The plugin does not work with Android Studio 3.0 Canary 4 and 

gradle-4.0-rc-1. It appears that the format of .avd file has changed in a breaking manner.

The following error is emitted when trying to create the emulator instance.

$ /var/lib/jenkins/android-sdk-linux/tools/android list target
[android] The configured Android platform needs to be installed: android-19
$ /var/lib/jenkins/android-sdk-linux/tools/android list target
$ /var/lib/jenkins/android-sdk-linux/tools/android list target
[android] Installing the 'sys-img-x86-android-19' SDK component(s)...
$ /var/lib/jenkins/android-sdk-linux/tools/android update sdk -u -a -t sys-img-x86-android-19
*************************************************************************
The "android" command is deprecated.
For manual SDK, AVD, and project management, please use Android Studio.
For command-line tools, use tools/bin/sdkmanager and tools/bin/avdmanager
*************************************************************************
Timed out waiting for input.
To suppress this prompt, run with --use-sdk-wrapper or set USE_SDK_WRAPPER.
[android] Using Android SDK: /var/lib/jenkins/android-sdk-linux
[android] Creating Android AVD: /var/lib/jenkins/.android/avd/hudson_en-US_420_1080x1920_android-19_x86.avd
[android] /var/lib/jenkins/android-sdk-linux/tools/android create avd -f -a -c 32M -s 1080x1920 -n hudson_en-US_420_1080x1920_android-19_x86 -t android-19 --abi x86
[android] Could not create Android emulator: Failed to parse AVD config file
Finished: NOT_BUILT

A workaround seems to be described herehttps://stackoverflow.com/a/37324422/256770|http://example.com]https//stackoverflow.com/a/37324422/256770] which I tried by copying AS 3.0 compatible avd folder but it did change anything.