Gradle task for launching Android simulator
Android build toolchain, albeit being powerful, sometimes lacks some essential functionality required for the modern software development. In particular, running instrumented unit-tests in the CI environment: those tests require a device or a simulator running, however developers need some scripting to make it work. To simplify the task, I've created a Gradle task that verifies if any Android device or simulator is connected. If not, the task launches a simulator with the first AVD in the list (or fails if no AVDs are found). It's up to you to make the dependencies for the connectedCheck task. The sample output: > ./gradlew connect --info ... :AndroidSampleApp:connect (Thread[main,5,main]) started. :AndroidSampleApp:connect Executing task ':AndroidSampleApp:connect' (up-to-date check took 0.001 secs) due to: Task has not declared any outputs. Detecting devices... Launching emulator for Nexus_5_API_25 ... :AndroidSampleApp:connect (Thread[main,5,main])...