How to open Android Emulator on macOS

This post goes over how to open Android Emulator on macOS.

Prerequisites

You already installed Android Studio, updated the tools with the SDK Manager, and created a virtual device.

List the Android Virtual Devices (AVDs):

~/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator -list-avds

You should see something like:

Pixel_3a_API_33
Pixel_4_API_33_1

Open the emulator:

~/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator -avds <AVD_NAME>

Replace <AVD_NAME> with one of the AVD names from the list.

For example:

~/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator -avds Pixel_3a_API_33