The "emulator-xxx" you're seeing in "adb devices" output is what you use with the adb "-s" switch.
This works: adb -s emulator-5554 install <path_to_apk> -- Kostya 2011/1/14 hobbykochma <[email protected]> > Dear group members, > > I have a question related to installing an APK file with the command > adb -install: > > We have created via commandline a set of AVDs and we have started a > set of devices which run in an emulator. For all of the devices we > know the corresponding <avd-name>. > > The result of the command "adb services" is now something like [1]. > > Now we would like to install an application inside the device > belonging to <avd-name>. > > But having the <avd-name> the apk-file could not be installed. For > this we need the serialnumber. > > How can we find the serialnumber, if we know the <avd-name>? > > Thanks for a hint. > > Best Regards > > Frank > > > [1] > > $ adb devices > List of devices attached > emulator-5554 device > emulator-5556 device > emulator-5558 device > ........... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en

