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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_cache_size(stralloc_t * out)588 help_cache_size(stralloc_t*  out)
589 {
590     PRINTF(
591     "  use '-cache <size>' to specify a /cache partition size in MB. By default,\n"
592     "  the cache partition size is set to 66MB\n\n"
593     );
594 }
595 
596 static void
help_no_cache(stralloc_t * out)597 help_no_cache(stralloc_t*  out)
598 {
599     PRINTF(
600     "  use '-no-cache' to disable the cache partition in the emulated system.\n"
601     "  the cache partition is optional, but when available, is used by the browser\n"
602     "  to cache web pages and images\n\n"
603 
604     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
605     );
606 }
607 
608 static void
help_sdcard(stralloc_t * out)609 help_sdcard(stralloc_t*  out)
610 {
611     PRINTF(
612     "  use '-sdcard <file>' to specify a SD Card image file that will be attached\n"
613     "  to the emulator. By default, the 'sdcard.img' file is searched in the data\n"
614     "  directory.\n\n"
615 
616     "  if the file does not exist, the emulator will still start, but without an\n"
617     "  attached SD Card.\n\n"
618 
619     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
620     );
621 }
622 
623 static void
help_snapstorage(stralloc_t * out)624 help_snapstorage(stralloc_t*  out)
625 {
626     PRINTF(
627     "  Use '-snapstorage <file>' to specify a repository file for snapshots.\n"
628     "  All snapshots made during execution will be saved in this file, and only\n"
629     "  snapshots in this file can be restored during the emulator run.\n\n"
630 
631     "  If the option is not specified, it defaults to 'snapshots.img' in the\n"
632     "  data directory. If the specified file does not exist, the emulator will\n"
633     "  start, but without support for saving or loading state snapshots.\n\n"
634 
635     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n"
636     "  see '-help-snapshot' for more information about snapshots\n\n"
637     );
638 }
639 
640 static void
help_no_snapstorage(stralloc_t * out)641 help_no_snapstorage(stralloc_t*  out)
642 {
643     PRINTF(
644     "  This starts the emulator without mounting a file to store or load state\n"
645     "  snapshots, forcing a full boot and disabling state snapshot functionality.\n\n"
646     ""
647     "  This command overrides the configuration specified by the parameters\n"
648     "  '-snapstorage' and '-snapshot'. A warning will be raised if either\n"
649     "  of those parameters was specified anyway.\n\n"
650      );
651  }
652 
653 static void
help_snapshot(stralloc_t * out)654 help_snapshot(stralloc_t*  out)
655 {
656     PRINTF(
657     "  Rather than executing a full boot sequence, the Android emulator can\n"
658     "  resume execution from an earlier state snapshot (which is usually\n"
659     "  significantly faster). When the parameter '-snapshot <name>' is given,\n"
660     "  the emulator loads the snapshot of that name from the snapshot image,\n"
661     "  and saves it back under the same name on exit.\n\n"
662 
663     "  If the option is not specified, it defaults to 'default-boot'. If the\n"
664     "  specified snapshot does not exist, the emulator will perform a full boot\n"
665     "  sequence instead, but will still save.\n\n"
666 
667     "  WARNING: In the process of loading, all contents of the system, userdata\n"
668     "           and SD card images will be OVERWRITTEN with the contents they\n"
669     "           held when the snapshot was made. Unless saved in a different\n"
670     "           snapshot, any changes since will be lost!\n\n"
671 
672     "  If you want to create a snapshot manually, connect to the emulator console:\n\n"
673 
674     "      telnet localhost <port>\n\n"
675 
676     "  Then execute the command 'avd snapshot save <name>'. See '-help-port' for\n"
677     "  information on obtaining <port>.\n\n"
678     );
679 }
680 
681 static void
help_no_snapshot(stralloc_t * out)682 help_no_snapshot(stralloc_t*  out)
683 {
684     PRINTF(
685     "  This inhibits both the autoload and autosave operations, forcing\n"
686     "  emulator to perform a full boot sequence and losing state on close.\n"
687     "  It overrides the '-snapshot' parameter.\n"
688     "  If '-snapshot' was specified anyway, a warning is raised.\n\n"
689     );
690 }
691 
692 static void
help_no_snapshot_load(stralloc_t * out)693 help_no_snapshot_load(stralloc_t*  out)
694 {
695     PRINTF(
696     "  Prevents the emulator from loading the AVD's state from the snapshot\n"
697     "  storage on start.\n\n"
698     );
699 }
700 
701 static void
help_no_snapshot_save(stralloc_t * out)702 help_no_snapshot_save(stralloc_t*  out)
703 {
704     PRINTF(
705     "  Prevents the emulator from saving the AVD's state to the snapshot\n"
706     "  storage on exit, meaning that all changes will be lost.\n\n"
707     );
708 }
709 
710 static void
help_no_snapshot_update_time(stralloc_t * out)711 help_no_snapshot_update_time(stralloc_t*  out)
712 {
713     PRINTF(
714     "  Prevent the emulator from sending an unsolicited time update\n"
715     "  in response to the first signal strength query after loadvm,\n"
716     "  to avoid a sudden time jump that might upset testing. (Signal\n"
717     "  strength is queried approximately every 15 seconds)\n\n"
718     );
719 }
720 
721 static void
help_snapshot_list(stralloc_t * out)722 help_snapshot_list(stralloc_t*  out)
723 {
724     PRINTF(
725     "  This prints a table of snapshots that are stored in the snapshot storage\n"
726     "  file that the emulator was started with, then exits. Values from the 'ID'\n"
727     "  and 'TAG' columns can be used as arguments for the '-snapshot' parameter.\n\n"
728 
729     "  If '-snapstorage <file>' was specified as well, this command prints a "
730     "  table of the snapshots stored in <file>.\n\n"
731 
732     "  See '-help-snapshot' for more information on snapshots.\n\n"
733     );
734 }
735 
736 static void
help_skindir(stralloc_t * out)737 help_skindir(stralloc_t*  out)
738 {
739     PRINTF(
740     "  use '-skindir <dir>' to specify a directory that will be used to search\n"
741     "  for emulator skins. each skin must be a subdirectory of <dir>. by default\n"
742     "  the emulator will look in the 'skins' sub-directory of the system directory\n\n"
743 
744     "  the '-skin <name>' option is required when -skindir is used.\n"
745     );
746 }
747 
748 static void
help_skin(stralloc_t * out)749 help_skin(stralloc_t*  out)
750 {
751     PRINTF(
752     "  use '-skin <skin>' to specify an emulator skin, each skin corresponds to\n"
753     "  the visual appearance of a given device, including buttons and keyboards,\n"
754     "  and is stored as subdirectory <skin> of the skin root directory\n"
755     "  (see '-help-skindir')\n\n" );
756 
757     PRINTF(
758     "  note that <skin> can also be '<width>x<height>' (e.g. '320x480') to\n"
759     "  specify an exact framebuffer size, without any visual ornaments.\n\n" );
760 }
761 
762 static void
help_dynamic_skin(stralloc_t * out)763 help_dynamic_skin(stralloc_t* out)
764 {
765     PRINTF(
766     "  use '-dynamic_skin' to dynamically generate a skin based on the settings\n"
767     "  in the AVD. This option only has effect if the -skin WxH option is used\n"
768     "  to specify the width and height of the framebuffer\n");
769 }
770 
771 /* default network settings for emulator */
772 #define  DEFAULT_NETSPEED  "full"
773 #define  DEFAULT_NETDELAY  "none"
774 
775 static void
help_shaper(stralloc_t * out)776 help_shaper(stralloc_t*  out)
777 {
778     int  n;
779     NetworkSpeed* android_netspeed;
780     NetworkLatency* android_netdelay;
781     PRINTF(
782     "  the Android emulator supports network throttling, i.e. slower network\n"
783     "  bandwidth as well as higher connection latencies. this is done either through\n"
784     "  skin configuration, or with '-netspeed <speed>' and '-netdelay <delay>'.\n\n"
785 
786     "  the format of -netspeed is one of the following (numbers are kbits/s):\n\n" );
787 
788     for (n = 0; !corecmd_get_netspeed(n, &android_netspeed); n++) {
789         PRINTF( "    -netspeed %-12s %-15s  (up: %.1f, down: %.1f)\n",
790                         android_netspeed->name,
791                         android_netspeed->display,
792                         android_netspeed->upload/1000.,
793                         android_netspeed->download/1000. );
794         free(android_netspeed);
795     }
796     PRINTF( "\n" );
797     PRINTF( "    -netspeed %-12s %s", "<num>", "select both upload and download speed\n");
798     PRINTF( "    -netspeed %-12s %s", "<up>:<down>", "select individual up and down speed\n");
799 
800     PRINTF( "\n  The format of -netdelay is one of the following (numbers are msec):\n\n" );
801     for (n = 0; !corecmd_get_netdelay(n, &android_netdelay); n++) {
802         PRINTF( "    -netdelay %-10s   %-15s  (min %d, max %d)\n",
803                         android_netdelay->name, android_netdelay->display,
804                         android_netdelay->min_ms, android_netdelay->max_ms );
805         free(android_netdelay);
806     }
807     PRINTF( "    -netdelay %-10s   %s", "<num>", "select exact latency\n");
808     PRINTF( "    -netdelay %-10s   %s", "<min>:<max>", "select min and max latencies\n\n");
809 
810     PRINTF( "  the emulator uses the following defaults:\n\n" );
811     PRINTF( "    Default network speed   is '%s'\n",   DEFAULT_NETSPEED);
812     PRINTF( "    Default network latency is '%s'\n\n", DEFAULT_NETDELAY);
813 }
814 
815 static void
help_http_proxy(stralloc_t * out)816 help_http_proxy(stralloc_t*  out)
817 {
818     PRINTF(
819     "  the Android emulator allows you to redirect all TCP connections through\n"
820     "  a HTTP/HTTPS proxy. this can be enabled by using the '-http-proxy <proxy>'\n"
821     "  option, or by defining the 'http_proxy' environment variable.\n\n"
822 
823     "  <proxy> can be one of the following:\n\n"
824     "    http://<server>:<port>\n"
825     "    http://<username>:<password>@<server>:<port>\n\n"
826 
827     "  the 'http://' prefix can be omitted. If '-http-proxy <proxy>' is not used,\n"
828     "  the 'http_proxy' environment variable is looked up and any value matching\n"
829     "  the <proxy> format will be used automatically\n\n" );
830 }
831 
832 static void
help_report_console(stralloc_t * out)833 help_report_console(stralloc_t*  out)
834 {
835     PRINTF(
836     "  the '-report-console <socket>' option can be used to report the\n"
837     "  automatically-assigned console port number to a remote third-party\n"
838     "  before starting the emulation. <socket> must be in one of these\n"
839     "  formats:\n\n"
840 
841     "      tcp:<port>[,server][,max=<seconds>]\n"
842     "      unix:<path>[,server][,max=<seconds>]\n"
843     "\n"
844     "  if the 'server' option is used, the emulator opens a server socket\n"
845     "  and waits for an incoming connection to it. by default, it will instead\n"
846     "  try to make a normal client connection to the socket, and, in case of\n"
847     "  failure, will repeat this operation every second for 10 seconds.\n"
848     "  the 'max=<seconds>' option can be used to modify the timeout\n\n"
849 
850     "  when the connection is established, the emulator sends its console port\n"
851     "  number as text to the remote third-party, then closes the connection and\n"
852     "  starts the emulation as usual. *any* failure in the process described here\n"
853     "  will result in the emulator aborting immediately\n\n"
854 
855     "  as an example, here's a small Unix shell script that starts the emulator in\n"
856     "  the background and waits for its port number with the help of the 'netcat'\n"
857     "  utility:\n\n"
858 
859     "      MYPORT=5000\n"
860     "      emulator -no-window -report-console tcp:$MYPORT &\n"
861     "      CONSOLEPORT=`nc -l localhost $MYPORT`\n"
862     "\n"
863     );
864 }
865 
866 static void
help_dpi_device(stralloc_t * out)867 help_dpi_device(stralloc_t*  out)
868 {
869     PRINTF(
870     "  use '-dpi-device <dpi>' to specify the screen resolution of the emulated\n"
871     "  device. <dpi> must be an integer between 72 and 1000. the default is taken\n"
872     "  from the skin, if available, or uses the contant value %d (an average of\n"
873     "  several prototypes used during Android development).\n\n", DEFAULT_DEVICE_DPI );
874 
875     PRINTF(
876     "  the device resolution can also used to rescale the emulator window with\n"
877     "  the '-scale' option (see -help-scale)\n\n"
878     );
879 }
880 
881 static void
help_audio(stralloc_t * out)882 help_audio(stralloc_t*  out)
883 {
884     PRINTF(
885     "  the '-audio <backend>' option allows you to select a specific backend\n"
886     "  to be used to both play and record audio in the Android emulator.\n\n"
887 
888     "  use '-audio none' to disable audio completely.\n\n"
889     );
890 }
891 
892 static void
help_scale(stralloc_t * out)893 help_scale(stralloc_t*  out)
894 {
895     PRINTF(
896     "  the '-scale <scale>' option is used to scale the emulator window to\n"
897     "  something that better fits the physical dimensions of a real device. this\n"
898     "  can be *very* useful to check that your UI isn't too small to be usable\n"
899     "  on a real device.\n\n"
900 
901     "  there are three supported formats for <scale>:\n\n"
902 
903     "  * if <scale> is a real number (between 0.1 and 3.0) it is used as a\n"
904     "    scaling factor for the emulator's window.\n\n"
905 
906     "  * if <scale> is an integer followed by the suffix 'dpi' (e.g. '110dpi'),\n"
907     "    then it is interpreted as the resolution of your monitor screen. this\n"
908     "    will be divided by the emulated device's resolution to get an absolute\n"
909     "    scale. (see -help-dpi-device for details).\n\n"
910 
911     "  * finally, if <scale> is the keyword 'auto', the emulator tries to guess\n"
912     "    your monitor's resolution and automatically adjusts its window\n"
913     "    accordingly\n\n"
914 
915     "    NOTE: this process is *very* unreliable, depending on your OS, video\n"
916     "          driver issues and other random system parameters\n\n"
917 
918     "  the emulator's scale can be changed anytime at runtime through the control\n"
919     "  console. see the help for the 'window scale' command for details\n\n" );
920 }
921 
922 static void
help_trace(stralloc_t * out)923 help_trace(stralloc_t*  out)
924 {
925     PRINTF(
926     "  use '-trace <name>' to start the emulator with runtime code profiling support\n"
927     "  profiling itself will not be enabled unless you press F9 to activate it, or\n"
928     "  the executed code turns it on programmatically.\n\n"
929 
930     "  trace information is stored in directory <name>, several files are created\n"
931     "  there, that can later be used with the 'traceview' program that comes with\n"
932     "  the Android SDK for analysis.\n\n"
933 
934     "  note that execution will be slightly slower when enabling code profiling,\n"
935     "  this is a necessary requirement of the operations being performed to record\n"
936     "  the execution trace. this slowdown should not affect your system until you\n"
937     "  enable the profiling though...\n\n"
938     );
939 }
940 
941 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCHECK
942 static void
help_memcheck(stralloc_t * out)943 help_memcheck(stralloc_t*  out)
944 {
945     PRINTF(
946     "  use '-memcheck <flags>' to start the emulator with memory access checking\n"
947     "  support.\n\n"
948 
949     "  <flags> enables, or disables memory access checking, and also controls\n"
950     "  what events are going to be logged by the memory access checker.\n"
951     "  <flags> can be one of the following:\n"
952     "  1 - Enables memory access checking with default logging (\"LIRW\"), or\n"
953     "  0 - Disables memory access checking, or\n"
954     "  A combination (in no particular order) of the following:\n"
955     "     L - Logs memory leaks on process exit.\n"
956     "     I - Logs attempts to use invalid pointers in free, or realloc routines.\n"
957     "     R - Logs memory access violation on read operations.\n"
958     "     W - Logs memory access violation on write operations.\n"
959     "     N - Logs new process ID allocation.\n"
960     "     F - Logs guest's process forking.\n"
961     "     S - Logs guest's process starting.\n"
962     "     E - Logs guest's process exiting.\n"
963     "     C - Logs guest's thread creation (clone).\n"
964     "     B - Logs libc.so initialization in the guest system.\n"
965     "     M - Logs module mapping and unmapping in the guest system.\n"
966     "     A - Logs all emulator events. Equala to \"LIRWFSECANBM\" combination.\n"
967     "     e - Logs error messages, received from the guest system.\n"
968     "     d - Logs debug messages, received from the guest system.\n"
969     "     i - Logs information messages, received from the guest system.\n"
970     "     a - Logs all messages, received from the guest system.\n"
971     "         This is equal to \"edi\" combination.\n\n"
972 
973     "  note that execution might be significantly slower when enabling memory access\n"
974     "  checking, this is a necessary requirement of the operations being performed\n"
975     "  to analyze memory allocations and memory access.\n\n"
976     );
977 }
978 #endif  // CONFIG_MEMCHECK
979 
980 #ifdef CONFIG_STANDALONE_UI
981 static void
help_list_cores(stralloc_t * out)982 help_list_cores(stralloc_t*  out)
983 {
984     PRINTF(
985     "  use '-list-cores localhost to list emulator core processes running on this machine.\n"
986     "  use '-list-cores host_name, or IP address to list emulator core processes running on\n"
987     "  a remote machine.\n"
988     );
989 }
990 
991 static void
help_attach_core(stralloc_t * out)992 help_attach_core(stralloc_t*  out)
993 {
994     PRINTF(
995     "  the -attach-core <console socket> options attaches the UI to a running emulator core process.\n\n"
996 
997     "  the <console socket> parameter must be in the form [host:]port, where 'host' addresses the\n"
998     "  machine on which the core process is running, and 'port' addresses the console port number for\n"
999     "  the running core process. Note that 'host' value must be in the form that can be resolved\n"
1000     "  into an IP address.\n\n"
1001 
1002     "  Use -list-cores to enumerate console ports for all currently running core processes.\n"
1003     );
1004 }
1005 #endif  // CONFIG_STANDALONE_UI
1006 
1007 static void
help_show_kernel(stralloc_t * out)1008 help_show_kernel(stralloc_t*  out)
1009 {
1010     PRINTF(
1011     "  use '-show-kernel' to redirect debug messages from the kernel to the current\n"
1012     "  terminal. this is useful to check that the boot process works correctly.\n\n"
1013     );
1014 }
1015 
1016 static void
help_shell(stralloc_t * out)1017 help_shell(stralloc_t*  out)
1018 {
1019     PRINTF(
1020     "  use '-shell' to create a root shell console on the current terminal.\n"
1021     "  this is unlike the 'adb shell' command for the following reasons:\n\n"
1022 
1023     "  * this is a *root* shell that allows you to modify many parts of the system\n"
1024     "  * this works even if the ADB daemon in the emulated system is broken\n"
1025     "  * pressing Ctrl-C will stop the emulator, instead of the shell.\n\n"
1026     "  See also '-shell-serial'.\n\n" );
1027 }
1028 
1029 static void
help_shell_serial(stralloc_t * out)1030 help_shell_serial(stralloc_t*  out)
1031 {
1032     PRINTF(
1033     "  use '-shell-serial <device>' instead of '-shell' to open a root shell\n"
1034     "  to the emulated system, while specifying an external communication\n"
1035     "  channel / host device.\n\n"
1036 
1037     "  '-shell-serial stdio' is identical to '-shell', while you can use\n"
1038     "  '-shell-serial tcp::4444,server,nowait' to talk to the shell over local\n"
1039     "  TCP port 4444.  '-shell-serial fdpair:3:6' would let a parent process\n"
1040     "  talk to the shell using fds 3 and 6.\n\n"
1041 
1042     "  see -help-char-devices for a list of available <device> specifications.\n\n"
1043     "  NOTE: you can have only one shell per emulator instance at the moment\n\n"
1044     );
1045 }
1046 
1047 static void
help_logcat(stralloc_t * out)1048 help_logcat(stralloc_t*  out)
1049 {
1050     PRINTF(
1051     "  use '-logcat <tags>' to redirect log messages from the emulated system to\n"
1052     "  the current terminal. <tags> is a list of space/comma-separated log filters\n"
1053     "  where each filter has the following format:\n\n"
1054 
1055     "     <componentName>:<logLevel>\n\n"
1056 
1057     "  where <componentName> is either '*' or the name of a given component,\n"
1058     "  and <logLevel> is one of the following letters:\n\n"
1059 
1060     "      v          verbose level\n"
1061     "      d          debug level\n"
1062     "      i          informative log level\n"
1063     "      w          warning log level\n"
1064     "      e          error log level\n"
1065     "      s          silent log level\n\n"
1066 
1067     "  for example, the following only displays messages from the 'GSM' component\n"
1068     "  that are at least at the informative level:\n\n"
1069 
1070     "    -logcat '*:s GSM:i'\n\n"
1071 
1072     "  if '-logcat <tags>' is not used, the emulator looks for ANDROID_LOG_TAGS\n"
1073     "  in the environment. if it is defined, its value must match the <tags>\n"
1074     "  format and will be used to redirect log messages to the terminal.\n\n"
1075 
1076     "  note that this doesn't prevent you from redirecting the same, or other,\n"
1077     "  log messages through the ADB or DDMS tools too.\n\n");
1078 }
1079 
1080 static void
help_no_audio(stralloc_t * out)1081 help_no_audio(stralloc_t*  out)
1082 {
1083     PRINTF(
1084     "  use '-no-audio' to disable all audio support in the emulator. this may be\n"
1085     "  unfortunately be necessary in some cases:\n\n"
1086 
1087     "  * at least two users have reported that their Windows machine rebooted\n"
1088     "    instantly unless they used this option when starting the emulator.\n"
1089     "    it is very likely that the problem comes from buggy audio drivers.\n\n"
1090 
1091     "  * on some Linux machines, the emulator might get stuck at startup with\n"
1092     "    audio support enabled. this problem is hard to reproduce, but seems to\n"
1093     "    be related too to flaky ALSA / audio driver support.\n\n"
1094 
1095     "  on Linux, another option is to try to change the default audio backend\n"
1096     "  used by the emulator. you can do that by setting the QEMU_AUDIO_DRV\n"
1097     "  environment variables to one of the following values:\n\n"
1098 
1099     "    alsa        (use the ALSA backend)\n"
1100     "    esd         (use the EsounD backend)\n"
1101     "    sdl         (use the SDL audio backend, no audio input supported)\n"
1102     "    oss         (use the OSS backend)\n"
1103     "    none        (do not support audio)\n"
1104     "\n"
1105     "  the very brave can also try to use distinct backends for audio input\n"
1106     "  and audio outputs, this is possible by selecting one of the above values\n"
1107     "  into the QEMU_AUDIO_OUT_DRV and QEMU_AUDIO_IN_DRV environment variables.\n\n"
1108     );
1109 }
1110 
1111 static void
help_raw_keys(stralloc_t * out)1112 help_raw_keys(stralloc_t*  out)
1113 {
1114     PRINTF(
1115     "  this option is deprecated because one can do the same using Ctrl-K\n"
1116     "  at runtime (this keypress toggles between unicode/raw keyboard modes)\n\n"
1117 
1118     "  by default, the emulator tries to reverse-map the characters you type on\n"
1119     "  your keyboard to device-specific key presses whenever possible. this is\n"
1120     "  done to make the emulator usable with a non-QWERTY keyboard.\n\n"
1121 
1122     "  however, this also means that single keypresses like Shift or Alt are not\n"
1123     "  passed to the emulated device. the '-raw-keys' option disables the reverse\n"
1124     "  mapping. it should only be used when using a QWERTY keyboard on your machine\n"
1125 
1126     "  (should only be useful to Android system hackers, e.g. when implementing a\n"
1127     "  new input method).\n\n"
1128     );
1129 }
1130 
1131 static void
help_radio(stralloc_t * out)1132 help_radio(stralloc_t*  out)
1133 {
1134     PRINTF(
1135     "  use '-radio <device>' to redirect the GSM modem emulation to an external\n"
1136     "  character device or program. this bypasses the emulator's internal modem\n"
1137     "  and should only be used for testing.\n\n"
1138 
1139     "  see '-help-char-devices' for the format of <device>\n\n"
1140 
1141     "  the data exchanged with the external device/program are GSM AT commands\n\n"
1142 
1143     "  note that, when running in the emulator, the Android GSM stack only supports\n"
1144     "  a *very* basic subset of the GSM protocol. trying to link the emulator to\n"
1145     "  a real GSM modem is very likely to not work properly.\n\n"
1146     );
1147 }
1148 
1149 
1150 static void
help_port(stralloc_t * out)1151 help_port(stralloc_t*  out)
1152 {
1153     PRINTF(
1154     "  at startup, the emulator tries to bind its control console at a free port\n"
1155     "  starting from 5554, in increments of two (i.e. 5554, then 5556, 5558, etc..)\n"
1156     "  this allows several emulator instances to run concurrently on the same\n"
1157     "  machine, each one using a different console port number.\n\n"
1158 
1159     "  use '-port <port>' to force an emulator instance to use a given console port\n\n"
1160 
1161     "  note that <port> must be an *even* integer between 5554 and 5584 included.\n"
1162     "  <port>+1 must also be free and will be reserved for ADB. if any of these\n"
1163     "  ports is already used, the emulator will fail to start.\n\n" );
1164 }
1165 
1166 static void
help_ports(stralloc_t * out)1167 help_ports(stralloc_t*  out)
1168 {
1169     PRINTF(
1170     "  the '-ports <consoleport>,<adbport>' option allows you to explicitely set\n"
1171     "  the TCP ports used by the emulator to implement its control console and\n"
1172     "  communicate with the ADB tool.\n\n"
1173 
1174     "  This is a very special option that should probably *not* be used by typical\n"
1175     "  developers using the Android SDK (use '-port <port>' instead), because the\n"
1176     "  corresponding instance is probably not going to be seen from adb/DDMS. Its\n"
1177     "  purpose is to use the emulator in very specific network configurations.\n\n"
1178 
1179     "    <consoleport> is the TCP port used to bind the control console\n"
1180     "    <adbport> is the TCP port used to bind the ADB local transport/tunnel.\n\n"
1181 
1182     "  If both ports aren't available on startup, the emulator will exit.\n\n");
1183 }
1184 
1185 
1186 static void
help_onion(stralloc_t * out)1187 help_onion(stralloc_t*  out)
1188 {
1189     PRINTF(
1190     "  use '-onion <file>' to specify a PNG image file that will be displayed on\n"
1191     "  top of the emulated framebuffer with translucency. this can be useful to\n"
1192     "  check that UI elements are correctly positioned with regards to a reference\n"
1193     "  graphics specification.\n\n"
1194 
1195     "  the default translucency is 50%%, but you can use '-onion-alpha <%%age>' to\n"
1196     "  select a different one, or even use keypresses at runtime to alter it\n"
1197     "  (see -help-keys for details)\n\n"
1198 
1199     "  finally, the onion image can be rotated (see -help-onion-rotate)\n\n"
1200     );
1201 }
1202 
1203 static void
help_onion_alpha(stralloc_t * out)1204 help_onion_alpha(stralloc_t*  out)
1205 {
1206     PRINTF(
1207     "  use '-onion-alpha <percent>' to change the translucency level of the onion\n"
1208     "  image that is going to be displayed on top of the framebuffer (see also\n"
1209     "  -help-onion). the default is 50%%.\n\n"
1210 
1211     "  <percent> must be an integer between 0 and 100.\n\n"
1212 
1213     "  you can also change the translucency dynamically (see -help-keys)\n\n"
1214     );
1215 }
1216 
1217 static void
help_onion_rotation(stralloc_t * out)1218 help_onion_rotation(stralloc_t*  out)
1219 {
1220     PRINTF(
1221     "  use '-onion-rotation <rotation>' to change the rotation of the onion\n"
1222     "  image loaded through '-onion <file>'. valid values for <rotation> are:\n\n"
1223 
1224     "   0        no rotation\n"
1225     "   1        90  degrees clockwise\n"
1226     "   2        180 degrees\n"
1227     "   3        270 degrees clockwise\n\n"
1228     );
1229 }
1230 
1231 
1232 static void
help_timezone(stralloc_t * out)1233 help_timezone(stralloc_t*  out)
1234 {
1235     PRINTF(
1236     "  by default, the emulator tries to detect your current timezone to report\n"
1237     "  it to the emulated system. use the '-timezone <timezone>' option to choose\n"
1238     "  a different timezone, or if the automatic detection doesn't work correctly.\n\n"
1239 
1240     "  VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:\n\n"
1241     "  the <timezone> value must be in zoneinfo format, i.e. it should look like\n"
1242     "  Area/Location or even Area/SubArea/Location. valid examples are:\n\n"
1243 
1244     "    America/Los_Angeles\n"
1245     "    Europe/Paris\n\n"
1246 
1247     "  using a human-friendly abbreviation like 'PST' or 'CET' will not work, as\n"
1248     "  well as using values that are not defined by the zoneinfo database.\n\n"
1249 
1250     "  NOTE: unfortunately, this will not work on M5 and older SDK releases\n\n"
1251     );
1252 }
1253 
1254 
1255 static void
help_dns_server(stralloc_t * out)1256 help_dns_server(stralloc_t*  out)
1257 {
1258     PRINTF(
1259     "  by default, the emulator tries to detect the DNS servers you're using and\n"
1260     "  will setup special aliases in the emulated firewall network to allow the\n"
1261     "  Android system to connect directly to them. use '-dns-server <servers>' to\n"
1262     "  select a different list of DNS servers to be used.\n\n"
1263 
1264     "  <servers> must be a comma-separated list of up to 4 DNS server names or\n"
1265     "  IP addresses.\n\n"
1266 
1267     "  NOTE: on M5 and older SDK releases, only the first server in the list will\n"
1268     "        be used.\n\n"
1269     );
1270 }
1271 
1272 
1273 static void
help_cpu_delay(stralloc_t * out)1274 help_cpu_delay(stralloc_t*  out)
1275 {
1276     PRINTF(
1277     "  this option is purely experimental, probably doesn't work as you would\n"
1278     "  expect, and may even disappear in a later emulator release.\n\n"
1279 
1280     "  use '-cpu-delay <delay>' to throttle CPU emulation. this may be useful\n"
1281     "  to detect weird race conditions that only happen on 'lower' CPUs. note\n"
1282     "  that <delay> is a unit-less integer that doesn't even scale linearly\n"
1283     "  to observable slowdowns. use trial and error to find something that\n"
1284     "  suits you, the 'correct' machine is very probably dependent on your\n"
1285     "  host CPU and memory anyway...\n\n"
1286     );
1287 }
1288 
1289 
1290 static void
help_no_boot_anim(stralloc_t * out)1291 help_no_boot_anim(stralloc_t*  out)
1292 {
1293     PRINTF(
1294     "  use '-no-boot-anim' to disable the boot animation (red bouncing ball) when\n"
1295     "  starting the emulator. on slow machines, this can surprisingly speed up the\n"
1296     "  boot sequence in tremendous ways.\n\n"
1297 
1298     "  NOTE: unfortunately, this will not work on M5 and older SDK releases\n\n"
1299     );
1300 }
1301 
1302 
1303 static void
help_gps(stralloc_t * out)1304 help_gps(stralloc_t*  out)
1305 {
1306     PRINTF(
1307     "  use '-gps <device>' to emulate an NMEA-compatible GPS unit connected to\n"
1308     "  an external character device or socket. the format of <device> is the same\n"
1309     "  than the one used for '-radio <device>' (see -help-char-devices for details)\n\n"
1310     );
1311 }
1312 
1313 
1314 static void
help_keyset(stralloc_t * out)1315 help_keyset(stralloc_t*  out)
1316 {
1317     char  temp[256];
1318 
1319     PRINTF(
1320     "  use '-keyset <name>' to specify a different keyset file name to use when\n"
1321     "  starting the emulator. a keyset file contains a list of key bindings used\n"
1322     "  to control the emulator with the host keyboard.\n\n"
1323 
1324     "  by default, the emulator looks for the following file:\n\n"
1325     );
1326 
1327     bufprint_config_file(temp, temp+sizeof(temp), KEYSET_FILE);
1328     PRINTF(
1329     "    %s\n\n", temp );
1330 
1331     bufprint_config_path(temp, temp+sizeof(temp));
1332     PRINTF(
1333     "  however, if -keyset is used, then the emulator does the following:\n\n"
1334 
1335     "  - first, if <name> doesn't have an extension, then the '.keyset' suffix\n"
1336     "    is appended to it (e.g. \"foo\" => \"foo.keyset\"),\n\n"
1337 
1338     "  - then, the emulator searches for a file named <name> in the following\n"
1339     "    directories:\n\n"
1340 
1341     "     * the emulator configuration directory: %s\n"
1342     "     * the 'keysets' subdirectory of <systemdir>, if any\n"
1343     "     * the 'keysets' subdirectory of the program location, if any\n\n",
1344     temp );
1345 
1346     PRINTF(
1347     "  if no corresponding file is found, a default set of key bindings is used.\n\n"
1348     "  use '-help-keys' to list the default key bindings.\n"
1349     "  use '-help-keyset-file' to learn more about the format of keyset files.\n"
1350     "\n"
1351     );
1352 }
1353 
1354 #ifdef CONFIG_NAND_LIMITS
1355 static void
help_nand_limits(stralloc_t * out)1356 help_nand_limits(stralloc_t*  out)
1357 {
1358     PRINTF(
1359     "  use '-nand-limits <limits>' to enable a debugging feature that sends a\n"
1360     "  signal to an external process once a read and/or write limit is achieved\n"
1361     "  in the emulated system. the format of <limits> is the following:\n\n"
1362 
1363     "     pid=<number>,signal=<number>,[reads=<threshold>][,writes=<threshold>]\n\n"
1364 
1365     "  where 'pid' is the target process identifier, 'signal' the number of the\n"
1366     "  target signal. the read and/or write threshold'reads' are a number optionally\n"
1367     "  followed by a K, M or G suffix, corresponding to the number of bytes to be\n"
1368     "  read or written before the signal is sent.\n\n"
1369     );
1370 }
1371 #endif /* CONFIG_NAND_LIMITS */
1372 
1373 static void
help_bootchart(stralloc_t * out)1374 help_bootchart(stralloc_t  *out)
1375 {
1376     PRINTF(
1377     "  some Android system images have a modified 'init' system that  integrates\n"
1378     "  a bootcharting facility (see http://www.bootchart.org/). You can pass a\n"
1379     "  bootcharting period to the system with the following:\n\n"
1380 
1381     "    -bootchart <timeout>\n\n"
1382 
1383     "  where 'timeout' is a period expressed in seconds. Note that this won't do\n"
1384     "  anything if your init doesn't have bootcharting activated.\n\n"
1385     );
1386 }
1387 
1388 static void
help_tcpdump(stralloc_t * out)1389 help_tcpdump(stralloc_t  *out)
1390 {
1391     PRINTF(
1392     "  use the -tcpdump <file> option to start capturing all network packets\n"
1393     "  that are sent through the emulator's virtual Ethernet LAN. You can later\n"
1394     "  use tools like WireShark to analyze the traffic and understand what\n"
1395     "  really happens.\n\n"
1396 
1397     "  note that this captures all Ethernet packets, and is not limited to TCP\n"
1398     "  connections.\n\n"
1399 
1400     "  you can also start/stop the packet capture dynamically through the console;\n"
1401     "  see the 'network capture start' and 'network capture stop' commands for\n"
1402     "  details.\n\n"
1403     );
1404 }
1405 
1406 static void
help_charmap(stralloc_t * out)1407 help_charmap(stralloc_t  *out)
1408 {
1409     PRINTF(
1410     "  use '-charmap <file>' to use key character map specified in that file.\n"
1411     "  <file> must be a full path to a kcm file, containing desired character map.\n\n"
1412     );
1413 }
1414 
1415 static void
help_prop(stralloc_t * out)1416 help_prop(stralloc_t  *out)
1417 {
1418     PRINTF(
1419     "  use '-prop <name>=<value>' to set a boot-time system property.\n"
1420     "  <name> must be a property name of at most %d characters, without any\n"
1421     "  space in it, and <value> must be a string of at most %d characters.\n\n",
1422     BOOT_PROPERTY_MAX_NAME, BOOT_PROPERTY_MAX_VALUE );
1423 
1424     PRINTF(
1425     "  the corresponding system property will be set at boot time in the\n"
1426     "  emulated system. This can be useful for debugging purposes.\n\n"
1427 
1428     "  note that you can use several -prop options to define more than one\n"
1429     "  boot property.\n\n"
1430     );
1431 }
1432 
1433 static void
help_shared_net_id(stralloc_t * out)1434 help_shared_net_id(stralloc_t*  out)
1435 {
1436     PRINTF(
1437     "  Normally, Android instances running in the emulator cannot talk to each other\n"
1438     "  directly, because each instance is behind a virtual router. However, sometimes\n"
1439     "  it is necessary to test the behaviour of applications if they are directly\n"
1440     "  exposed to the network.\n\n"
1441 
1442     "  This option instructs the emulator to join a virtual network shared with\n"
1443     "  emulators also using this option. The number given is used to construct\n"
1444     "  the IP address 10.1.2.<number>, which is bound to a second interface on\n"
1445     "  the emulator. Each emulator must use a different number.\n\n"
1446     );
1447 }
1448 
1449 static void
help_gpu(stralloc_t * out)1450 help_gpu(stralloc_t* out)
1451 {
1452     PRINTF(
1453     "  Use -gpu <mode> to override the mode of hardware OpenGL ES emulation\n"
1454     "  indicated by the AVD. Valid values for <mode> are:\n\n"
1455 
1456     "     on       -> enable GPU emulation\n"
1457     "     off      -> disable GPU emulation\n"
1458     "     auto     -> use the setting from the AVD\n"
1459     "     enabled  -> same as 'on'\n"
1460     "     disabled -> same as 'off'\n\n"
1461 
1462     "  Note that enabling GPU emulation if the system image does not support it\n"
1463     "  will prevent the proper display of the emulated framebuffer.\n\n"
1464 
1465     "  You can always disable GPU emulation (i.e. '-gpu off'), and this will\n"
1466     "  force the virtual device to use the slow software renderer instead.\n"
1467     "  Note that OpenGLES 2.0 is _not_ supported by it.\n\n"
1468 
1469     "  The 'auto' mode is the default. In this mode, the hw.gpu.enabled setting\n"
1470     "  in the AVD's hardware-qemu.ini file will determine whether GPU emulation\n"
1471     "  is enabled.\n\n"
1472 
1473     "  Even if hardware GPU emulation is enabled, if the host-side OpenGL ES\n"
1474     "  emulation library cannot be initialized, the emulator will run with GPU\n"
1475     "  emulation disabled rather than failing to start.\n"
1476     );
1477 }
1478 
1479 static void
help_camera_back(stralloc_t * out)1480 help_camera_back(stralloc_t* out)
1481 {
1482     PRINTF(
1483     "  Use -camera-back <mode> to control emulation of a camera facing back.\n"
1484     "  Valid values for <mode> are:\n\n"
1485 
1486     "     emulated  -> camera will be emulated using software ('fake') camera emulation\n"
1487     "     webcam<N> -> camera will be emulated using a webcamera connected to the host\n"
1488     "     none      -> camera emulation will be disabled\n\n"
1489     );
1490 }
1491 
1492 static void
help_camera_front(stralloc_t * out)1493 help_camera_front(stralloc_t* out)
1494 {
1495     PRINTF(
1496     "  Use -camera-front <mode> to control emulation of a camera facing front.\n"
1497     "  Valid values for <mode> are:\n\n"
1498 
1499     "     emulated  -> camera will be emulated using software ('fake') camera emulation\n"
1500     "     webcam<N> -> camera will be emulated using a webcamera connected to the host\n"
1501     "     none      -> camera emulation will be disabled\n\n"
1502     );
1503 }
1504 
1505 static void
help_webcam_list(stralloc_t * out)1506 help_webcam_list(stralloc_t* out)
1507 {
1508     PRINTF(
1509     "  Use -webcam-list to list web cameras available for emulation.\n\n"
1510     );
1511 }
1512 
1513 static void
help_screen(stralloc_t * out)1514 help_screen(stralloc_t* out)
1515 {
1516     PRINTF(
1517     "  Use -screen <mode> to set the emulated screen mode.\n"
1518     "  Valid values for <mode> are:\n\n"
1519 
1520     "     touch       -> emulate a touch screen\n"
1521     "     multi-touch -> emulate a multi-touch screen\n"
1522     "     no-touch    -> disable touch and multi-touch screen emulation\n\n"
1523 
1524     "  Default mode for screen emulation is 'touch'.\n\n"
1525     );
1526 }
1527 
1528 static void
help_force_32bit(stralloc_t * out)1529 help_force_32bit(stralloc_t* out)
1530 {
1531     PRINTF(
1532     "  Use -force-32bit to use 32-bit emulator on 64-bit platforms\n\n"
1533 
1534     );
1535 }
1536 
1537 #define  help_no_skin   NULL
1538 #define  help_netspeed  help_shaper
1539 #define  help_netdelay  help_shaper
1540 #define  help_netfast   help_shaper
1541 
1542 #define  help_noaudio      NULL
1543 #define  help_noskin       NULL
1544 #define  help_nocache      NULL
1545 #define  help_no_jni       NULL
1546 #define  help_nojni        NULL
1547 #define  help_initdata     NULL
1548 #define  help_no_window    NULL
1549 #define  help_version      NULL
1550 #define  help_memory       NULL
1551 #define  help_partition_size NULL
1552 
1553 typedef struct {
1554     const char*  name;
1555     const char*  template;
1556     const char*  descr;
1557     void (*func)(stralloc_t*);
1558 } OptionHelp;
1559 
1560 static const OptionHelp    option_help[] = {
1561 #define  OPT_FLAG(_name,_descr)             { STRINGIFY(_name), NULL, _descr, help_##_name },
1562 #define  OPT_PARAM(_name,_template,_descr)  { STRINGIFY(_name), _template, _descr, help_##_name },
1563 #define  OPT_LIST                           OPT_PARAM
1564 #include "android/cmdline-options.h"
1565     { NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL }
1566 };
1567 
1568 typedef struct {
1569     const char*  name;
1570     const char*  desc;
1571     void (*func)(stralloc_t*);
1572 } TopicHelp;
1573 
1574 
1575 static const TopicHelp    topic_help[] = {
1576     { "disk-images",  "about disk images",      help_disk_images },
1577     { "keys",         "supported key bindings", help_keys },
1578     { "debug-tags",   "debug tags for -debug <tags>", help_debug_tags },
1579     { "char-devices", "character <device> specification", help_char_devices },
1580     { "environment",  "environment variables",  help_environment },
1581     { "keyset-file",  "key bindings configuration file", help_keyset_file },
1582     { "virtual-device", "virtual device management", help_virtual_device },
1583     { "sdk-images",   "about disk images when using the SDK", help_sdk_images },
1584     { "build-images", "about disk images when building Android", help_build_images },
1585     { NULL, NULL, NULL }
1586 };
1587 
1588 int
android_help_for_option(const char * option,stralloc_t * out)1589 android_help_for_option( const char*  option, stralloc_t*  out )
1590 {
1591     OptionHelp const*  oo;
1592     char               temp[32];
1593 
1594     /* the names in the option_help table use underscore instead
1595      * of dashes, so create a tranlated copy of the option name
1596      * before scanning the table for matches
1597      */
1598     buffer_translate_char( temp, sizeof temp, option, '-', '_' );
1599 
1600     for ( oo = option_help; oo->name != NULL; oo++ ) {
1601         if ( !strcmp(oo->name, temp) ) {
1602             if (oo->func)
1603                 oo->func(out);
1604             else
1605                 stralloc_add_str(out, oo->descr);
1606             return 0;
1607         }
1608     }
1609     return -1;
1610 }
1611 
1612 
1613 int
android_help_for_topic(const char * topic,stralloc_t * out)1614 android_help_for_topic( const char*  topic, stralloc_t*  out )
1615 {
1616     const TopicHelp*  tt;
1617 
1618     for ( tt = topic_help; tt->name != NULL; tt++ ) {
1619         if ( !strcmp(tt->name, topic) ) {
1620             tt->func(out);
1621             return 0;
1622         }
1623     }
1624     return -1;
1625 }
1626 
1627 
1628 extern void
android_help_list_options(stralloc_t * out)1629 android_help_list_options( stralloc_t*  out )
1630 {
1631     const OptionHelp*  oo;
1632     const TopicHelp*   tt;
1633     int                maxwidth = 0;
1634 
1635     for ( oo = option_help; oo->name != NULL; oo++ ) {
1636         int  width = strlen(oo->name);
1637         if (oo->template != NULL)
1638             width += strlen(oo->template);
1639         if (width > maxwidth)
1640             maxwidth = width;
1641     }
1642 
1643     for (oo = option_help; oo->name != NULL; oo++) {
1644         char  temp[32];
1645         /* the names in the option_help table use underscores instead
1646          * of dashes, so create a translated copy of the option's name
1647          */
1648         buffer_translate_char(temp, sizeof temp, oo->name, '_', '-');
1649 
1650         stralloc_add_format( out, "    -%s %-*s %s\n",
1651             temp,
1652             (int)(maxwidth - strlen(oo->name)),
1653             oo->template ? oo->template : "",
1654             oo->descr );
1655     }
1656 
1657     PRINTF( "\n" );
1658     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-qemu args...",    "pass arguments to qemu");
1659     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-qemu -h", "display qemu help");
1660     PRINTF( "\n" );
1661     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-verbose",       "same as '-debug-init'");
1662     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-debug <tags>",  "enable/disable debug messages");
1663     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-debug-<tag>",   "enable specific debug messages");
1664     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-debug-no-<tag>","disable specific debug messages");
1665     PRINTF( "\n" );
1666     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-help",    "print this help");
1667     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-help-<option>", "print option-specific help");
1668     PRINTF( "\n" );
1669 
1670     for (tt = topic_help; tt->name != NULL; tt += 1) {
1671         char    help[32];
1672         snprintf(help, sizeof(help), "-help-%s", tt->name);
1673         PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, help, tt->desc );
1674     }
1675     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-help-all", "prints all help content");
1676     PRINTF( "\n");
1677 }
1678 
1679 
1680 void
android_help_main(stralloc_t * out)1681 android_help_main( stralloc_t*  out )
1682 {
1683     stralloc_add_str(out, "Android Emulator usage: emulator [options] [-qemu args]\n");
1684     stralloc_add_str(out, "  options:\n" );
1685 
1686     android_help_list_options(out);
1687 
1688     /*printf( "%.*s", out->n, out->s );*/
1689 }
1690 
1691 
1692 void
android_help_all(stralloc_t * out)1693 android_help_all( stralloc_t*  out )
1694 {
1695     const OptionHelp*  oo;
1696     const TopicHelp*   tt;
1697 
1698     for (oo = option_help; oo->name != NULL; oo++) {
1699         PRINTF( "========= help for option -%s:\n\n", oo->name );
1700         android_help_for_option( oo->name, out );
1701     }
1702 
1703     for (tt = topic_help; tt->name != NULL; tt++) {
1704         PRINTF( "========= help for -help-%s\n\n", tt->name );
1705         android_help_for_topic( tt->name, out );
1706     }
1707     PRINTF( "========= top-level help\n\n" );
1708     android_help_main(out);
1709 }
1710