Emulator control for adaptive app development

Android developers can control emulator form factors directly from the terminal using adb emu console commands instead of manually testing with the Resizable Emulator in Android Studio. Commands cover folding and unfolding foldable devices, rotating orientation, querying and setting device posture (like tabletop mode), and resizing the display between phone, unfolded, and tablet presets. These fire-and-forget commands return control to the shell immediately, speeding up adaptive layout and state-restoration testing without running multiple emulator instances.

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