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