Avoiding qemu-system-x86_64.exe console window

[doffltmiw]

On windows, tns run android creates another console window with the title C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\emulator/qemu/windows-x86_64/qemu-system-x86_64.exe, which is a little detracting.

Is this inevitable?

[KristianDD]

Hi @doffltmiw ,
There seem to be multiple issues logged inside Node.js repository about this(for example this.

I investigated the issue and I found that the emulator.exe, which we spawn, always creates the console window. The spawn configuration I used was :

child_process.spawn("<path-to-sdk>\emulator.exe -avd SomeImage", { stdio: 'ignore', detached: true, windowsHide: true, shell: false })`.

It works only if I don't spawn emulator.exe as a detached process, but that means that terminating the CLI command will close the emulator, which is inconvenient for most users.

This behavior seems to be specific to this executable and out of our control, so I am closing the issue.