{
  "slug": "eas-simulator-start-selects-android-sdk-system-image-81b91cde497f",
  "title": "eas simulator:start selects Android SDK system image",
  "tools": [
    "eas"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-10-20T19:19:54.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-10-20T19:19:54.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When starting an Android emulator and you need a particular Android SDK system image, pass `--system-image <system-image>` to `eas simulator:start`. The v25.3.0 release note confirms the flag selects the emulator’s Android SDK system image.",
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v25.3.0",
      "--system-image <system-image>: Selects the Android SDK system image for the emulator. The release note documents the purpose but not the value format."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Start an Android emulator with a specified Android SDK system image.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/expo/eas-cli/releases/tag/v25.3.0"
  ],
  "rank": 0.93025,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v2+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "daily-20261026-04",
    "verdict_id": "daily-20261026-04:daily-20261026-04-3d09e34c5f463ba9-4:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "bf7b882d729d10fd4ab069cd48c01f22fe3fefafb1df0d5f58c7f28572ffc84a"
  },
  "review": {
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    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-20T19:19:54.000Z",
    "decision": "daily-20261026-04:gate",
    "reason": "2 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.93 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.73 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}