Android-Studio docker container

Complete Android-Studio in a Docker container.
You can even start an Emulator inside it.

If you don't have a display the Emulator can run with a "dummy" display — perfect for continuous integration.

Tested on Linux only.

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Building without docker compose

Just run:

./build.sh

or:

docker build -t deadolus/android-studio .

An already built version is also on Docker Hub. So you may also run:

docker pull deadolus/android-studio

You may of course change the name of the container.

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Running without docker compose

Run:

HOST_DISPLAY=1 ./run.sh

or run directly via:

docker run -i $AOSP_ARGS -v `pwd`/studio-data:/studio-data --privileged --group-add plugdev deadolus/android-studio

run.sh has some options which you can set via environment variables:

• NO_TTY – Do not run docker with -t flag
• DOCKERHOSTNAME – Set Docker Hostname. Useful for headless test runs
• HOST_USB – Use the USB of the Host (e.g., for physical device access via adb)
• HOST_NET – Use the network of the host
• HOST_DISPLAY – Allow the container to use the host's display (e.g., for running the emulator)

Example usage:

HOST_NET=1 ./run.sh

The default Docker entrypoint tries to start Android Studio.
So it probably does not make sense to use run.sh without:

HOST_DISPLAY=1

If you just want a shell inside the container without starting Android Studio, run:

./run.sh bash

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Running and Building with docker compose

1. Comment/uncomment the appropriate lines in the compose.yaml depending on whether you're running natively on Linux or in WSL.

2. To build:

   docker compose build android_emulator

3. To run:

   docker compose run android_emulator

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Additional information – Continuous Integration

A script is included at:

provisioning/ndkTests.sh

This demonstrates how to use this container in a CI environment.

If the HOSTNAME variable is set to CI, it starts a headless container, then changes into the directory:

workspace/GoogleTestApp

It builds and installs an app, parses logcat for lines containing the string GoogleTest, uninstalls the app, and analyzes the parsed output.

While this script may not be directly useful for your use case, it serves as a useful guide.

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Contributors

• @Deadolus
• @guilhermelinhares
• @mtomcanyi
• @Naveenkhegde
• @BenBlumer
• @sulavtimsina