Old

/Users/builduser/Library/Android/sdk/tools/android create avd -f -a -c 512M -s 1080x1920 -n hudson_en-US_420_1080x1920_Google_Inc._Google_APIs_29_x86 -t "Google Inc.:Google APIs:29" --abi x86

New

**/Volumes/Code/Jenkins/tools/android-sdk/tools/bin/avdmanager create avd -f -c 512M -d 17 -n hudson_en-US_420_1080x1920_Google_Inc._Google_APIs_29_x86_17 -k system-images;android-29;google_apis;x86 --tag google_apis

The CLI changed a little bit in the newer scheme, but as far as I can tell the semi colons in the system image names still throw the shell for a loop. Running the second command fails with

Error: Package path is not valid. Valid system image paths are:ository...
system-images;android-29;google_apis;x86
system-images;android-26;google_apis;x86
null

Running the command with quotes around the system image name works as expected.