Add Emulator runner (emulator CLI)
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Description
## Summary
Add `EmulatorRunner` class to `Xamarin.Android.Tools.AndroidSdk` to wrap `emulator` CLI operations for starting and managing Android emulators.
## Background
The MAUI DevTools CLI and IDE extensions need to start emulators, wait for boot completion, and manage emulator lifecycle. This functionality should live in the shared `android-tools` package.
## Proposed API Surface
`csharp
public class EmulatorRunner
{
Process StartEmulator(string avdName, IEnumerable? additionalArgs = null);
Task WaitForBootAsync(string serial, TimeSpan timeout, CancellationToken ct = default);
Task> ListRunningEmulatorsAsync(CancellationToken ct = default);
}
`
## Consumer
- **MAUI DevTools CLI** (`maui android emulator start`) — see [MAUI DevTools Spec PR](https://github.com/dotnet/maui/pull/33865)
- VS/VS Code extensions for emulator management
## Related
- dotnet/android-tools#274 (AVD Manager wrapper)
- dotnet/android-tools#275 (ADB wrapper)
- MAUI DevTools spec §6.8: Shared Libraries & Code Reuse
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