Android Tutorial Share files between emulator and PC

The canonical way to share files between emulator and PC is using
adb utility from android-sdk, but is a command line utility and is a little bit hard to use, you have to use adb push and adb pull commands for every file, no drag and drop.

An alternate way is using eclipse, I haven't tried but seems to be quite easy to use, but you need to setup eclipse. If you don't like it, you can try my way.

First of all I installed BuildDroid following Jim's tutorial super-fast-alternative-emulator

In my case the AndroidVM gets the ip address 192.168.56.102

Then I downloaded ES File Explorer from
www.estrongs.com
It has a FTP server built in.

Then I installed it on device with the command:
adb install c:\es_file_explorer_v1_6_1_8.apk

Now the app is installed on device and I can start the ftp server from setup menu -> Remote settings

Once enabled the command "Create shortcut" add a starter icon on the Launcher to easy startup FTP.

Done! now with FTPZilla Client I can access to the sdcard of the emulator at the address:
ftp://192.168.56.102:3721

 

[warwound]

Droyd Explorer is also a useful GUI based tool.

It's maximum potential is with a rooted device.
You get file management via an Explorer like GUI and a bunch of plug ins to enable various features.

Best of all - it's FREE!!

Martin.

 

[klaus]

Have a look at chapter 6.4 Exchanging files with the PC in the Beginner's Guide using the Dalvik Debug Monitor.

Best regards.

 

[BarrySumpter]

Droyd Explorer
+1
Sooooo much easier!

 

[claudio]

Thanks to all.

Dalvik Debug Monitor works fine with VirtualBox emulator, Droid Explorer works only with SDK emulator which is slower.

Best regards.