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fix: return from emulator launch once it is up - #81
Pairs with #85. Both PRs add the same simutil_core commits (DeviceLaunchException and its docs), so they merge cleanly in either order. #85 covers Apple (SimulatorLaunchException); the shared launchDevice contract holds for both platforms once both are merged.
Description
AndroidDeviceService.launchDevice started the emulator with CommandExec.run, which waits for the process to exit. For the emulator, that only happens when the user quits it. The effects:
CLI:simutil launch <avd> did not return while the emulator ran; Launched … printed only after it was closed. Ctrl+C on the hanging command also killed the emulator (same process group).
TUI: the status stayed on "Launching…" and the device list was not refreshed until the emulator quit.
Desktop app / all frontends: each running emulator held a CommandQueue slot (2–6 total) for its whole lifetime. With enough emulators running, every other command (adb devices, shutdown, the next launch) waited forever.
The CommandResult was discarded, so a failed start (e.g. FATAL | Running multiple emulators with the same AVD…) was reported as success.
Reproduced on macOS (emulator 37.2.12, API 37 AVD): simutil launch Pixel_10a --headless was still running 50 s after adb devices listed emulator-5554.
Fix. Following the long-running-process exception in AGENTS.md (like plugin launch), launchDevice now:
starts the emulator with Process.start(…, mode: ProcessStartMode.detachedWithStdio), so it runs in its own process group and outlives the caller;
waits a short grace period (5 s). If both pipes close in that time, the emulator has exited, and launchDevice throws the new EmulatorLaunchException with the emulator's FATAL / ERROR lines;
otherwise cancels its pipe subscriptions and returns, so a CLI process can exit. The emulator keeps running without a reader: verified with a cold boot that kept logging after the caller had exited.
simutil launch prints the error and exits with 1 instead of throwing. The TUI and the app already show launch errors.
New simutil_adb API (hence 1.5.0): EmulatorLaunchException, EmulatorProcessStarter, and the startProcess / launchGracePeriod constructor seams. simutil and the app now require simutil_adb: ^1.5.0. Changelogs are updated, and codegen has been run.
Verified
dart analyze --fatal-infos: no issues; melos run test: all green; app: flutter analyze clean and flutter test 117 passed.
New unit tests use a fake Process: detached start mode and args, return while running, FATAL line extraction on an early exit, launchError fallbacks.
Manual (compiled binary): simutil launch Pixel_10a --headless returns after ~9 s with exit 0, and the emulator boots to sys.boot_completed=1 and keeps running.
Suggested labels: fixbug (ships in both CLI and app).
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🧹 Code refactor
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📦 Build configuration change
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Bug Fixes
Android emulators now launch in the background, and the launch command returns success once the emulator is running. The TUI immediately shows “launched,” and stopping the command afterward does not close the emulator.
Running multiple Android emulators no longer stalls device commands.
Emulator startup failures, including attempts to start an already-running emulator, are reported as errors instead of success. Error messages include details from emulator output when available.
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The Android device service starts emulators in detached processes and detects early startup failures. The CLI reports launch failures and returns a nonzero exit code. Shared exception types, package constraints, tests, and changelogs are updated.
DeviceLaunchException carries a device ID and message. EmulatorLaunchException extends it. DeviceService.launchDevice documents the exception contract.
Detached emulator launch and failure detection packages/simutil_adb/lib/src/android_device_service.dart, packages/simutil_adb/test/services/android_device_service_test.dart, packages/simutil_adb/CHANGELOG.md, packages/simutil_adb/pubspec.yaml
AndroidDeviceService starts the emulator in a detached process and monitors output during a configurable grace period. It throws EmulatorLaunchException for process-start failures and detected early exits. Tests cover launch arguments, process behavior, and error formatting.
LaunchCommand logs launch exceptions with the device name and ID, then returns exit code 1. Package constraints and changelogs reflect the updated launch behavior.
sequenceDiagram
participant LaunchCommand
participant AndroidDeviceService
participant EmulatorProcess
LaunchCommand->>AndroidDeviceService: launchDevice
AndroidDeviceService->>EmulatorProcess: start detached process
EmulatorProcess->>AndroidDeviceService: provide stdout and stderr
AndroidDeviceService-->>LaunchCommand: return or throw EmulatorLaunchException
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Possibly related PRs
dungngminh/simutil#83: Adds GPU argument selection to the detached emulator launch path introduced here.
dungngminh/simutil#85: Uses the shared launch exception contract for simulator failures and CLI reporting.
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Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 5a82d
A failed Apple simulator boot can still be reported as successful. Coordinate the Apple fix before relying on the new launch-failure contract.
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launchDevice documents throwing DeviceLaunchException when the device does not start, but IOSDeviceService.launchDevice (simutil_apple) does not throw it — bootSimulator catches the failure and returns false, so a failed Apple launch is reported as success.
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Review comments at @packages/simutil_adb/lib/src/android_device_service.dart:
- Around line 229-234: Handle ProcessException from _startProcess in
launchDevice by converting it to EmulatorLaunchException so LaunchCommand can
log the failure and exit with code 1 instead of exposing an unhandled exception.
Preserve the existing process startup flow when the start succeeds.
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Major · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift
Make the Apple launch path satisfy this failure contract.
If simctl boot fails, IOSDeviceService.launchDevice ignores the false result from bootSimulator. The CLI then reports a successful launch and returns 0. The documented DeviceLaunchException is never thrown for that failure. Make the Apple launch path throw a launch exception with the device ID and failure details, and cover the CLI result in a test. (raw.githubusercontent.com)
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Update IOSDeviceService.launchDevice to handle a false result from bootSimulator
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This PR only covers Android. The Apple side is #85, which makes IOSDeviceService.launchDevice throw SimulatorLaunchException extends DeviceLaunchException when simctl boot or opening the Simulator app fails, with tests. Both PRs carry the identical core commit, so the contract holds once both are merged. In 3774001 (also on #85 as 4ef471b) the core docs no longer name platform subtypes: DeviceLaunchException says platform packages extend it, and DeviceService.launchDevice says implementations throw it.
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@KrohnMi Thanks for the clarification. I confirmed that #85 adds Apple launch exceptions and service tests.
#85 is still open. If #81 merges first, a failed simctl boot can still return normally despite the shared contract. Please verify that #85 is merged before a release relies on that contract.
Would you like a follow-up issue to track the gap until #85 merges?
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WARNING:launchDevice now documents throwing DeviceLaunchException when the device does not start, but IOSDeviceService.launchDevice (simutil_apple) does not throw it — bootSimulator catches the failure and returns false, so a failed Apple launch is effectively reported as success. The TUI and app callers that rely on the documented throw (or catch DeviceLaunchException) won't see it. Either throw a DeviceLaunchException (or a SimulatorLaunchException subtype) from IOSDeviceService.launchDevice, or soften the doc to match current behavior.
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This PR only covers Android. The Apple side is #85, which makes IOSDeviceService.launchDevice throw SimulatorLaunchException extends DeviceLaunchException when simctl boot or opening the Simulator app fails, with tests. Both PRs carry the identical core commit, so the contract holds once both are merged. In 3774001 (also on #85 as 4ef471b) the core docs no longer name platform subtypes: DeviceLaunchException says platform packages extend it, and DeviceService.launchDevice says implementations throw it.
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SUGGESTION: The doc references Apple's SimulatorLaunchException, but no such class exists in simutil_apple (its launchDevice never throws). Either add a SimulatorLaunchException there or correct the comment to match what the Apple package actually throws.
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launchDevice ran the emulator through CommandExec.run, which waits for
the process to exit: `simutil launch` never returned, the TUI stayed on
"Launching…", every running emulator held a CommandQueue slot until it
quit, and a failed start was reported as success.
Start the emulator in its own process group, wait a short grace period
for an early exit and throw EmulatorLaunchException with its FATAL /
ERROR lines; otherwise return and let it run. simutil_adb 1.5.0.
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Description
AndroidDeviceService.launchDevicestarted the emulator withCommandExec.run, which waits for the process to exit. For the emulator, that only happens when the user quits it. The effects:simutil launch <avd>did not return while the emulator ran;Launched …printed only after it was closed. Ctrl+C on the hanging command also killed the emulator (same process group).CommandQueueslot (2–6 total) for its whole lifetime. With enough emulators running, every other command (adb devices, shutdown, the next launch) waited forever.CommandResultwas discarded, so a failed start (e.g.FATAL | Running multiple emulators with the same AVD…) was reported as success.Reproduced on macOS (emulator 37.2.12, API 37 AVD):
simutil launch Pixel_10a --headlesswas still running 50 s afteradb deviceslistedemulator-5554.Fix. Following the long-running-process exception in AGENTS.md (like plugin launch),
launchDevicenow:Process.start(…, mode: ProcessStartMode.detachedWithStdio), so it runs in its own process group and outlives the caller;launchDevicethrows the newEmulatorLaunchExceptionwith the emulator'sFATAL/ERRORlines;simutil launchprints the error and exits with 1 instead of throwing. The TUI and the app already show launch errors.New
simutil_adbAPI (hence 1.5.0):EmulatorLaunchException,EmulatorProcessStarter, and thestartProcess/launchGracePeriodconstructor seams.simutiland the app now requiresimutil_adb: ^1.5.0. Changelogs are updated, andcodegenhas been run.Verified
dart analyze --fatal-infos: no issues;melos run test: all green;app:flutter analyzeclean andflutter test117 passed.Process: detached start mode and args, return while running,FATALline extraction on an early exit,launchErrorfallbacks.simutil launch Pixel_10a --headlessreturns after ~9 s with exit 0, and the emulator boots tosys.boot_completed=1and keeps running.Suggested labels:
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