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Viktor is setting up an Android app development pipeline (tripit is the first app) and wants agents to natively test changes on Android before shipping. This adds the testing environment: an API-36 Google emulator under KVM as a privileged pod (namespace joins the Kyverno exclude list), SDK/system-image/AVD on a proxmox-lvm PVC, adb on the shared MetalLB IP 10.0.20.200:5555 (LAN only), noVNC screen view at android-emulator.viktorbarzin.lan. Image is built manually from the stack's docker/ dir (rare rebuilds; off-infra-CI rule targets repeated builds). First infra ADR records the trade-offs (devvm/VM/redroid/budtmo rejected).
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# android-emulator — shared in-cluster Android testing instance
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Android 16 (API 36, `google_apis/x86_64`) emulator running under KVM in the
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cluster, so agents can natively test app/PWA changes before shipping (first
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tenant: tripit). Decision record: `docs/adr/0001-android-emulator-in-cluster.md`.
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## Endpoints
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| What | Where |
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|---|---|
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| adb | `adb connect 10.0.20.200:5555` (LAN only; adb is unauthenticated — never expose publicly) |
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| Screen (noVNC) | <https://android-emulator.viktorbarzin.lan/vnc.html> (LAN only) |
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## Agent quickstart (from a devvm)
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```bash
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# one-time: user-local platform-tools
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wget -qO /tmp/pt.zip https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-linux.zip
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unzip -q /tmp/pt.zip -d ~/android-sdk # → ~/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb
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adb="$HOME/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb"
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$adb connect 10.0.20.200:5555
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$adb -s 10.0.20.200:5555 install app-debug.apk # install an APK
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$adb -s 10.0.20.200:5555 shell am start -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d https://tripit.viktorbarzin.me # open a URL
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$adb -s 10.0.20.200:5555 shell input tap 540 1200 # drive the UI
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$adb -s 10.0.20.200:5555 exec-out screencap -p > /tmp/screen.png # screenshot
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```
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The emulator is a single shared instance — `adb shell pm list packages`,
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uninstall your test app when done, and presence-claim
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(`presence claim service:android-emulator`) for long destructive sessions
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(wipes, system-image changes).
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## How it works
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- The container image (built from `docker/`) holds only JDK 17, cmdline-tools,
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emulator native libs, Xvfb/x11vnc/noVNC and socat — ~1GB.
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- The SDK proper (platform-tools, emulator, system image, AVD, snapshots)
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lives on the `android-emulator-sdk` PVC (`proxmox-lvm`); the entrypoint
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installs it idempotently. **First boot downloads ~2.5GB (≈9GB unpacked on the PVC) and takes ~15 min**
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(startup probe allows 30); subsequent restarts boot in ~1–2 min.
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- The emulator renders via swiftshader (CPU) — deliberately NOT scheduled on
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the contended T4 GPU node.
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## Rebuilding the image (rare — tool/library bumps only)
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```bash
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cd stacks/android-emulator/docker
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docker build -t forgejo.viktorbarzin.me/viktor/android-emulator:<new-tag> .
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docker push forgejo.viktorbarzin.me/viktor/android-emulator:<new-tag>
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# then bump var.image_tag default in variables.tf and land via CI
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```
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Built manually from a devvm on purpose: it changes rarely, and a one-off push
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doesn't warrant CI plumbing (the off-infra-CI rule targets *repeated* build IO).
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## Troubleshooting
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- Pod CrashLoops with `FATAL: /dev/kvm not present` → node lost the device or
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the privileged/Kyverno exclude regressed (`android-emulator` must be in
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`security_policy_exclude_namespaces`, stacks/kyverno).
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- Wedged Android (won't boot, storage full) → delete the PVC + pod: next boot
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re-downloads cleanly. Snapshots/AVD state are disposable by design.
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- Different API level: set `API_LEVEL` env on the deployment (entrypoint
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installs that system image on the same PVC) or recreate the AVD.
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