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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 #ifndef NO_SKIN
8 #include "android/skin/keyset.h"
9 #endif
10 #include "android/android.h"
11 #include <stdint.h>
12 #include <string.h>
13 #include <stdlib.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 #ifndef NO_SKIN
212     int  pass, maxw = 0;
213 
214     stralloc_add_str( out, "  When running the emulator, use the following keypresses:\n\n");
215 
216     if (!android_keyset)
217         android_keyset = skin_keyset_new_from_text( skin_keyset_get_default() );
218 
219     for (pass = 0; pass < 2; pass++) {
220         SkinKeyCommand  cmd;
221 
222         for (cmd = SKIN_KEY_COMMAND_NONE+1; cmd < SKIN_KEY_COMMAND_MAX; cmd++)
223         {
224             SkinKeyBinding  bindings[ SKIN_KEY_COMMAND_MAX_BINDINGS ];
225             int             n, count, len;
226             char            temp[32], *p = temp, *end = p + sizeof(temp);
227 
228             count = skin_keyset_get_bindings( android_keyset, cmd, bindings );
229             if (count <= 0)
230                 continue;
231 
232             for (n = 0; n < count; n++) {
233                 p = bufprint(p, end, "%s%s", (n == 0) ? "" : ", ",
234                             skin_key_symmod_to_str( bindings[n].sym, bindings[n].mod ) );
235             }
236 
237             if (pass == 0) {
238                 len = strlen(temp);
239                 if (len > maxw)
240                     maxw = len;
241             } else {
242                 PRINTF( "    %-*s  %s\n", maxw, temp, skin_key_command_description(cmd) );
243             }
244         }
245     }
246     PRINTF( "\n" );
247     PRINTF( "  note that NumLock must be deactivated for keypad keys to work\n\n" );
248 #endif  // !NO_SKIN
249 }
250 
251 
252 static void
help_environment(stralloc_t * out)253 help_environment(stralloc_t*  out)
254 {
255     PRINTF(
256     "  The Android emulator looks at various environment variables when it starts:\n\n"
257 
258     "  If ANDROID_LOG_TAGS is defined, it will be used as in '-logcat <tags>'.\n\n"
259 
260     "  If 'http_proxy' is defined, it will be used as in '-http-proxy <proxy>'.\n\n"
261 
262     "  If ANDROID_VERBOSE is defined, it can contain a comma-separated list of\n"
263     "  verbose items. for example:\n\n"
264 
265     "      ANDROID_VERBOSE=socket,radio\n\n"
266 
267     "  is equivalent to using the '-verbose -verbose-socket -verbose-radio'\n"
268     "  options together. unsupported items will be ignored.\n\n"
269 
270     "  If ANDROID_LOG_TAGS is defined, it will be used as in '-logcat <tags>'.\n\n"
271 
272     "  If ANDROID_SDK_HOME is defined, it indicates the path of the '.android'\n"
273     "  directory which contains the SDK user data (Android Virtual Devices,\n"
274     "  DDMS preferences, key stores, etc.).\n\n"
275 
276     "  If ANDROID_SDK_ROOT is defined, it indicates the path of the SDK\n"
277     "  installation directory.\n\n"
278 
279     );
280 }
281 
282 
283 static void
help_keyset_file(stralloc_t * out)284 help_keyset_file(stralloc_t*  out)
285 {
286 #ifndef NO_SKIN
287     int           n, count;
288     const char**  strings;
289     char          temp[MAX_PATH];
290 
291     PRINTF(
292     "  on startup, the emulator looks for 'keyset' file that contains the\n"
293     "  configuration of key-bindings to use. the default location on this\n"
294     "  system is:\n\n"
295     );
296 
297     bufprint_config_file( temp, temp+sizeof(temp), KEYSET_FILE );
298     PRINTF( "    %s\n\n", temp );
299 
300     PRINTF(
301     "  if the file doesn't exist, the emulator writes one containing factory\n"
302     "  defaults. you are then free to modify it to suit specific needs.\n\n"
303     "  this file shall contain a list of text lines in the following format:\n\n"
304 
305     "    <command> [<modifiers>]<key>\n\n"
306 
307     "  where <command> is an emulator-specific command name, i.e. one of:\n\n"
308     );
309 
310     count   = SKIN_KEY_COMMAND_MAX-1;
311     strings = calloc( count, sizeof(char*) );
312     for (n = 0; n < count; n++)
313         strings[n] = skin_key_command_to_str(n+1);
314 
315     stralloc_tabular( out, strings, count, "    ", 80-8 );
316     free(strings);
317 
318     PRINTF(
319     "\n"
320     "  <modifers> is an optional list of <modifier> elements (without separators)\n"
321     "  which can be one of:\n\n"
322 
323     "    Ctrl-     Left Control Key\n"
324     "    Shift-    Left Shift Key\n"
325     "    Alt-      Left Alt key\n"
326     "    RCtrl-    Right Control Key\n"
327     "    RShift-   Right Shift Key\n"
328     "    RAlt-     Right Alt key (a.k.a AltGr)\n"
329     "\n"
330     "  finally <key> is a QWERTY-specific keyboard symbol which can be one of:\n\n"
331     );
332     count   = skin_keysym_str_count();
333     strings = calloc( count, sizeof(char*) );
334     for (n = 0; n < count; n++)
335         strings[n] = skin_keysym_str(n);
336 
337     stralloc_tabular( out, strings, count, "    ", 80-8 );
338     free(strings);
339 
340     PRINTF(
341     "\n"
342     "  case is not significant, and a single command can be associated to up\n"
343     "  to %d different keys. to bind a command to multiple keys, use commas to\n"
344     "  separate them. here are some examples:\n\n",
345     SKIN_KEY_COMMAND_MAX_BINDINGS );
346 
347     PRINTF(
348     "    TOGGLE_NETWORK      F8                # toggle the network on/off\n"
349     "    CHANGE_LAYOUT_PREV  Keypad_7,Ctrl-J   # switch to a previous skin layout\n"
350     "\n"
351     );
352 #endif  // !NO_SKIN
353 }
354 
355 
356 static void
help_debug_tags(stralloc_t * out)357 help_debug_tags(stralloc_t*  out)
358 {
359     int  n;
360 
361 #define  _VERBOSE_TAG(x,y)   { #x, VERBOSE_##x, y },
362     static const struct { const char*  name; int  flag; const char*  text; }
363     verbose_options[] = {
364         VERBOSE_TAG_LIST
365         { 0, 0, 0 }
366     };
367 #undef _VERBOSE_TAG
368 
369     PRINTF(
370     "  the '-debug <tags>' option can be used to enable or disable debug\n"
371     "  messages from specific parts of the emulator. <tags> must be a list\n"
372     "  (separated by space/comma/column) of <component> names, which can be one of:\n\n"
373     );
374 
375     for (n = 0; n < VERBOSE_MAX; n++)
376         PRINTF( "    %-12s    %s\n", verbose_options[n].name, verbose_options[n].text );
377     PRINTF( "    %-12s    %s\n", "all", "all components together\n" );
378 
379     PRINTF(
380     "\n"
381     "  each <component> can be prefixed with a single '-' to indicate the disabling\n"
382     "  of its debug messages. for example:\n\n"
383 
384     "    -debug all,-socket,-keys\n\n"
385 
386     "  enables all debug messages, except the ones related to network sockets\n"
387     "  and key bindings/presses\n\n"
388     );
389 }
390 
391 static void
help_char_devices(stralloc_t * out)392 help_char_devices(stralloc_t*  out)
393 {
394     PRINTF(
395     "  various emulation options take a <device> specification that can be used to\n"
396     "  specify something to hook to an emulated device or communication channel.\n"
397     "  here is the list of supported <device> specifications:\n\n"
398 
399     "      stdio\n"
400     "          standard input/output. this may be subject to character\n"
401     "          translation (e.g. LN <=> CR/LF)\n\n"
402 
403     "      COM<n>   [Windows only]\n"
404     "          where <n> is a digit. host serial communication port.\n\n"
405 
406     "      pipe:<filename>\n"
407     "          named pipe <filename>\n\n"
408 
409     "      file:<filename>\n"
410     "          write output to <filename>, no input can be read\n\n"
411 
412     "      pty  [Linux only]\n"
413     "          pseudo TTY (a new PTY is automatically allocated)\n\n"
414 
415     "      /dev/<file>  [Unix only]\n"
416     "          host char device file, e.g. /dev/ttyS0. may require root access\n\n"
417 
418     "      /dev/parport<N>  [Linux only]\n"
419     "          use host parallel port. may require root access\n\n"
420 
421     "      unix:<path>[,server][,nowait]]     [Unix only]\n"
422     "          use a Unix domain socket. if you use the 'server' option, then\n"
423     "          the emulator will create the socket and wait for a client to\n"
424     "          connect before continuing, unless you also use 'nowait'\n\n"
425 
426     "      tcp:[<host>]:<port>[,server][,nowait][,nodelay]\n"
427     "          use a TCP socket. 'host' is set to localhost by default. if you\n"
428     "          use the 'server' option will bind the port and wait for a client\n"
429     "          to connect before continuing, unless you also use 'nowait'. the\n"
430     "          'nodelay' option disables the TCP Nagle algorithm\n\n"
431 
432     "      telnet:[<host>]:<port>[,server][,nowait][,nodelay]\n"
433     "          similar to 'tcp:' but uses the telnet protocol instead of raw TCP\n\n"
434 
435     "      udp:[<remote_host>]:<remote_port>[@[<src_ip>]:<src_port>]\n"
436     "          send output to a remote UDP server. if 'remote_host' is no\n"
437     "          specified it will default to '0.0.0.0'. you can also receive input\n"
438     "          through UDP by specifying a source address after the optional '@'.\n\n"
439 
440     "      fdpair:<fd1>,<fd2>  [Unix only]\n"
441     "          redirection input and output to a pair of pre-opened file\n"
442     "          descriptors. this is mostly useful for scripts and other\n"
443     "          programmatic launches of the emulator.\n\n"
444 
445     "      none\n"
446     "          no device connected\n\n"
447 
448     "      null\n"
449     "          the null device (a.k.a /dev/null on Unix, or NUL on Win32)\n\n"
450 
451     "  NOTE: these correspond to the <device> parameter of the QEMU -serial option\n"
452     "        as described on http://bellard.org/qemu/qemu-doc.html#SEC10\n\n"
453     );
454 }
455 
456 static void
help_avd(stralloc_t * out)457 help_avd(stralloc_t*  out)
458 {
459     PRINTF(
460     "  use '-avd <name>' to start the emulator program with a given Android\n"
461     "  Virtual Device (a.k.a. AVD), where <name> must correspond to the name\n"
462     "  of one of the existing AVDs available on your host machine.\n\n"
463 
464       "See -help-virtual-device to learn how to create/list/manage AVDs.\n\n"
465 
466     "  As a special convenience, using '@<name>' is equivalent to using\n"
467     "  '-avd <name>'.\n\n"
468     );
469 }
470 
471 static void
help_sysdir(stralloc_t * out)472 help_sysdir(stralloc_t*  out)
473 {
474     char   systemdir[MAX_PATH];
475     char   *p = systemdir, *end = p + sizeof(systemdir);
476 
477     p = bufprint_app_dir( p, end );
478     p = bufprint( p, end, PATH_SEP "lib" PATH_SEP "images" );
479 
480     PRINTF(
481     "  use '-sysdir <dir>' to specify a directory where system read-only\n"
482     "  image files will be searched. on this system, the default directory is:\n\n"
483     "      %s\n\n", systemdir );
484 
485     PRINTF(
486     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n" );
487 }
488 
489 static void
help_datadir(stralloc_t * out)490 help_datadir(stralloc_t*  out)
491 {
492     char  datadir[MAX_PATH];
493 
494     bufprint_config_path(datadir, datadir + sizeof(datadir));
495 
496     PRINTF(
497     "  use '-datadir <dir>' to specify a directory where writable image files\n"
498     "  will be searched. on this system, the default directory is:\n\n"
499     "      %s\n\n", datadir );
500 
501     PRINTF(
502     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n" );
503 }
504 
505 static void
help_kernel(stralloc_t * out)506 help_kernel(stralloc_t*  out)
507 {
508     PRINTF(
509     "  use '-kernel <file>' to specify a Linux kernel image to be run.\n"
510     "  the default image is 'kernel-qemu' from the system directory.\n\n"
511 
512     "  you can use '-debug-kernel' to see debug messages from the kernel\n"
513     "  to the terminal\n\n"
514 
515     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
516     );
517 }
518 
519 static void
help_ramdisk(stralloc_t * out)520 help_ramdisk(stralloc_t*  out)
521 {
522     PRINTF(
523     "  use '-ramdisk <file>' to specify a Linux ramdisk boot image to be run in\n"
524     "  the emulator. the default image is 'ramdisk.img' from the system directory.\n\n"
525 
526     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
527     );
528 }
529 
530 static void
help_system(stralloc_t * out)531 help_system(stralloc_t*  out)
532 {
533     PRINTF(
534     "  use '-system <file>' to specify the intial system image that will be loaded.\n"
535     "  the default image is 'system.img' from the system directory.\n\n"
536 
537     "  NOTE: In previous releases of the Android SDK, this option was named '-image'.\n"
538     "        And using '-system <path>' was equivalent to using '-sysdir <path>' now.\n\n"
539 
540     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
541     );
542 }
543 
544 static void
help_image(stralloc_t * out)545 help_image(stralloc_t*  out)
546 {
547     PRINTF(
548     "  This option is obsolete, you should use '-system <file>' instead to point\n"
549     "  to the initial system image.\n\n"
550 
551     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
552     );
553 }
554 
555 static void
help_data(stralloc_t * out)556 help_data(stralloc_t*  out)
557 {
558     PRINTF(
559     "  use '-data <file>' to specify a different /data partition image file.\n\n"
560 
561     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
562     );
563 }
564 
565 static void
help_wipe_data(stralloc_t * out)566 help_wipe_data(stralloc_t*  out)
567 {
568     PRINTF(
569     "  use '-wipe-data' to reset your /data partition image to its factory\n"
570     "  defaults. this removes all installed applications and settings.\n\n"
571 
572     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
573     );
574 }
575 
576 static void
help_cache(stralloc_t * out)577 help_cache(stralloc_t*  out)
578 {
579     PRINTF(
580     "  use '-cache <file>' to specify a /cache partition image. if <file> does\n"
581     "  not exist, it will be created empty. by default, the cache partition is\n"
582     "  backed by a temporary file that is deleted when the emulator exits.\n"
583     "  using the -cache option allows it to be persistent.\n\n"
584 
585     "  the '-no-cache' option can be used to disable the cache partition.\n\n"
586 
587     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
588     );
589 }
590 
591 static void
help_cache_size(stralloc_t * out)592 help_cache_size(stralloc_t*  out)
593 {
594     PRINTF(
595     "  use '-cache <size>' to specify a /cache partition size in MB. By default,\n"
596     "  the cache partition size is set to 66MB\n\n"
597     );
598 }
599 
600 static void
help_no_cache(stralloc_t * out)601 help_no_cache(stralloc_t*  out)
602 {
603     PRINTF(
604     "  use '-no-cache' to disable the cache partition in the emulated system.\n"
605     "  the cache partition is optional, but when available, is used by the browser\n"
606     "  to cache web pages and images\n\n"
607 
608     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
609     );
610 }
611 
612 static void
help_sdcard(stralloc_t * out)613 help_sdcard(stralloc_t*  out)
614 {
615     PRINTF(
616     "  use '-sdcard <file>' to specify a SD Card image file that will be attached\n"
617     "  to the emulator. By default, the 'sdcard.img' file is searched in the data\n"
618     "  directory.\n\n"
619 
620     "  if the file does not exist, the emulator will still start, but without an\n"
621     "  attached SD Card.\n\n"
622 
623     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n\n"
624     );
625 }
626 
627 static void
help_snapstorage(stralloc_t * out)628 help_snapstorage(stralloc_t*  out)
629 {
630     PRINTF(
631     "  Use '-snapstorage <file>' to specify a repository file for snapshots.\n"
632     "  All snapshots made during execution will be saved in this file, and only\n"
633     "  snapshots in this file can be restored during the emulator run.\n\n"
634 
635     "  If the option is not specified, it defaults to 'snapshots.img' in the\n"
636     "  data directory. If the specified file does not exist, the emulator will\n"
637     "  start, but without support for saving or loading state snapshots.\n\n"
638 
639     "  see '-help-disk-images' for more information about disk image files\n"
640     "  see '-help-snapshot' for more information about snapshots\n\n"
641     );
642 }
643 
644 static void
help_no_snapstorage(stralloc_t * out)645 help_no_snapstorage(stralloc_t*  out)
646 {
647     PRINTF(
648     "  This starts the emulator without mounting a file to store or load state\n"
649     "  snapshots, forcing a full boot and disabling state snapshot functionality.\n\n"
650     ""
651     "  This command overrides the configuration specified by the parameters\n"
652     "  '-snapstorage' and '-snapshot'. A warning will be raised if either\n"
653     "  of those parameters was specified anyway.\n\n"
654      );
655  }
656 
657 static void
help_snapshot(stralloc_t * out)658 help_snapshot(stralloc_t*  out)
659 {
660     PRINTF(
661     "  Rather than executing a full boot sequence, the Android emulator can\n"
662     "  resume execution from an earlier state snapshot (which is usually\n"
663     "  significantly faster). When the parameter '-snapshot <name>' is given,\n"
664     "  the emulator loads the snapshot of that name from the snapshot image,\n"
665     "  and saves it back under the same name on exit.\n\n"
666 
667     "  If the option is not specified, it defaults to 'default-boot'. If the\n"
668     "  specified snapshot does not exist, the emulator will perform a full boot\n"
669     "  sequence instead, but will still save.\n\n"
670 
671     "  WARNING: In the process of loading, all contents of the system, userdata\n"
672     "           and SD card images will be OVERWRITTEN with the contents they\n"
673     "           held when the snapshot was made. Unless saved in a different\n"
674     "           snapshot, any changes since will be lost!\n\n"
675 
676     "  If you want to create a snapshot manually, connect to the emulator console:\n\n"
677 
678     "      telnet localhost <port>\n\n"
679 
680     "  Then execute the command 'avd snapshot save <name>'. See '-help-port' for\n"
681     "  information on obtaining <port>.\n\n"
682     );
683 }
684 
685 static void
help_no_snapshot(stralloc_t * out)686 help_no_snapshot(stralloc_t*  out)
687 {
688     PRINTF(
689     "  This inhibits both the autoload and autosave operations, forcing\n"
690     "  emulator to perform a full boot sequence and losing state on close.\n"
691     "  It overrides the '-snapshot' parameter.\n"
692     "  If '-snapshot' was specified anyway, a warning is raised.\n\n"
693     );
694 }
695 
696 static void
help_no_snapshot_load(stralloc_t * out)697 help_no_snapshot_load(stralloc_t*  out)
698 {
699     PRINTF(
700     "  Prevents the emulator from loading the AVD's state from the snapshot\n"
701     "  storage on start.\n\n"
702     );
703 }
704 
705 static void
help_no_snapshot_save(stralloc_t * out)706 help_no_snapshot_save(stralloc_t*  out)
707 {
708     PRINTF(
709     "  Prevents the emulator from saving the AVD's state to the snapshot\n"
710     "  storage on exit, meaning that all changes will be lost.\n\n"
711     );
712 }
713 
714 static void
help_no_snapshot_update_time(stralloc_t * out)715 help_no_snapshot_update_time(stralloc_t*  out)
716 {
717     PRINTF(
718     "  Prevent the emulator from sending an unsolicited time update\n"
719     "  in response to the first signal strength query after loadvm,\n"
720     "  to avoid a sudden time jump that might upset testing. (Signal\n"
721     "  strength is queried approximately every 15 seconds)\n\n"
722     );
723 }
724 
725 static void
help_snapshot_list(stralloc_t * out)726 help_snapshot_list(stralloc_t*  out)
727 {
728     PRINTF(
729     "  This prints a table of snapshots that are stored in the snapshot storage\n"
730     "  file that the emulator was started with, then exits. Values from the 'ID'\n"
731     "  and 'TAG' columns can be used as arguments for the '-snapshot' parameter.\n\n"
732 
733     "  If '-snapstorage <file>' was specified as well, this command prints a "
734     "  table of the snapshots stored in <file>.\n\n"
735 
736     "  See '-help-snapshot' for more information on snapshots.\n\n"
737     );
738 }
739 
740 static void
help_accel(stralloc_t * out)741 help_accel(stralloc_t *out)
742 {
743     PRINTF(
744         "  Use '-accel <mode>' to control how CPU emulation can be accelerated\n"
745         "  when launching the Android emulator. Accelerated emulation only works\n"
746         "  for x86 and x86_64 system images. On Linux, it relies on KVM being\n"
747         "  installed. On Windows and OS X, it relies on an Intel CPU and the\n"
748         "  Intel HAXM driver being installed on your development machine.\n"
749         "  Valid values for <mode> are:\n\n"
750 
751         "     auto   The default, determines automatically if acceleration\n"
752         "            is supported, and uses it when possible.\n\n"
753 
754         "     off    Disables acceleration entirely. Mostly useful for debugging.\n\n"
755 
756         "     on     Force acceleration. If KVM/HAXM is not installed or usable,\n"
757         "            the emulator will refuse to start and print an error message.\n\n"
758 
759         "  Note that this flag is ignored if you're not emulating an x86 or x86_64\n"
760     );
761 }
762 
763 static void
help_no_accel(stralloc_t * out)764 help_no_accel(stralloc_t* out)
765 {
766     PRINTF(
767         "  Use '-no-accel' as a shortcut to '-accel off', i.e. to disable accelerated\n"
768         "  CPU emulation, when emulating an x86 or x86_64 system image. Only useful\n"
769         "  for debugging.\n"
770     );
771 }
772 
773 static void
help_skindir(stralloc_t * out)774 help_skindir(stralloc_t*  out)
775 {
776     PRINTF(
777     "  use '-skindir <dir>' to specify a directory that will be used to search\n"
778     "  for emulator skins. each skin must be a subdirectory of <dir>. by default\n"
779     "  the emulator will look in the 'skins' sub-directory of the system directory\n\n"
780 
781     "  the '-skin <name>' option is required when -skindir is used.\n"
782     );
783 }
784 
785 static void
help_skin(stralloc_t * out)786 help_skin(stralloc_t*  out)
787 {
788     PRINTF(
789     "  use '-skin <skin>' to specify an emulator skin, each skin corresponds to\n"
790     "  the visual appearance of a given device, including buttons and keyboards,\n"
791     "  and is stored as subdirectory <skin> of the skin root directory\n"
792     "  (see '-help-skindir')\n\n" );
793 
794     PRINTF(
795     "  note that <skin> can also be '<width>x<height>' (e.g. '320x480') to\n"
796     "  specify an exact framebuffer size, without any visual ornaments.\n\n" );
797 }
798 
799 static void
help_dynamic_skin(stralloc_t * out)800 help_dynamic_skin(stralloc_t* out)
801 {
802     PRINTF(
803     "  use '-dynamic_skin' to dynamically generate a skin based on the settings\n"
804     "  in the AVD. This option only has effect if the -skin WxH option is used\n"
805     "  to specify the width and height of the framebuffer\n");
806 }
807 
808 /* default network settings for emulator */
809 #define  DEFAULT_NETSPEED  "full"
810 #define  DEFAULT_NETDELAY  "none"
811 
812 static void
help_shaper(stralloc_t * out)813 help_shaper(stralloc_t*  out)
814 {
815     int  n;
816     PRINTF(
817     "  the Android emulator supports network throttling, i.e. slower network\n"
818     "  bandwidth as well as higher connection latencies. this is done either through\n"
819     "  skin configuration, or with '-netspeed <speed>' and '-netdelay <delay>'.\n\n"
820 
821     "  the format of -netspeed is one of the following (numbers are kbits/s):\n\n" );
822 
823     for (n = 0;; ++n) {
824         const NetworkSpeed* android_netspeed = &android_netspeeds[n];
825         if (!android_netspeed->name) {
826             break;
827         }
828         PRINTF( "    -netspeed %-12s %-15s  (up: %.1f, down: %.1f)\n",
829                         android_netspeed->name,
830                         android_netspeed->display,
831                         android_netspeed->upload/1000.,
832                         android_netspeed->download/1000. );
833     }
834     PRINTF( "\n" );
835     PRINTF( "    -netspeed %-12s %s", "<num>", "select both upload and download speed\n");
836     PRINTF( "    -netspeed %-12s %s", "<up>:<down>", "select individual up and down speed\n");
837 
838     PRINTF( "\n  The format of -netdelay is one of the following (numbers are msec):\n\n" );
839     for (n = 0; ; ++n) {
840         const NetworkLatency* android_netdelay = &android_netdelays[n];
841         if (!android_netdelay->name) {
842             break;
843         }
844         PRINTF( "    -netdelay %-10s   %-15s  (min %d, max %d)\n",
845                         android_netdelay->name, android_netdelay->display,
846                         android_netdelay->min_ms, android_netdelay->max_ms );
847     }
848     PRINTF( "    -netdelay %-10s   %s", "<num>", "select exact latency\n");
849     PRINTF( "    -netdelay %-10s   %s", "<min>:<max>", "select min and max latencies\n\n");
850 
851     PRINTF( "  the emulator uses the following defaults:\n\n" );
852     PRINTF( "    Default network speed   is '%s'\n",   DEFAULT_NETSPEED);
853     PRINTF( "    Default network latency is '%s'\n\n", DEFAULT_NETDELAY);
854 }
855 
856 static void
help_http_proxy(stralloc_t * out)857 help_http_proxy(stralloc_t*  out)
858 {
859     PRINTF(
860     "  the Android emulator allows you to redirect all TCP connections through\n"
861     "  a HTTP/HTTPS proxy. this can be enabled by using the '-http-proxy <proxy>'\n"
862     "  option, or by defining the 'http_proxy' environment variable.\n\n"
863 
864     "  <proxy> can be one of the following:\n\n"
865     "    http://<server>:<port>\n"
866     "    http://<username>:<password>@<server>:<port>\n\n"
867 
868     "  the 'http://' prefix can be omitted. If '-http-proxy <proxy>' is not used,\n"
869     "  the 'http_proxy' environment variable is looked up and any value matching\n"
870     "  the <proxy> format will be used automatically\n\n" );
871 }
872 
873 static void
help_report_console(stralloc_t * out)874 help_report_console(stralloc_t*  out)
875 {
876     PRINTF(
877     "  the '-report-console <socket>' option can be used to report the\n"
878     "  automatically-assigned console port number to a remote third-party\n"
879     "  before starting the emulation. <socket> must be in one of these\n"
880     "  formats:\n\n"
881 
882     "      tcp:<port>[,server][,max=<seconds>]\n"
883     "      unix:<path>[,server][,max=<seconds>]\n"
884     "\n"
885     "  if the 'server' option is used, the emulator opens a server socket\n"
886     "  and waits for an incoming connection to it. by default, it will instead\n"
887     "  try to make a normal client connection to the socket, and, in case of\n"
888     "  failure, will repeat this operation every second for 10 seconds.\n"
889     "  the 'max=<seconds>' option can be used to modify the timeout\n\n"
890 
891     "  when the connection is established, the emulator sends its console port\n"
892     "  number as text to the remote third-party, then closes the connection and\n"
893     "  starts the emulation as usual. *any* failure in the process described here\n"
894     "  will result in the emulator aborting immediately\n\n"
895 
896     "  as an example, here's a small Unix shell script that starts the emulator in\n"
897     "  the background and waits for its port number with the help of the 'netcat'\n"
898     "  utility:\n\n"
899 
900     "      MYPORT=5000\n"
901     "      emulator -no-window -report-console tcp:$MYPORT &\n"
902     "      CONSOLEPORT=`nc -l localhost $MYPORT`\n"
903     "\n"
904     );
905 }
906 
907 static void
help_dpi_device(stralloc_t * out)908 help_dpi_device(stralloc_t*  out)
909 {
910     PRINTF(
911     "  use '-dpi-device <dpi>' to specify the screen resolution of the emulated\n"
912     "  device. <dpi> must be an integer between 72 and 1000. the default is taken\n"
913     "  from the skin, if available, or uses the contant value %d (an average of\n"
914     "  several prototypes used during Android development).\n\n", DEFAULT_DEVICE_DPI );
915 
916     PRINTF(
917     "  the device resolution can also used to rescale the emulator window with\n"
918     "  the '-scale' option (see -help-scale)\n\n"
919     );
920 }
921 
922 static void
help_audio(stralloc_t * out)923 help_audio(stralloc_t*  out)
924 {
925     PRINTF(
926     "  the '-audio <backend>' option allows you to select a specific backend\n"
927     "  to be used to both play and record audio in the Android emulator.\n\n"
928 
929     "  use '-audio none' to disable audio completely.\n\n"
930     );
931 }
932 
933 static void
help_scale(stralloc_t * out)934 help_scale(stralloc_t*  out)
935 {
936     PRINTF(
937     "  the '-scale <scale>' option is used to scale the emulator window to\n"
938     "  something that better fits the physical dimensions of a real device. this\n"
939     "  can be *very* useful to check that your UI isn't too small to be usable\n"
940     "  on a real device.\n\n"
941 
942     "  there are three supported formats for <scale>:\n\n"
943 
944     "  * if <scale> is a real number (between 0.1 and 3.0) it is used as a\n"
945     "    scaling factor for the emulator's window.\n\n"
946 
947     "  * if <scale> is an integer followed by the suffix 'dpi' (e.g. '110dpi'),\n"
948     "    then it is interpreted as the resolution of your monitor screen. this\n"
949     "    will be divided by the emulated device's resolution to get an absolute\n"
950     "    scale. (see -help-dpi-device for details).\n\n"
951 
952     "  * finally, if <scale> is the keyword 'auto', the emulator tries to guess\n"
953     "    your monitor's resolution and automatically adjusts its window\n"
954     "    accordingly\n\n"
955 
956     "    NOTE: this process is *very* unreliable, depending on your OS, video\n"
957     "          driver issues and other random system parameters\n\n"
958 
959     "  the emulator's scale can be changed anytime at runtime through the control\n"
960     "  console. see the help for the 'window scale' command for details\n\n" );
961 }
962 
963 static void
help_trace(stralloc_t * out)964 help_trace(stralloc_t*  out)
965 {
966     PRINTF(
967     "  use '-trace <name>' to start the emulator with runtime code profiling support\n"
968     "  profiling itself will not be enabled unless you press F9 to activate it, or\n"
969     "  the executed code turns it on programmatically.\n\n"
970 
971     "  trace information is stored in directory <name>, several files are created\n"
972     "  there, that can later be used with the 'traceview' program that comes with\n"
973     "  the Android SDK for analysis.\n\n"
974 
975     "  note that execution will be slightly slower when enabling code profiling,\n"
976     "  this is a necessary requirement of the operations being performed to record\n"
977     "  the execution trace. this slowdown should not affect your system until you\n"
978     "  enable the profiling though...\n\n"
979     );
980 }
981 
982 static void
help_show_kernel(stralloc_t * out)983 help_show_kernel(stralloc_t*  out)
984 {
985     PRINTF(
986     "  use '-show-kernel' to redirect debug messages from the kernel to the current\n"
987     "  terminal. this is useful to check that the boot process works correctly.\n\n"
988     );
989 }
990 
991 static void
help_shell(stralloc_t * out)992 help_shell(stralloc_t*  out)
993 {
994     PRINTF(
995     "  use '-shell' to create a root shell console on the current terminal.\n"
996     "  this is unlike the 'adb shell' command for the following reasons:\n\n"
997 
998     "  * this is a *root* shell that allows you to modify many parts of the system\n"
999     "  * this works even if the ADB daemon in the emulated system is broken\n"
1000     "  * pressing Ctrl-C will stop the emulator, instead of the shell.\n\n"
1001     "  See also '-shell-serial'.\n\n" );
1002 }
1003 
1004 static void
help_shell_serial(stralloc_t * out)1005 help_shell_serial(stralloc_t*  out)
1006 {
1007     PRINTF(
1008     "  use '-shell-serial <device>' instead of '-shell' to open a root shell\n"
1009     "  to the emulated system, while specifying an external communication\n"
1010     "  channel / host device.\n\n"
1011 
1012     "  '-shell-serial stdio' is identical to '-shell', while you can use\n"
1013     "  '-shell-serial tcp::4444,server,nowait' to talk to the shell over local\n"
1014     "  TCP port 4444.  '-shell-serial fdpair:3:6' would let a parent process\n"
1015     "  talk to the shell using fds 3 and 6.\n\n"
1016 
1017     "  see -help-char-devices for a list of available <device> specifications.\n\n"
1018     "  NOTE: you can have only one shell per emulator instance at the moment\n\n"
1019     );
1020 }
1021 
1022 static void
help_logcat(stralloc_t * out)1023 help_logcat(stralloc_t*  out)
1024 {
1025     PRINTF(
1026     "  use '-logcat <tags>' to redirect log messages from the emulated system to\n"
1027     "  the current terminal. <tags> is a list of space/comma-separated log filters\n"
1028     "  where each filter has the following format:\n\n"
1029 
1030     "     <componentName>:<logLevel>\n\n"
1031 
1032     "  where <componentName> is either '*' or the name of a given component,\n"
1033     "  and <logLevel> is one of the following letters:\n\n"
1034 
1035     "      v          verbose level\n"
1036     "      d          debug level\n"
1037     "      i          informative log level\n"
1038     "      w          warning log level\n"
1039     "      e          error log level\n"
1040     "      s          silent log level\n\n"
1041 
1042     "  for example, the following only displays messages from the 'GSM' component\n"
1043     "  that are at least at the informative level:\n\n"
1044 
1045     "    -logcat '*:s GSM:i'\n\n"
1046 
1047     "  if '-logcat <tags>' is not used, the emulator looks for ANDROID_LOG_TAGS\n"
1048     "  in the environment. if it is defined, its value must match the <tags>\n"
1049     "  format and will be used to redirect log messages to the terminal.\n\n"
1050 
1051     "  note that this doesn't prevent you from redirecting the same, or other,\n"
1052     "  log messages through the ADB or DDMS tools too.\n\n");
1053 }
1054 
1055 static void
help_no_audio(stralloc_t * out)1056 help_no_audio(stralloc_t*  out)
1057 {
1058     PRINTF(
1059     "  use '-no-audio' to disable all audio support in the emulator. this may be\n"
1060     "  unfortunately be necessary in some cases:\n\n"
1061 
1062     "  * at least two users have reported that their Windows machine rebooted\n"
1063     "    instantly unless they used this option when starting the emulator.\n"
1064     "    it is very likely that the problem comes from buggy audio drivers.\n\n"
1065 
1066     "  * on some Linux machines, the emulator might get stuck at startup with\n"
1067     "    audio support enabled. this problem is hard to reproduce, but seems to\n"
1068     "    be related too to flaky ALSA / audio driver support.\n\n"
1069 
1070     "  on Linux, another option is to try to change the default audio backend\n"
1071     "  used by the emulator. you can do that by setting the QEMU_AUDIO_DRV\n"
1072     "  environment variables to one of the following values:\n\n"
1073 
1074     "    alsa        (use the ALSA backend)\n"
1075     "    esd         (use the EsounD backend)\n"
1076     "    sdl         (use the SDL audio backend, no audio input supported)\n"
1077     "    oss         (use the OSS backend)\n"
1078     "    none        (do not support audio)\n"
1079     "\n"
1080     "  the very brave can also try to use distinct backends for audio input\n"
1081     "  and audio outputs, this is possible by selecting one of the above values\n"
1082     "  into the QEMU_AUDIO_OUT_DRV and QEMU_AUDIO_IN_DRV environment variables.\n\n"
1083     );
1084 }
1085 
1086 static void
help_raw_keys(stralloc_t * out)1087 help_raw_keys(stralloc_t*  out)
1088 {
1089     PRINTF(
1090     "  this option is deprecated because one can do the same using Ctrl-K\n"
1091     "  at runtime (this keypress toggles between unicode/raw keyboard modes)\n\n"
1092 
1093     "  by default, the emulator tries to reverse-map the characters you type on\n"
1094     "  your keyboard to device-specific key presses whenever possible. this is\n"
1095     "  done to make the emulator usable with a non-QWERTY keyboard.\n\n"
1096 
1097     "  however, this also means that single keypresses like Shift or Alt are not\n"
1098     "  passed to the emulated device. the '-raw-keys' option disables the reverse\n"
1099     "  mapping. it should only be used when using a QWERTY keyboard on your machine\n"
1100 
1101     "  (should only be useful to Android system hackers, e.g. when implementing a\n"
1102     "  new input method).\n\n"
1103     );
1104 }
1105 
1106 static void
help_radio(stralloc_t * out)1107 help_radio(stralloc_t*  out)
1108 {
1109     PRINTF(
1110     "  use '-radio <device>' to redirect the GSM modem emulation to an external\n"
1111     "  character device or program. this bypasses the emulator's internal modem\n"
1112     "  and should only be used for testing.\n\n"
1113 
1114     "  see '-help-char-devices' for the format of <device>\n\n"
1115 
1116     "  the data exchanged with the external device/program are GSM AT commands\n\n"
1117 
1118     "  note that, when running in the emulator, the Android GSM stack only supports\n"
1119     "  a *very* basic subset of the GSM protocol. trying to link the emulator to\n"
1120     "  a real GSM modem is very likely to not work properly.\n\n"
1121     );
1122 }
1123 
1124 
1125 static void
help_port(stralloc_t * out)1126 help_port(stralloc_t*  out)
1127 {
1128     PRINTF(
1129     "  at startup, the emulator tries to bind its control console at a free port\n"
1130     "  starting from 5554, in increments of two (i.e. 5554, then 5556, 5558, etc..)\n"
1131     "  this allows several emulator instances to run concurrently on the same\n"
1132     "  machine, each one using a different console port number.\n\n"
1133 
1134     "  use '-port <port>' to force an emulator instance to use a given console port\n\n"
1135 
1136     "  note that <port> must be an *even* integer between 5554 and 5584 included.\n"
1137     "  <port>+1 must also be free and will be reserved for ADB. if any of these\n"
1138     "  ports is already used, the emulator will fail to start.\n\n" );
1139 }
1140 
1141 static void
help_ports(stralloc_t * out)1142 help_ports(stralloc_t*  out)
1143 {
1144     PRINTF(
1145     "  the '-ports <consoleport>,<adbport>' option allows you to explicitely set\n"
1146     "  the TCP ports used by the emulator to implement its control console and\n"
1147     "  communicate with the ADB tool.\n\n"
1148 
1149     "  This is a very special option that should probably *not* be used by typical\n"
1150     "  developers using the Android SDK (use '-port <port>' instead), because the\n"
1151     "  corresponding instance is probably not going to be seen from adb/DDMS. Its\n"
1152     "  purpose is to use the emulator in very specific network configurations.\n\n"
1153 
1154     "    <consoleport> is the TCP port used to bind the control console\n"
1155     "    <adbport> is the TCP port used to bind the ADB local transport/tunnel.\n\n"
1156 
1157     "  If both ports aren't available on startup, the emulator will exit.\n\n");
1158 }
1159 
1160 
1161 static void
help_onion(stralloc_t * out)1162 help_onion(stralloc_t*  out)
1163 {
1164     PRINTF(
1165     "  use '-onion <file>' to specify a PNG image file that will be displayed on\n"
1166     "  top of the emulated framebuffer with translucency. this can be useful to\n"
1167     "  check that UI elements are correctly positioned with regards to a reference\n"
1168     "  graphics specification.\n\n"
1169 
1170     "  the default translucency is 50%%, but you can use '-onion-alpha <%%age>' to\n"
1171     "  select a different one, or even use keypresses at runtime to alter it\n"
1172     "  (see -help-keys for details)\n\n"
1173 
1174     "  finally, the onion image can be rotated (see -help-onion-rotate)\n\n"
1175     );
1176 }
1177 
1178 static void
help_onion_alpha(stralloc_t * out)1179 help_onion_alpha(stralloc_t*  out)
1180 {
1181     PRINTF(
1182     "  use '-onion-alpha <percent>' to change the translucency level of the onion\n"
1183     "  image that is going to be displayed on top of the framebuffer (see also\n"
1184     "  -help-onion). the default is 50%%.\n\n"
1185 
1186     "  <percent> must be an integer between 0 and 100.\n\n"
1187 
1188     "  you can also change the translucency dynamically (see -help-keys)\n\n"
1189     );
1190 }
1191 
1192 static void
help_onion_rotation(stralloc_t * out)1193 help_onion_rotation(stralloc_t*  out)
1194 {
1195     PRINTF(
1196     "  use '-onion-rotation <rotation>' to change the rotation of the onion\n"
1197     "  image loaded through '-onion <file>'. valid values for <rotation> are:\n\n"
1198 
1199     "   0        no rotation\n"
1200     "   1        90  degrees clockwise\n"
1201     "   2        180 degrees\n"
1202     "   3        270 degrees clockwise\n\n"
1203     );
1204 }
1205 
1206 
1207 static void
help_timezone(stralloc_t * out)1208 help_timezone(stralloc_t*  out)
1209 {
1210     PRINTF(
1211     "  by default, the emulator tries to detect your current timezone to report\n"
1212     "  it to the emulated system. use the '-timezone <timezone>' option to choose\n"
1213     "  a different timezone, or if the automatic detection doesn't work correctly.\n\n"
1214 
1215     "  VERY IMPORTANT NOTE:\n\n"
1216     "  the <timezone> value must be in zoneinfo format, i.e. it should look like\n"
1217     "  Area/Location or even Area/SubArea/Location. valid examples are:\n\n"
1218 
1219     "    America/Los_Angeles\n"
1220     "    Europe/Paris\n\n"
1221 
1222     "  using a human-friendly abbreviation like 'PST' or 'CET' will not work, as\n"
1223     "  well as using values that are not defined by the zoneinfo database.\n\n"
1224 
1225     "  NOTE: unfortunately, this will not work on M5 and older SDK releases\n\n"
1226     );
1227 }
1228 
1229 
1230 static void
help_dns_server(stralloc_t * out)1231 help_dns_server(stralloc_t*  out)
1232 {
1233     PRINTF(
1234     "  by default, the emulator tries to detect the DNS servers you're using and\n"
1235     "  will setup special aliases in the emulated firewall network to allow the\n"
1236     "  Android system to connect directly to them. use '-dns-server <servers>' to\n"
1237     "  select a different list of DNS servers to be used.\n\n"
1238 
1239     "  <servers> must be a comma-separated list of up to 4 DNS server names or\n"
1240     "  IP addresses.\n\n"
1241 
1242     "  NOTE: on M5 and older SDK releases, only the first server in the list will\n"
1243     "        be used.\n\n"
1244     );
1245 }
1246 
1247 
1248 static void
help_cpu_delay(stralloc_t * out)1249 help_cpu_delay(stralloc_t*  out)
1250 {
1251     PRINTF(
1252     "  this option is purely experimental, probably doesn't work as you would\n"
1253     "  expect, and may even disappear in a later emulator release.\n\n"
1254 
1255     "  use '-cpu-delay <delay>' to throttle CPU emulation. this may be useful\n"
1256     "  to detect weird race conditions that only happen on 'lower' CPUs. note\n"
1257     "  that <delay> is a unit-less integer that doesn't even scale linearly\n"
1258     "  to observable slowdowns. use trial and error to find something that\n"
1259     "  suits you, the 'correct' machine is very probably dependent on your\n"
1260     "  host CPU and memory anyway...\n\n"
1261     );
1262 }
1263 
1264 
1265 static void
help_no_boot_anim(stralloc_t * out)1266 help_no_boot_anim(stralloc_t*  out)
1267 {
1268     PRINTF(
1269     "  use '-no-boot-anim' to disable the boot animation (red bouncing ball) when\n"
1270     "  starting the emulator. on slow machines, this can surprisingly speed up the\n"
1271     "  boot sequence in tremendous ways.\n\n"
1272 
1273     "  NOTE: unfortunately, this will not work on M5 and older SDK releases\n\n"
1274     );
1275 }
1276 
1277 
1278 static void
help_gps(stralloc_t * out)1279 help_gps(stralloc_t*  out)
1280 {
1281     PRINTF(
1282     "  use '-gps <device>' to emulate an NMEA-compatible GPS unit connected to\n"
1283     "  an external character device or socket. the format of <device> is the same\n"
1284     "  than the one used for '-radio <device>' (see -help-char-devices for details)\n\n"
1285     );
1286 }
1287 
1288 
1289 static void
help_keyset(stralloc_t * out)1290 help_keyset(stralloc_t*  out)
1291 {
1292     char  temp[256];
1293 
1294     PRINTF(
1295     "  use '-keyset <name>' to specify a different keyset file name to use when\n"
1296     "  starting the emulator. a keyset file contains a list of key bindings used\n"
1297     "  to control the emulator with the host keyboard.\n\n"
1298 
1299     "  by default, the emulator looks for the following file:\n\n"
1300     );
1301 
1302     bufprint_config_file(temp, temp+sizeof(temp), KEYSET_FILE);
1303     PRINTF(
1304     "    %s\n\n", temp );
1305 
1306     bufprint_config_path(temp, temp+sizeof(temp));
1307     PRINTF(
1308     "  however, if -keyset is used, then the emulator does the following:\n\n"
1309 
1310     "  - first, if <name> doesn't have an extension, then the '.keyset' suffix\n"
1311     "    is appended to it (e.g. \"foo\" => \"foo.keyset\"),\n\n"
1312 
1313     "  - then, the emulator searches for a file named <name> in the following\n"
1314     "    directories:\n\n"
1315 
1316     "     * the emulator configuration directory: %s\n"
1317     "     * the 'keysets' subdirectory of <systemdir>, if any\n"
1318     "     * the 'keysets' subdirectory of the program location, if any\n\n",
1319     temp );
1320 
1321     PRINTF(
1322     "  if no corresponding file is found, a default set of key bindings is used.\n\n"
1323     "  use '-help-keys' to list the default key bindings.\n"
1324     "  use '-help-keyset-file' to learn more about the format of keyset files.\n"
1325     "\n"
1326     );
1327 }
1328 
1329 #ifdef CONFIG_NAND_LIMITS
1330 static void
help_nand_limits(stralloc_t * out)1331 help_nand_limits(stralloc_t*  out)
1332 {
1333     PRINTF(
1334     "  use '-nand-limits <limits>' to enable a debugging feature that sends a\n"
1335     "  signal to an external process once a read and/or write limit is achieved\n"
1336     "  in the emulated system. the format of <limits> is the following:\n\n"
1337 
1338     "     pid=<number>,signal=<number>,[reads=<threshold>][,writes=<threshold>]\n\n"
1339 
1340     "  where 'pid' is the target process identifier, 'signal' the number of the\n"
1341     "  target signal. the read and/or write threshold'reads' are a number optionally\n"
1342     "  followed by a K, M or G suffix, corresponding to the number of bytes to be\n"
1343     "  read or written before the signal is sent.\n\n"
1344     );
1345 }
1346 #endif /* CONFIG_NAND_LIMITS */
1347 
1348 static void
help_bootchart(stralloc_t * out)1349 help_bootchart(stralloc_t  *out)
1350 {
1351     PRINTF(
1352     "  some Android system images have a modified 'init' system that  integrates\n"
1353     "  a bootcharting facility (see http://www.bootchart.org/). You can pass a\n"
1354     "  bootcharting period to the system with the following:\n\n"
1355 
1356     "    -bootchart <timeout>\n\n"
1357 
1358     "  where 'timeout' is a period expressed in seconds. Note that this won't do\n"
1359     "  anything if your init doesn't have bootcharting activated.\n\n"
1360     );
1361 }
1362 
1363 static void
help_tcpdump(stralloc_t * out)1364 help_tcpdump(stralloc_t  *out)
1365 {
1366     PRINTF(
1367     "  use the -tcpdump <file> option to start capturing all network packets\n"
1368     "  that are sent through the emulator's virtual Ethernet LAN. You can later\n"
1369     "  use tools like WireShark to analyze the traffic and understand what\n"
1370     "  really happens.\n\n"
1371 
1372     "  note that this captures all Ethernet packets, and is not limited to TCP\n"
1373     "  connections.\n\n"
1374 
1375     "  you can also start/stop the packet capture dynamically through the console;\n"
1376     "  see the 'network capture start' and 'network capture stop' commands for\n"
1377     "  details.\n\n"
1378     );
1379 }
1380 
1381 static void
help_charmap(stralloc_t * out)1382 help_charmap(stralloc_t  *out)
1383 {
1384     PRINTF(
1385     "  use '-charmap <file>' to use key character map specified in that file.\n"
1386     "  <file> must be a full path to a kcm file, containing desired character map.\n\n"
1387     );
1388 }
1389 
1390 static void
help_prop(stralloc_t * out)1391 help_prop(stralloc_t  *out)
1392 {
1393     PRINTF(
1394     "  use '-prop <name>=<value>' to set a boot-time system property.\n"
1395     "  <name> must be a property name of at most %d characters, without any\n"
1396     "  space in it, and <value> must be a string of at most %d characters.\n\n",
1397     BOOT_PROPERTY_MAX_NAME, BOOT_PROPERTY_MAX_VALUE );
1398 
1399     PRINTF(
1400     "  the corresponding system property will be set at boot time in the\n"
1401     "  emulated system. This can be useful for debugging purposes.\n\n"
1402 
1403     "  note that you can use several -prop options to define more than one\n"
1404     "  boot property.\n\n"
1405     );
1406 }
1407 
1408 static void
help_shared_net_id(stralloc_t * out)1409 help_shared_net_id(stralloc_t*  out)
1410 {
1411     PRINTF(
1412     "  Normally, Android instances running in the emulator cannot talk to each other\n"
1413     "  directly, because each instance is behind a virtual router. However, sometimes\n"
1414     "  it is necessary to test the behaviour of applications if they are directly\n"
1415     "  exposed to the network.\n\n"
1416 
1417     "  This option instructs the emulator to join a virtual network shared with\n"
1418     "  emulators also using this option. The number given is used to construct\n"
1419     "  the IP address 10.1.2.<number>, which is bound to a second interface on\n"
1420     "  the emulator. Each emulator must use a different number.\n\n"
1421     );
1422 }
1423 
1424 static void
help_gpu(stralloc_t * out)1425 help_gpu(stralloc_t* out)
1426 {
1427     PRINTF(
1428     "  Use -gpu <mode> to override the mode of hardware OpenGL ES emulation\n"
1429     "  indicated by the AVD. Valid values for <mode> are:\n\n"
1430 
1431     "     on       -> enable GPU emulation\n"
1432     "     off      -> disable GPU emulation\n"
1433     "     auto     -> use the setting from the AVD\n"
1434     "     enabled  -> same as 'on'\n"
1435     "     disabled -> same as 'off'\n\n"
1436 
1437     "  Note that enabling GPU emulation if the system image does not support it\n"
1438     "  will prevent the proper display of the emulated framebuffer.\n\n"
1439 
1440     "  You can always disable GPU emulation (i.e. '-gpu off'), and this will\n"
1441     "  force the virtual device to use the slow software renderer instead.\n"
1442     "  Note that OpenGLES 2.0 is _not_ supported by it.\n\n"
1443 
1444     "  The 'auto' mode is the default. In this mode, the hw.gpu.enabled setting\n"
1445     "  in the AVD's hardware-qemu.ini file will determine whether GPU emulation\n"
1446     "  is enabled.\n\n"
1447 
1448     "  Even if hardware GPU emulation is enabled, if the host-side OpenGL ES\n"
1449     "  emulation library cannot be initialized, the emulator will run with GPU\n"
1450     "  emulation disabled rather than failing to start.\n"
1451     );
1452 }
1453 
1454 static void
help_camera_back(stralloc_t * out)1455 help_camera_back(stralloc_t* out)
1456 {
1457     PRINTF(
1458     "  Use -camera-back <mode> to control emulation of a camera facing back.\n"
1459     "  Valid values for <mode> are:\n\n"
1460 
1461     "     emulated  -> camera will be emulated using software ('fake') camera emulation\n"
1462     "     webcam<N> -> camera will be emulated using a webcamera connected to the host\n"
1463     "     none      -> camera emulation will be disabled\n\n"
1464     );
1465 }
1466 
1467 static void
help_camera_front(stralloc_t * out)1468 help_camera_front(stralloc_t* out)
1469 {
1470     PRINTF(
1471     "  Use -camera-front <mode> to control emulation of a camera facing front.\n"
1472     "  Valid values for <mode> are:\n\n"
1473 
1474     "     emulated  -> camera will be emulated using software ('fake') camera emulation\n"
1475     "     webcam<N> -> camera will be emulated using a webcamera connected to the host\n"
1476     "     none      -> camera emulation will be disabled\n\n"
1477     );
1478 }
1479 
1480 static void
help_webcam_list(stralloc_t * out)1481 help_webcam_list(stralloc_t* out)
1482 {
1483     PRINTF(
1484     "  Use -webcam-list to list web cameras available for emulation.\n\n"
1485     );
1486 }
1487 
1488 static void
help_screen(stralloc_t * out)1489 help_screen(stralloc_t* out)
1490 {
1491     PRINTF(
1492     "  Use -screen <mode> to set the emulated screen mode.\n"
1493     "  Valid values for <mode> are:\n\n"
1494 
1495     "     touch       -> emulate a touch screen\n"
1496     "     multi-touch -> emulate a multi-touch screen\n"
1497     "     no-touch    -> disable touch and multi-touch screen emulation\n\n"
1498 
1499     "  Default mode for screen emulation is 'touch'.\n\n"
1500     );
1501 }
1502 
1503 static void
help_selinux(stralloc_t * out)1504 help_selinux(stralloc_t* out)
1505 {
1506     PRINTF(
1507     "  Use -selinux to control the SELinux enforcement mode.\n"
1508     "  By default, SELinux is in enforcing mode. Other modes available are:\n"
1509     "     -selinux permissive   -> Load the SELinux policy, but do not enforce it.\n"
1510     "                              Policy violations are logged, but not rejected.\n"
1511     "     -selinux disabled     -> Disable kernel support for SELinux.\n"
1512     );
1513 }
1514 
1515 static void
help_force_32bit(stralloc_t * out)1516 help_force_32bit(stralloc_t* out)
1517 {
1518     PRINTF(
1519     "  Use -force-32bit to use 32-bit emulator on 64-bit platforms\n\n"
1520 
1521     );
1522 }
1523 
1524 #define  help_no_skin   NULL
1525 #define  help_netspeed  help_shaper
1526 #define  help_netdelay  help_shaper
1527 #define  help_netfast   help_shaper
1528 
1529 #define  help_noaudio      NULL
1530 #define  help_noskin       NULL
1531 #define  help_nocache      NULL
1532 #define  help_no_jni       NULL
1533 #define  help_nojni        NULL
1534 #define  help_initdata     NULL
1535 #define  help_no_window    NULL
1536 #define  help_version      NULL
1537 #define  help_memory       NULL
1538 #define  help_partition_size NULL
1539 
1540 typedef struct {
1541     const char*  name;
1542     const char*  template;
1543     const char*  descr;
1544     void (*func)(stralloc_t*);
1545 } OptionHelp;
1546 
1547 static const OptionHelp    option_help[] = {
1548 #define  OPT_FLAG(_name,_descr)             { STRINGIFY(_name), NULL, _descr, help_##_name },
1549 #define  OPT_PARAM(_name,_template,_descr)  { STRINGIFY(_name), _template, _descr, help_##_name },
1550 #define  OPT_LIST                           OPT_PARAM
1551 #include "android/cmdline-options.h"
1552     { NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL }
1553 };
1554 
1555 typedef struct {
1556     const char*  name;
1557     const char*  desc;
1558     void (*func)(stralloc_t*);
1559 } TopicHelp;
1560 
1561 
1562 static const TopicHelp    topic_help[] = {
1563     { "disk-images",  "about disk images",      help_disk_images },
1564     { "keys",         "supported key bindings", help_keys },
1565     { "debug-tags",   "debug tags for -debug <tags>", help_debug_tags },
1566     { "char-devices", "character <device> specification", help_char_devices },
1567     { "environment",  "environment variables",  help_environment },
1568     { "keyset-file",  "key bindings configuration file", help_keyset_file },
1569     { "virtual-device", "virtual device management", help_virtual_device },
1570     { "sdk-images",   "about disk images when using the SDK", help_sdk_images },
1571     { "build-images", "about disk images when building Android", help_build_images },
1572     { NULL, NULL, NULL }
1573 };
1574 
1575 int
android_help_for_option(const char * option,stralloc_t * out)1576 android_help_for_option( const char*  option, stralloc_t*  out )
1577 {
1578     OptionHelp const*  oo;
1579     char               temp[32];
1580 
1581     /* the names in the option_help table use underscore instead
1582      * of dashes, so create a tranlated copy of the option name
1583      * before scanning the table for matches
1584      */
1585     buffer_translate_char( temp, sizeof temp, option, '-', '_' );
1586 
1587     for ( oo = option_help; oo->name != NULL; oo++ ) {
1588         if ( !strcmp(oo->name, temp) ) {
1589             if (oo->func)
1590                 oo->func(out);
1591             else
1592                 stralloc_add_str(out, oo->descr);
1593             return 0;
1594         }
1595     }
1596     return -1;
1597 }
1598 
1599 
1600 int
android_help_for_topic(const char * topic,stralloc_t * out)1601 android_help_for_topic( const char*  topic, stralloc_t*  out )
1602 {
1603     const TopicHelp*  tt;
1604 
1605     for ( tt = topic_help; tt->name != NULL; tt++ ) {
1606         if ( !strcmp(tt->name, topic) ) {
1607             tt->func(out);
1608             return 0;
1609         }
1610     }
1611     return -1;
1612 }
1613 
1614 
1615 extern void
android_help_list_options(stralloc_t * out)1616 android_help_list_options( stralloc_t*  out )
1617 {
1618     const OptionHelp*  oo;
1619     const TopicHelp*   tt;
1620     int                maxwidth = 0;
1621 
1622     for ( oo = option_help; oo->name != NULL; oo++ ) {
1623         int  width = strlen(oo->name);
1624         if (oo->template != NULL)
1625             width += strlen(oo->template);
1626         if (width > maxwidth)
1627             maxwidth = width;
1628     }
1629 
1630     for (oo = option_help; oo->name != NULL; oo++) {
1631         char  temp[32];
1632         /* the names in the option_help table use underscores instead
1633          * of dashes, so create a translated copy of the option's name
1634          */
1635         buffer_translate_char(temp, sizeof temp, oo->name, '_', '-');
1636 
1637         stralloc_add_format( out, "    -%s %-*s %s\n",
1638             temp,
1639             (int)(maxwidth - strlen(oo->name)),
1640             oo->template ? oo->template : "",
1641             oo->descr );
1642     }
1643 
1644     PRINTF( "\n" );
1645     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-qemu args...",    "pass arguments to qemu");
1646     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-qemu -h", "display qemu help");
1647     PRINTF( "\n" );
1648     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-verbose",       "same as '-debug-init'");
1649     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-debug <tags>",  "enable/disable debug messages");
1650     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-debug-<tag>",   "enable specific debug messages");
1651     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-debug-no-<tag>","disable specific debug messages");
1652     PRINTF( "\n" );
1653     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-help",    "print this help");
1654     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-help-<option>", "print option-specific help");
1655     PRINTF( "\n" );
1656 
1657     for (tt = topic_help; tt->name != NULL; tt += 1) {
1658         char    help[32];
1659         snprintf(help, sizeof(help), "-help-%s", tt->name);
1660         PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, help, tt->desc );
1661     }
1662     PRINTF( "     %-*s  %s\n", maxwidth, "-help-all", "prints all help content");
1663     PRINTF( "\n");
1664 }
1665 
1666 
1667 void
android_help_main(stralloc_t * out)1668 android_help_main( stralloc_t*  out )
1669 {
1670     stralloc_add_str(out, "Android Emulator usage: emulator [options] [-qemu args]\n");
1671     stralloc_add_str(out, "  options:\n" );
1672 
1673     android_help_list_options(out);
1674 
1675     /*printf( "%.*s", out->n, out->s );*/
1676 }
1677 
1678 
1679 void
android_help_all(stralloc_t * out)1680 android_help_all( stralloc_t*  out )
1681 {
1682     const OptionHelp*  oo;
1683     const TopicHelp*   tt;
1684 
1685     for (oo = option_help; oo->name != NULL; oo++) {
1686         PRINTF( "========= help for option -%s:\n\n", oo->name );
1687         android_help_for_option( oo->name, out );
1688     }
1689 
1690     for (tt = topic_help; tt->name != NULL; tt++) {
1691         PRINTF( "========= help for -help-%s\n\n", tt->name );
1692         android_help_for_topic( tt->name, out );
1693     }
1694     PRINTF( "========= top-level help\n\n" );
1695     android_help_main(out);
1696 }
1697