically\n\n" );
812 }
813 
814 static void
help_report_console(stralloc_t * out)815 help_report_console(stralloc_t*  out)
816 {
817     PRINTF(
818     "  the '-report-console <socket>' option can be used to report the\n"
819     "  automatically-assigned console port number to a remote third-party\n"
820     "  before starting the emulation. <socket> must be in one of these\n"
821     "  formats:\n\n"
822 
823     "      tcp:<port>[,server][,max=<seconds>]\n"
824     "      unix:<path>[,server][,max=<seconds>]\n"
825     "\n"
826     "  if the 'server' option is used, the emulator opens a server socket\n"
827     "  and waits for an incoming connection to it. by default, it will instead\n"
828     "  try to make a normal client connection to the socket, and, in case of\n"
829     "  failure, will repeat this operation every second for 10 seconds.\n"
830     "  the 'max=<seconds>' option can be used to modify the timeout\n\n"
831 
832     "  when the connection is established, the emulator sends its console port\n"
833     "  number as text to the remote third-party, then closes the connection and\n"
834     "  starts the emulation as usual. *any* failure in the process described here\n"
835     "  will result in the emulator aborting immediately\n\n"
836 
837     "  as an example, here's a small Unix shell script that starts the emulator in\n"
838     "  the background and waits for its port number with the help of the 'netcat'\n"
839     "  utility:\n\n"
840 
841     "      MYPORT=5000\n"
842     "      emulator -no-window -report-console tcp:$MYPORT &\n"
843     "      CONSOLEPORT=`nc -l localhost $MYPORT`\n"
844     "\n"
845     );
846 }
847 
848 static void
help_dpi_device(stralloc_t * out)849 help_dpi_device(stralloc_t*  out)
850 {
851     PRINTF(
852     "  use '-dpi-device <dpi>' to specify the screen resolution of the emulated\n"
853     "  device. <dpi> must be an integer between 72 and 1000. the default is taken\n"
854     "  from the skin, if available, or uses the contant value %d (an average of\n"
855     "  several prototypes used during Android development).\n\n", DEFAULT_DEVICE_DPI );
856 
857     PRINTF(
858     "  the device resolution can also used to rescale the emulator window with\n"
859     "  the '-scale' option (see -help-scale)\n\n"
860     );
861 }
862 
863 static void
help_audio(stralloc_t * out)864 help_audio(stralloc_t*  out)
865 {
866     PRINTF(
867     "  the '-audio <backend>' option allows you to select a specific backend\n"
868     "  to be used to both play and record audio in the Android emulator.\n\n"
869 
870     "  use '-audio none' to disable audio completely.\n\n"
871     );
872 }
873 
874 static void
help_scale(stralloc_t * out)875 help_scale(stralloc_t*  out)
876 {
877     PRINTF(
878     "  the '-scale <scale>' option is used to scale the emulator window to\n"
879     "  something that better fits the physical dimensions of a real device. this\n"
880     "  can be *very* useful to check that your UI isn't too small to be usable\n"
881     "  on a real device.\n\n"
882 
883     "  there are three supported formats for <scale>:\n\n"
884 
885     "  * if <scale> is a real number (between 0.1 and 3.0) it is used as a\n"
886     "    scaling factor for the emulator's window.\n\n"
887 
888     "  * if <scale> is an integer followed by the suffix 'dpi' (e.g. '110dpi'),\n"
889     "    then it is interpreted as the resolution of your monitor screen. this\n"
890     "    will be divided by the emulated device's resolution to get an absolute\n"
891     "    scale. (see -help-dpi-device for details).\n\n"
892 
893     "  * finally, if <scale> is the keyword 'auto', the emulator tries to guess\n"
894     "    your monitor's resolution and automatically adjusts its window\n"
895     "    accordingly\n\n"
896 
897     "    NOTE: this process is *very* unreliable, depending on your OS, video\n"
898     "          driver issues and other random system parameters\n\n"
899 
900     "  the emulator's scale can be changed anytime at runtime through the control\n"
901     "  console. see the help for the 'window scale' command for details\n\n" );
902 }
903 
904 static void
help_trace(stralloc_t * out)905 help_trace(stralloc_t*  out)
906 {
907     PRINTF(
908     "  use '-trace <name>' to start the emulator with runtime code profiling support\n"
909     "  profiling itself will not be enabled unless you press F9 to activate it, or\n"
910     "  the executed code turns it on programmatically.\n\n"
911 
912     "  trace information is stored in directory <name>, several files are created\n"
913     "  there, that can later be used with the 'traceview' program that comes with\n"
914     "  the Android SDK for analysis.\n\n"
915 
916     "  note that execution will be slightly slower when enabling code profiling,\n"
917     "  this is a necessary requirement of the operations being performed to record\n"
918     "  the execution trace. this slowdown should not affect your system until you\n"
919     "  enable the profiling though...\n\n"
920     );
921 }
922 
923 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCHECK
924 static void
help_memcheck(stralloc_t * out)925 help_memcheck(stralloc_t*  out)
926 {
927     PRINTF(
928     "  use '-memcheck <flags>' to start the emulator with memory access checking\n"
929     "  support.\n\n"
930 
931     "  <flags> enables, or disables memory access checking, and also controls\n"
932     "  what events are going to be logged by the memory access checker.\n"
933     "  <flags> can be one of the following:\n"
934     "  1 - Enables memory access checking with default logging (\"LIRW\"), or\n"
935     "  0 - Disables memory access checking, or\n"
936     "  A combination (in no particular order) of the following:\n"
937     "     L - Logs memory leaks on process exit.\n"
938     "     I - Logs attempts to use invalid pointers in free, or realloc routines.\n"
939     "     R - Logs memory access violation on read operations.\n"
940     "     W - Logs memory access violation on write operations.\n"
941     "     N - Logs new process ID allocation.\n"
942     "     F - Logs guest's process forking.\n"
943     "     S - Logs guest's process starting.\n"
944     "     E - Logs guest's process exiting.\n"
945     "     C - Logs guest's thread creation (clone).\n"
946     "     B - Logs libc.so initialization in the guest system.\n"
947     "     M - Logs module mapping and unmapping in the guest system.\n"
948     "     A - Logs all emulator events. Equala to \"LIRWFSECANBM\" combination.\n"
949     "     e - Logs error messages, received from the guest system.\n"
950     "     d - Logs debug messages, received from the guest system.\n"
951     "     i - Logs information messages, received from the guest system.\n"
952     "     a - Logs all messages, received from the guest system.\n"
953     "         This is equal to \"edi\" combination.\n\n"
954 
955     "  note that execution might be significantly slower when enabling memory access\n"
956     "  checking, this is a necessary requirement of the operations being performed\n"
957     "  to analyze memory allocations and memory access.\n\n"
958     );
959 }
960 #endif  // CONFIG_MEMCHECK
961 
962 #ifdef CONFIG_STANDALONE_UI
963 static void
help_list_cores(stralloc_t * out)964 help_list_cores(stralloc_t*  out)
965 {
966     PRINTF(
967     "  use '-list-cores localhost to list emulator core processes running on this machine.\n"
968     "  use '-list-cores host_name, or IP address to list emulator core processes running on\n"
969     "  a remote machine.\n"
970     );
971 }
972 
973 static void
help_attach_core(stralloc_t * out)974 help_attach_core(stralloc_t*  out)
975 {
976     PRINTF(
977     "  the -attach-core <console socket> options attaches the UI to a running emulator core process.\n\n"
978 
979     "  the <console socket> parameter must be in the form [host:]port, where 'host' addresses the\n"
980     "  machine on which the core process is running, and 'port' addresses the console port number for\n"
981     "  the running core process. Note that 'host' value must be in the form that can be resolved\n"
982     "  into an IP address.\n\n"
983 
984     "  Use -list-cores to enumerate console ports for all currently running core processes.\n"
985     );
986 }
987 #endif  // CONFIG_STANDALONE_UI
988 
989 static void
help_show_kernel(stralloc_t * out)990 help_show_kernel(stralloc_t*  out)
991 {
992     PRINTF(
993     "  use '-show-kernel' to redirect debug messages from the kernel to the current\n"
994     "  terminal. this is useful to check that the boot process works correctly.\n\n"
995     );
996 }
997 
998 static void
help_shell(stralloc_t * out)999 help_shell(stralloc_t*  out)
1000 {
1001     PRINTF(
1002     "  use '-shell' to create a root shell console on the current terminal.\n"
1003     "  this is unlike the 'adb shell' command for the following reasons:\n\n"
1004 
1005     "  * this is a *root* shell that allows you to modify many parts of the system\n"
1006     "  * this works even if the ADB daemon in the emulated system is broken\n"
1007     "  * pressing Ctrl-C will stop the emulator, instead of the shell.\n\n"
1008     "  See also '-shell-serial'.\n\n" );
1009 }
1010 
1011 static void
help_shell_serial(stralloc_t * out)1012 help_shell_serial(stralloc_t*  out)
1013 {
1014     PRINTF(
1015     "  use '-shell-serial <device>' instead of '-shell' to open a root shell\n"
1016     "  to the emulated system, while specifying an external communication\n"
1017     "  channel / host device.\n\n"
1018 
1019     "  '-shell-serial stdio' is identical to '-shell', while you can use\n"
1020     "  '-shell-serial tcp::4444,server,nowait' to talk to the shell over local\n"
1021     "  TCP port 4444.  '-shell-serial fdpair:3:6' would let a parent process\n"
1022     "  talk to the shell using fds 3 and 6.\n\n"
1023 
1024     "  see -help-char-devices for a list of available <device> specifications.\n\n"
1025     "  NOTE: you can have only one shell per emulator instance at the moment\n\n"
1026     );
1027 }
1028 
1029 static void
help_logcat(stralloc_t * out)1030 help_logcat(stralloc_t*  out)
1031 {
1032     PRINTF(
1033     "  use '-logcat <tags>' to redirect log messages from the emulated system to\n"
1034     "  the current terminal. <tags> is a list of space/comma-separated log filters\n"
1035     "  where each filter has the following format:\n\n"
1036 
1037     "     <componentName>:<logLevel>\n\n"
1038 
1039     "  where <componentName> is either '*' or the name of a given component,\n"
1040     "  and <logLevel> is one of the following letters:\n\n"
1041 
1042     "      v          verbose level\n"
1043     "      d          debug level\n"
1044     "      i          informative log level\n"
1045     "      w          warning log level\n"
1046     "      e          error log level\n"
1047     "      s          silent log level\n\n"
1048 
1049     "  for example, the following only displays messages from the 'GSM' component\n"
1050     "  that are at least at the informative level:\n\n"
1051 
1052     "    -logcat '*:s GSM:i'\n\n"
1053 
1054     "  if '-logcat <tags>' is not used, the emulator looks for ANDROID_LOG_TAGS\n"
1055     "  in the environment. if it is defined, its value must match the <tags>\n"
1056     "  format and will be used to redirect log messages to the terminal.\n\n"
1057 
1058     "  note that this doesn't prevent you from redirecting the same, or other,\n"
1059     "  log messages through the ADB or DDMS tools too.\n\n");
1060 }
1061 
1062 static void
help_no_audio(stralloc_t * out)1063 help_no_audio(stralloc_t*  out)
1064 {
1065     PRINTF(
1066     "  use '-no-audio' to disable all audio support in the emulator. this may be\n"
1067     "  unfortunately be necessary in some cases:\n\n"
1068 
1069     "  * at least two users have reported that their Windows machine rebooted\n"
1070     "    instantly unless they used this option when starting the emulator.\n"
1071     "    it is very likely that the problem comes from buggy audio drivers.\n\n"
1072 
1073     "  * on some Linux machines, the emulator might get stuck at startup with\n"
1074     "    audio support enabled. this problem is hard to reproduce, but seems to\n"
1075     "    be related too to flaky ALSA / audio driver support.\n\n"
1076 
1077     "  on Linux, another option is to try to change the default audio backend\n"
1078     "  used by the emulator. you can do that by setting the QEMU_AUDIO_DRV\n"
1079     "  environment variables to one of the following values:\n\n"
1080 
1081     "    alsa        (use the ALSA backend)\n"
1082     "    esd         (use the EsounD backend)\n"
1083     "    sdl         (use the SDL audio backend, no audio input supported)\n"
1084     "    oss         (use the OSS backend)\n"
1085     "    none        (do not support audio)\n"
1086     "\n"
1087     "  the very brave can also try to use distinct backends for audio input\n"
1088     "  and audio outputs, this is possible by selecting one of the above values\n"
1089     "  into the QEMU_AUDIO_OUT_DRV and QEMU_AUDIO_IN_DRV environment variables.\n\n"
1090     );
1091 }
1092 
1093 static void
help_raw_keys(stralloc_t * out)1094 help_raw_keys(stralloc_t*  out)
1095 {
1096     PRINTF(
1097     "  this option is deprecated because one can do the same using Ctrl-K\n"
1098     "  at runtime (this keypress toggles between unicode/raw keyboard modes)\n\n"
1099 
1100     "  by default, the emulator tries to reverse-map the characters you type on\n"
1101     "  your keyboard to device-specific key presses whenever possible. this is\n"
1102     "  done to make the emulator usable with a non-QWERTY keyboard.\n\n"
1103 
1104     "  however, this also means that single keypresses like Shift or Alt are not\n"
1105     "  passed to the emulated device. the '-raw-keys' option disables the reverse\n"
1106     "  mapping. it should only be used when using a QWERTY keyboard on your machine\n"
1107 
1108     "  (should only be useful to Android system hackers, e.g. when implementing a\n"
1109     "  new input method).\n\n"
1110     );
1111 }
1112 
1113 static void
help_radio(stralloc_t * out)1114 help_radio(stralloc_t*  out)
1115 {
1116     PRINTF(
1117     "  use '-radio <device>' to redirect the GSM modem emulation to an external\n"
1118     "  character device or program. this bypasses the emulator's internal modem\n"
1119     "  and should only be used for testing.\n\n"
1120 
1121     "  see '-help-char-devices' for the format of <device>\n\n"
1122 
1123     "  the data exchanged with the external device/program are GSM AT commands\n\n"
1124 
1125     "  note that, when running in the emulator, the Android GSM stack only supports\n"
1126     "  a *very* basic subset of the GSM protocol. trying to link the emulator to\n"
1127     "  a real GSM modem is very likely to not work properly.\n\n"
1128     );
1129 }
1130 
1131 
1132 static void
help_port(stralloc_t * out)1133 help_port(stralloc_t*  out)
1134 {
1135     PRINTF(
1136     "  at startup, the emulator tries to bind its control console at a free port\n"
1137     "  starting from 5554, in increments of two (i.e. 5554, then 5556, 5558, etc..)\n"
1138     "  this allows several emulator instances to run concurrently on the same\n"
1139     "  machine, each one using a different console port number.\n\n"
1140 
1141     "  use '-port <port>' to force an emulator instance to use a given console port\n\n"
1142 
1143     "  note that <port> must be an *even* integer between 5554 and 5584 included.\n"
1144     "  <port>+1 must also be free and will be reserved for ADB. if any of these\n"
1145     "  ports is already used, the emulator will fail to start.\n\n" );
1146 }
1147 
1148 static void
help_ports(stralloc_t * out)1149 help_ports(stralloc_t*  out)
1150 {
1151     PRINTF(
1152     "  the '-ports <consoleport>,<adbport>' option allows you to explicitely set\n"
1153     "  the TCP ports used by the emulator to implement its control console and\n"
1154     "  communicate with the ADB tool.\n\n"
1155 
1156     "  This is a very special option that should probably *not* be used by typical\n"
1157     "  developers using the Android SDK (use '-port <port>' instead), because the\n"
1158     "  corresponding instance is probably not going to be seen from adb/DDMS. Its\n"
1159     "  purpose is to use the emulator in very specific network configurations.\n\n"
1160 
1161     "    <consoleport> is the TCP port used to bind the control console\n"
1162     "    <adbport> is the TCP port used to bind the ADB local transport/tunnel.\n\n"
1163 
1164     "  If both ports aren't available on startup, the emulator will exit.\n\n");
1165 }
1166 
1167 
1168 static void
help_onion(stralloc_t * out)1169 help_onion(stralloc_t*  out)
1170 {
1171     PRINTF(
1172     "  use '-onion <file>' to specify a PNG image file that will be displayed on\n"
1173     "  top of the emulated framebuffer with translucency. this can be useful to\n"
1174     "  check that UI elements are correctly positioned with regards to a reference\n"
1175     "  graphics specification.\n\n"
1176 
1177     "  the default translucency is 50%%, but you can use '-onion-alpha <%%age>' to\n"
1178     "  select a different one, or even use keypresses at runtime to alter it\n"
1179     "  (see -help-keys for details)\n\n"
1180 
1181     "  finally, the onion image can be rotated (see -help-onion-rotate)\n\n"
1182     );
1183 }
1184 
1185 static void
help_onion_alpha(stralloc_t * out)1186 help_onion_alpha(stralloc_t*  out)
1187 {
1188     PRINTF(
1189     "  use '-onion-alpha <percent>' to change the translucency level of the onion\n"
1190     "  image that is going to be displayed on top of the framebuffer (see also\n"
1191     "  -help-onion). the default is 50%%.\n\n"
1192 
1193     "  <percent> must be an integer between 0 and 100.\n\n"
1194 
1195     "  you can also change the translucency dynamically (see -help-keys)\n\n"
1196     );
1197 }
1198 
1199 static void
help_onion_rotation(stralloc_t * out)1200 help_onion_rotation(stralloc_t*  out)
1201 {
1202     PRINTF(
1203     "  use '-onion-rotation <rotation>' to change the rotation of the onion\n"
1204     "  image loaded through '-onion <file>'. valid values for <rotation> are:\n\n"
1205 
1206     "   0        no rotation\n"
1207     "   1        90  degrees clockwise\n"
1208     "   2        180 degrees\n"
1209     "   3        270 degrees clockwise\n\n"
1210     );
1211 }
1212 
1213 
1214 static void
help_timezone(stralloc_t * out)1215 help_timezone(stralloc_t*  out)
1216 {
1217     PRINTF(
1218     "  by default, the emulator tries to detect your current timezone to report\n"
1219     "  it to the emulated system. use the '-timezone <timezone>' option to choose\n"
1220     "  a different timezone, or if the automatic detection doesn't work correctly.\n\n"
1221 
1222     "  VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:\n\n"
1223     "  the <timezone> value must be in zoneinfo format, i.e. it should look like\n"
1224     "  Area/Location or even Area/SubArea/Location. valid examples are:\n\n"
1225 
1226     "    America/Los_Angeles\n"
1227     "    Europe/Paris\n\n"
1228 
1229     "  using a human-friendly abbreviation like 'PST' or 'CET' will not work, as\n"
1230     "  well as using values that are not defined by the zoneinfo database.\n\n"
1231 
1232     "  NOTE: unfortunately, this will not work on M5 and older SDK releases\n\n"
1233     );
1234 }
1235 
1236 
1237 static void
help_dns_server(stralloc_t * out)1238 help_dns_server(stralloc_t*  out)
1239 {
1240     PRINTF(
1241     "  by default, the emulator tries to detect the DNS servers you're using and\n"
1242     "  will setup special aliases in the emulated firewall network to allow the\n"
1243     "  Android system to connect directly to them. use '-dns-server <servers>' to\n"
1244     "  select a different list of DNS servers to be used.\n\n"
1245 
1246     "  <servers> must be a comma-separated list of up to 4 DNS server names or\n"
1247     "  IP addresses.\n\n"
1248 
1249     "  NOTE: on M5 and older SDK releases, only the first server in the list will\n"
1250     "        be used.\n\n"
1251     );
1252 }
1253 
1254 
1255 static void
help_cpu_delay(stralloc_t * out)1256 help_cpu_delay(stralloc_t*  out)
1257 {
1258     PRINTF(
1259     "  this option is purely experimental, probably doesn't work as you would\n"
1260     "  expect, and may even disappear in a later emulator release.\n\n"
1261 
1262     "  use '-cpu-delay <delay>' to throttle CPU emulation. this may be useful\n"
1263     "  to detect weird race conditions that only happen on 'lower' CPUs. note\n"
1264     "  that <delay> is a unit-less integer that doesn't even scale linearly\n"
1265     "  to observable slowdowns. use trial and error to find something that\n"
1266     "  suits you, the 'correct' machine is very probably dependent on your\n"
1267     "  host CPU and memory anyway...\n\n"
1268     );
1269 }
1270 
1271 
1272 static void
help_no_boot_anim(stralloc_t * out)1273 help_no_boot_anim(stralloc_t*  out)
1274 {
1275     PRINTF(
1276     "  use '-no-boot-anim' to disable the boot animation (red bouncing ball) when\n"
1277     "  starting the emulator. on slow machines, this can surprisingly speed up the\n"
1278     "  boot sequence in tremendous ways.\n\n"
1279 
1280     "  NOTE: unfortunately, this will not work on M5 and older SDK releases\n\n"
1281     );
1282 }
1283 
1284 
1285 static void
help_gps(stralloc_t * out)1286 help_gps(stralloc_t*  out)
1287 {
1288     PRINTF(
1289     "  use '-gps <device>' to emulate an NMEA-compatible GPS unit connected to\n"
1290     "  an external character device or socket. the format of <device> is the same\n"
1291     "  than the one used for '-radio <device>' (see -help-char-devices for details)\n\n"
1292     );
1293 }
1294 
1295 
1296 static void
help_keyset(stralloc_t * out)1297 help_keyset(stralloc_t*  out)
1298 {
1299     char  temp[256];
1300 
1301     PRINTF(
1302     "  use '-keyset <name>' to specify a different keyset file name to use when\n"
1303     "  starting the emulator. a keyset file contains a list of key bindings used\n"
1304     "  to control the emulator with the host keyboard.\n\n"
1305 
1306     "  by default, the emulator looks for the following file:\n\n"
1307     );
1308 
1309     bufprint_config_file(temp, temp+sizeof(temp), KEYSET_FILE);
1310     PRINTF(
1311     "    %s\n\n", temp );
1312 
1313     bufprint_config_path(temp, temp+sizeof(temp));
1314     PRINTF(
1315     "  however, if -keyset is used, then the emulator does the following:\n\n"
1316 
1317     "  - first, if <name> doesn't have an extension, then the '.keyset' suffix\n"
1318     "    is appended to it (e.g. \"foo\" => \"foo.keyset\"),\n\n"
1319 
1320     "  - then, the emulator searches for a file named <name> in the following\n"
1321     "    directories:\n\n"
1322 
1323     "     * the emulator configuration directory: %s\n"
1324     "     * the 'keysets' subdirectory of <systemdir>, if any\n"
1325     "     * the 'keysets' subdirectory of the program location, if any\n\n",
1326     temp );
1327 
1328     PRINTF(
1329     "  if no corresponding file is found, a default set of key bindings is used.\n\n"
1330     "  use '-help-keys' to list the default key bindings.\n"
1331     "  use '-help-keyset-file' to learn more about the format of keyset files.\n"
1332     "\n"
1333     );
1334 }
1335 
1336 #ifdef CONFIG_NAND_LIMITS
1337 static void
help_nand_limits(stralloc_t * out)1338 help_nand_limits(stralloc_t*  out)
1339 {
1340     PRINTF(
1341     "  use '-nand-limits <limits>' to enable a debugging feature that sends a\n"
1342     "  signal to an external process once a read and/or write limit is achieved\n"
1343     "  in the emulated system. the format of <limits> is the following:\n\n"
1344 
1345     "     pid=<number>,signal=<number>,[reads=<threshold>][,writes=<threshold>]\n\n"
1346 
1347     "  where 'pid' is the target process identifier, 'signal' the number of the\n"
1348     "  target signal. the read and/or write threshold'reads' are a number optionally\n"
1349     "  followed by a K, M or G suffix, corresponding to the number of bytes to be\n"
1350     "  read or written before the signal is sent.\n\n"
1351     );
1352 }
1353 #endif /* CONFIG_NAND_LIMITS */
1354 
1355 static void
help_bootchart(stralloc_t * out)1356 help_bootchart(stralloc_t  *out)
1357 {
1358     PRINTF(
1359     "  some Android system images have a modified 'init' system that  integrates\n"
1360     "  a bootcharting facility (see http://www.bootchart.org/). You can pass a\n"
1361     "  bootcharting period to the system with the following:\n\n"
1362 
1363     "    -bootchart <timeout>\n\n"
1364 
1365     "  where 'timeout' is a period expressed in seconds. Note that this won't do\n"
1366     "  anything if your init doesn't have bootcharting activated.\n\n"
1367     );
1368 }
1369 
1370 static void
help_tcpdump(stralloc_t * out)1371 help_tcpdump(stralloc_t  *out)
1372 {
1373     PRINTF(
1374     "  use the -tcpdump <file> option to start capturing all network packets\n"
1375     "  that are sent through the emulator's virtual Ethernet LAN. You can later\n"
1376     "  use tools like WireShark to analyze the traffic and understand what\n"
1377     "  really happens.\n\n"
1378 
1379     "  note that this captures all Ethernet packets, and is not limited to TCP\n"
1380     "  connections.\n\n"
1381 
1382     "  you can also start/stop the packet capture dynamically through the console;\n"
1383     "  see the 'network capture start' and 'network capture stop' commands for\n"
1384     "  details.\n\n"
1385     );
1386 }
1387 
1388 static void
help_charmap(stralloc_t * out)1389 help_charmap(stralloc_t  *out)
1390 {
1391     PRINTF(
1392     "  use '-charmap <file>' to use key character map specified in that file.\n"
1393     "  <file> must be a full path to a kcm file, containing desired character map.\n\n"
1394     );
1395 }
1396 
1397 static void
help_prop(stralloc_t * out)1398 help_prop(stralloc_t  *out)
1399 {
1400     PRINTF(
1401     "  use '-prop <name>=<value>' to set a boot-time system property.\n"
1402     "  <name> must be a property name of at most %d characters, without any\n"
1403     "  space in it, and <value> must be a string of at most %d characters.\n\n",
1404     BOOT_PROPERTY_MAX_NAME, BOOT_PROPERTY_MAX_VALUE );
1405 
1406     PRINTF(
1407     "  the corresponding system property will be set at boot time in the\n"
1408     "  emulated system. This can be useful for debugging purposes.\n\n"
1409 
1410     "  note that you can use several -prop options to define more than one\n"
1411     "  boot property.\n\n"
1412     );
1413 }
1414 
1415 static void
help_shared_net_id(stralloc_t * out)1416 help_shared_net_id(stralloc_t*  out)
1417 {
1418     PRINTF(
1419     "  Normally, Android instances running in the emulator cannot talk to each other\n"
1420     "  directly, because each instance is behind a virtual router. However, sometimes\n"
1421     "  it is necessary to test the behaviour of applications if they are directly\n"
1422     "  exposed to the network.\n\n"
1423 
1424     "  This option instructs the emulator to join a virtual network shared with\n"
1425     "  emulators also using this option. The number given is used to construct\n"
1426     "  the IP address 10.1.2.<number>, which is bound to a second interface on\n"
1427     "  the emulator. Each emulator must use a different number.\n\n"
1428     );
1429 }
1430 
1431 static void
help_gpu(stralloc_t * out)1432 help_gpu(stralloc_t* out)
1433 {
1434     PRINTF(
1435     "  Use -gpu <mode> to override the mode of hardware OpenGL ES emulation\n"
1436     "  indicated by the AVD. Valid values for <mode> are:\n\n"
1437 
1438     "     on       -> enable GPU emulation\n"
1439     "     off      -> disable GPU emulation\n"
1440     "     auto     -> use the setting from the AVD\n"
1441     "     enabled  -> same as 'on'\n"
1442     "     disabled -> same as 'off'\n\n"
1443 
1444     "  Note that enabling GPU emulation if the system image does not support it\n"
1445     "  will prevent the proper display of the emulated framebuffer.\n\n"
1446 
1447     "  You can always disable GPU emulation (i.e. '-gpu off'), and this will\n"
1448     "  force the virtual device to use the slow software renderer instead.\n"
1449     "  Note that OpenGLES 2.0 is _not_ supported by it.\n\n"
1450 
1451     "  The 'auto' mode is the default. In this mode, the hw.gpu.enabled setting\n"
1452     "  in the AVD's hardware-qemu.ini file will determine whether GPU emulation\n"
1453     "  is enabled.\n\n"
1454 
1455     "  Even if hardware GPU emulation is enabled, if the host-side OpenGL ES\n"
1456     "  emulation library cannot be initialized, the emulator will run with GPU\n"
1457     "  emulation disabled rather than failing to start.\n"
1458     );
1459 }
1460 
1461 static void
help_camera_back(stralloc_t * out)1462 help_camera_back(stralloc_t* out)
1463 {
1464     PRINTF(
1465     "  Use -camera-back <mode> to control emulation of a camera facing back.\n"
1466     "  Valid values for <mode> are:\n\n"
1467 
1468     "     emulated  -> camera will be emulated using software ('fake') camera emulation\n"
1469     "     webcam<N> -> camera will be emulated using a webcamera connected to the host\n"
1470     "     none      -> camera emulation will be disabled\n\n"
1471     );
1472 }
1473 
1474 static void
help_camera_front(stralloc_t * out)1475 help_camera_front(stralloc_t* out)
1476 {
1477     PRINTF(
1478     "  Use -camera-front <mode> to control emulation of a camera facing front.\n"
1479     "  Valid values for <mode> are:\n\n"
1480 
1481     "     emulated  -> camera will be emulated using software ('fake') camera emulation\n"
1482     "     webcam<N> -> camera will be emulated using a webcamera connected to the host\n"
1483     "     none      -> camera emulation will be disabled\n\n"
1484     );
1485 }
1486 
1487 static void
help_webcam_list(stralloc_t * out)1488 help_webcam_list(stralloc_t* out)
1489 {
1490     PRINTF(
1491     "  Use -webcam-list to list web cameras available for emulation.\n\n"
1492     );
1493 }
1494 
1495 static void
help_screen(stralloc_t * out)1496 help_screen(stralloc_t* out)
1497 {
1498     PRINTF(
1499     "  Use -screen <mode> to set the emulated screen mode.\n"
1500     "  Valid values for <mode> are:\n\n"
1501 
1502     "     touch       -> emulate a touch screen\n"
1503     "     multi-touch -> emulate a multi-touch screen\n"
1504     "     no-touch    -> disable touch and multi-touch screen emulation\n\n"
1505 
1506     "  Default mode for screen emulation is 'touch'.\n\n"
1507     );
1508 }
1509 
1510 static void
help_force_32bit(stralloc_t * out)1511 help_force_32bit(stralloc_t* out)
1512 {
1513     PRINTF(
1514     "  Use -force-32bit to use 32-bit emulator on 64-bit platforms\n\n"
1515 
1516     );
1517 }
1518 
1519 #define  help_no_skin   NULL
1520 #define  help_netspeed  help_shaper
1521 #define  help_netdelay  help_shaper
1522 #define  help_netfast   help_shaper
1523 
1524 #define  help_noaudio      NULL
1525 #define  help_noskin       NULL
1526 #define  help_nocache      NULL
1527 #define  help_no_jni       NULL
1528 #define  help_nojni        NULL
1529 #define  help_initdata     NULL
1530 #define  help_no_window    NULL
1531 #define  help_version      NULL
1532 #define  help_memory       NULL
1533 #define  help_partition_size NULL
1534 
1535 typedef struct {
1536     const char*  name;
1537     const char*  template;
1538     const char*  descr;
1539     void (*func)(stralloc_t*);
1540 } OptionHelp;
1541 
1542 static const OptionHelp    option_help[] = {
1543 #define  OPT_FLAG(_name,_descr)             { STRINGIFY(_name), NULL, _descr, help_##_name },
1544 #define  OPT_PARAM(_name,_template,_descr)  { STRINGIFY(_name), _template, _descr, help_##_name },
1545 #define  OPT_LIST                           OPT_PARAM
1546 #include "android/cmdline-options.h"
1547     { NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL }
1548 };
1549 
1550 typedef struct {
1551     const char*  name;
1552     const char*  desc;
1553     void (*func)(stralloc_t*);
1554 } TopicHelp;
1555 
1556 
1557 static const TopicHelp    topic_help[] = {
1558     { "disk-images",  "about disk images",      help_disk_images },
1559     { "keys",         "supported key bindings", help_keys },
1560     { "debug-tags",   "debug tags for -debug <tags>", help_debug_tags },
1561     { "char-devices", "character <device> specification", help_char_devices },
1562     { "environment",  "environment variables",  help_environment },
1563     { "keyset-file",  "key bindings configuration file", help_keyset_file },
1564     { "virtual-device", "virtual device management", help_virtual_device },
1565     { "sdk-images",   "about disk images when using the SDK", help_sdk_images },
1566     { "build-images", "about disk images when building Android", help_build_images },
1567     { NULL, NULL, NULL }
1568 };
1569 
1570 int
android_help_for_option(const char * option,stralloc_t * out)1571 android_help_for_option( const char*  option, stralloc_t*  out )
1572 {
1573     OptionHelp const*  oo;
1574     char               temp[32];
1575 
1576     /* the names in the option_help table use underscore instead
1577      * of dashes, so create a tranlated copy of the option name
1578      * before scanning the table for matches
1579      */
1580     buffer_translate_char( temp, sizeof temp, option, '-', '_' );
1581 
1582     for ( oo = option_help; oo->name != NULL; oo++ ) {
1583         if ( !strcmp(oo->name, temp) ) {
1584             if (oo->func)
1585                 oo->func(out);
1586             else
1587                 stralloc_add_str(out, oo->descr);
1588             return 0;
1589         }
1590     }
1591     return -1;
1592 }
1593 
1594 
1595 int
android_help_for_topic(const char * topic,stralloc_t * out)1596 android_help_for_topic( const char*  topic, stralloc_t*  out )
1597 {
1598     const TopicHelp*  tt;
1599 
1600     for ( tt = topic_help; tt->name != NULL; tt++ ) {
1601         if ( !strcmp(tt->name, topic) ) {
1602             tt->func(out);
1603             return 0;
1604         }
1605     }
1606     return -1;
1607 }
1608 
1609 
1610 extern void
android_help_list_options(stralloc_t * out)1611 android_help_list_options( stralloc_t*  out )
1612 {
1613     const OptionHelp*  oo;
1614     const TopicHelp*   tt;
1615     int                maxwidth = 0;
1616 
1617     for ( oo = option_help; oo->name != NULL; oo++ ) {
1618         int  width = strlen(oo->name);
1619         if (oo->template != NULL)
1620             width += strlen(oo->template);
1621         if (width > maxwidth)
1622             maxwidth = width;
1623     }
1624 
1625     for (oo = option_help; oo->name != NULL; oo++) {
1626         char  temp[32];
1627         /* the names in the option_help table use underscores instead
1628          * of dashes, so create a translated copy of the option's name
1629          */
1630         buffer_translate_char(temp, sizeof temp, oo->name, '_', '-');
1631 
1632         stralloc_add_format( out, "    -%s %-*s %s\n",
1633             temp,
1634             (int)(maxwidth - strlen(oo->name)),
1635             oo->template ? oo->template : "",
1636             oo->descr );
1637     }
1638 
1639     PRINTF( "\n" );
1640     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-qemu args...",    "pass arguments to qemu");
1641     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-qemu -h", "display qemu help");
1642     PRINTF( "\n" );
1643     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-verbose",       "same as '-debug-init'");
1644     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-debug <tags>",  "enable/disable debug messages");
1645     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-debug-<tag>",   "enable specific debug messages");
1646     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-debug-no-<tag>","disable specific debug messages");
1647     PRINTF( "\n" );
1648     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-help",    "print this help");
1649     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-help-<option>", "print option-specific help");
1650     PRINTF( "\n" );
1651 
1652     for (tt = topic_help; tt->name != NULL; tt += 1) {
1653         char    help[32];
1654         snprintf(help, sizeof(help), "-help-%s", tt->name);
1655         PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, help, tt->desc );
1656     }
1657     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-help-all", "prints all help content");
1658     PRINTF( "\n");
1659 }
1660 
1661 
1662 void
android_help_main(stralloc_t * out)1663 android_help_main( stralloc_t*  out )
1664 {
1665     stralloc_add_str(out, "Android Emulator usage: emulator [options] [-qemu args]\n");
1666     stralloc_add_str(out, "  options:\n" );
1667 
1668     android_help_list_options(out);
1669 
1670     /*printf( "%.*s", out->n, out->s );*/
1671 }
1672 
1673 
1674 void
android_help_all(stralloc_t * out)1675 android_help_all( stralloc_t*  out )
1676 {
1677     const OptionHelp*  oo;
1678     const TopicHelp*   tt;
1679 
1680     for (oo = option_help; oo->name != NULL; oo++) {
1681         PRINTF( "========= help for option -%s:\n\n", oo->name );
1682         android_help_for_option( oo->name, out );
1683     }
1684 
1685     for (tt = topic_help; tt->name != NULL; tt++) {
1686         PRINTF( "========= help for -help-%s\n\n", tt->name );
1687         android_help_for_topic( tt->name, out );
1688     }
1689     PRINTF( "========= top-level help\n\n" );
1690     android_help_main(out);
1691 }
1692