Android emulator with Hyper V - android

According to this Microsoft blog post it should be possible now to run an Android emulator with activated Hyper-V on Windows (so we should be able to run Docker beside an Android emulator). I already installed the Windows 10 April 2018 update, downloaded the latest Android emulator (v 27.2.9) and add the WindowsHypervisorPlatform flag.
I can start the emulatour within the powershell console, I get no warning about activated Hyper-V and I can see as output "Windows Hypervisor Platform accelerator is operational". So I guess the flag is working correctly.
But for some reason, Android is not booting. The emulator screen stays black.
I tried different Android System Images, but with no luck.
Any suggestions?

To resolve this problem, i would suggest you should update the Android Studio to latest version (stable), i.e. 3.1.2 and also update the SDK.

The only way I'm able to get it to work is if I start Android Device Manager through Visual Studio.
From menu Tools -> Android -> Android Device Manager
I had to fiddle around a little with android SDK and reinstall tools and images through the SDK manager in Visual Studio as well, but it works surprisingly well!

Tested on Visual Studio 15.8.1 (Aug 17 release)
To resolve this issue:
Tools -> Android -> Android Device Manager
Right click the affected emulator, Factory Rest.

try this :
open cmd(Command Prompt) in this path C:/users/your_session_name/AppData/Local/Android/Sdk/tools and type: emulator -list-avds , this command will print the created avds(let's say emulators) for example : Pixel_2_API_25
then type: emulator #Pixel_2_API_25 -writable-system -no-audio -gpu guest
this will force to reboot the android emulator

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Android 9.+ emulator does not start

All AVD images work on my machine except for Android 9.+ (Google Play) & Android 9.+ (Google APIs) (the Android Studio emulator for Android Q beta).
I just downloaded the most recent images. From android-Q/google_apis_playstore/x86/build.prop:
ro.system.build.version.incremental=5506116
ro.system.build.version.release=10
ro.system.build.version.sdk=28
I am using Android Emulator version 29.0.11.
However, when I start these up, I see the device frame with a black screen. I get no error message, just nothing. It stays like this indefinitely.
Is there any way to debug this or is this a common issue?
Update: on another device (same image), I got the following screen instead of a black screen, however, there is still nothing I can do:
You need to configure correctly the Hardware Acceleration for your Emulator. Please, follow these steps:
1) Install the Intel HAXM driver if you are on Windows and have Intel, follow these steps:
Open the SDK Manager.
Click the SDK Update Sites tab and then select Intel HAXM.
Click OK.
After the download finishes, run the installer. Typically, you can find the installer in the following location: sdk\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager\intelhaxm-android.exe
Use the wizard to complete the installation.
After installing Intel HAXM, confirm that the virtualization driver is operating correctly by entering the following command in a Command Prompt window:
sc query intelhaxm
You should see a status message that includes the following information:
SERVICE_NAME: intelhaxm
...
STATE : 4 RUNNING
...
For Linux, check this link
For Mac, check this link
2) Open AVD Manager on Android Studio:
Edit the Virtual Device where you set target Android Q
Click Show Advanced Settings.
Set Graphics to Automatic or Hardware.
In my case all other emulators started, except Q. I have all needed SDK and AVDs.
But every time emulator didn't start without any error.
I saw Emulator in Android Studio doesn't start and found a way to understand a reason. I started from avd path:
D:\Android\emulator\emulator.exe -avd Pixel_2_API_29 -netspeed full -netdelay none
and got an error: PANIC: Broken AVD system path. Check your ANDROID_SDK_ROOT value [D:\Android]!. In PANIC: Broken AVD system path. Check your ANDROID_SDK_ROOT value I found that we should read config.ini inside 'Pixel_2_API_29.avd' folder and detect the line
image.sysdir.1=system-images\android-29\google_apis_playstore\x86\
I understood that I missed android-29 image in SDK path!
I knew that moved SDK and AVD folders from C:... to D:\Android, but SDK was kept in two folders.
And I forgot to change one system variable (ANDROID_HOME):
So I changed it to D:\Android and restarted the PC.
After restarting I deleted old SDK folder (in 'AppData\Local\Android'). Then I started again:
D:\Android\emulator\emulator.exe -avd Pixel_2_API_29 -netspeed full -netdelay none
Android 11 (R) emulator was not working for my case. I fixed it with the following steps.
Step 1:
Go to SDK manager -> SDK Platforms and install your required API level ( Like Android 11.0, Android 10.0, etc. For my case Android 11.0 was not installed that's why it was not working )
Step 2: Go to SDK manager -> SDK Tools and install Intel Emulator Accelerator (HAXM installed) if not yet installed. If you are a windows user then make sure that windows firewall is deactivated for a while otherwise it will not be installed and generate an error.
Step 3: Wipe data and Cold boot the device from ADV manager.
If the above steps are not worked then Invalidate caches and Restart your android studio as well as the PC.
I fixed it by reinstalling Android Studio entirely.
Actually, I just wanted to reinstall the Android SDK, however, you seem to need to install a stable version of Android Studio for that. After that, I set everything up the same way again and ran the beta version and now it works.
Had the same problem on macOS. Found out that I didn't have enough space on disk to create 'userdata partition'. So check that.

How to start a Xamarin project (emulator error (RedStone 4))

I have been trying to install Xamarin for the first time. I have it installed and i have the first dummy project open. I haven't made any changes to it i am just trying to run it. (F5)
The first thing i am getting is
I click the learn more which brings me to Hardware Acceleration for Emulator Performance (Hyper-V & HAXM)
Hyper-v is enabled via bios on this machine i know this becomes i also have docker on this machine which runs just fine using hyper-v. I ran though all the settings in this webpage and it doesnt seam to fix the problem.
I searched the whole page i cant find anything about what windows spring creators update (Redstone 4) is.
If i go though Tools -> Android -> Android device manager. I get the following screen.
The here link brings me to the same place as before. (Hyper-V & HAXM)](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/android/get-started/installation/android-emulator/hardware-acceleration?tabs=vswin)
If i try and run anyway the emulator starts but its not starting with the project.
SystemInfo
Hyper-V Requirements: A hypervisor has been detected. Features required for Hyper-V will not be displayed.
Hyper-v is running Docker has been using it for months. Yes i disable docker when running this project.
winver
Windows version says Version 1803 (OS build 17134.228) .
Visual studio version
Visual studio 15.8.2
Tools > Android > Android SDK Manager in Visual Studio.
Android emulator is at 27.3.9 Android SDK tools is at 26.1.1
What am i doing wrong how do you run an android project using Xamarin.
How to start Xamarin emulator first time (Redstone 4)
If you want to use Hyper-V to accelerate your Android Emulator, you needs verifying support for Hyper-V:
Verify that your Windows Version is at least 1803
Enable windows features
Install Visual Studio 15.8 or later
Install the Android Emulator package 27.2.7 or later
Make sure you have enabled the Virtualization Technology on your device. You could find it via:
Task Manager -> Performance -> Virtualization -> Enable or Disable.

Can't run Visual Studio Emulator

Formatted my computer with windows 8.1 pro and upgraded it to windows 10 pro, both x64.
Enabled Hyper-V on BIOS and on Windows Features, but no success. Disabled and enabled again, rebooted and nothing... Also reinstalled Visual Studio Emulator for Android and never works.
Always I get the error "You have been added to the Hyper-V Administrators security group. Please sign out of your computer for the permissions to take effect" when I try to run a android device.
What could I do for solve this?
Screenshots below:
You should install Intel HAXM instead of enabling Hyper-V for the Android emulator. Only the Windows Phone emulators require Hyper-V, and HAXM and Hyper-V cannot be active simultaneously, which means that enabling one disables the other.
Also, dealing with emulators from Visual Studio itself is not recommended as it proved to be messy and unrealiable. Instead, you should manage the entire Android SDK and its emulators from the Android SDK tools standalone installer (not Android Studio). Follow these instructions to install the Android SDK tools 24 standalone GUI and immediately update them to SDK tools 27, which includes the latest Android emulators.
Then, create the emulators from Android AVD Manager, and start your desired emulator. Whenever you deploy to emulator from Visual Studio, it will use the already running emulator, so you don't need to choose one from VS itself.

How to downgrade Android Emulator

With Android Studio's Android Emulator I'm seeing a problem displaying a complex WebGL-enabled graphics web page in a Java WebView widget (PixiJS demos appear blank in WebView on Android emulator). But I can only reproduce the problem with Android Emulator 27.1.12-4623001. It runs fine for my colleagues running Android Emulator 26.1.4-4266726.
How can I downgrade my Android Emulator from 27.1.12-4623001 to 26.1.4-4266726? I use Android Studio 3.0.1 (so does one of my colleagues though but her Android Studio still has Android Emulator 26.1.4-4266726. I'm also on Mac with High Sierra.
I looked on the Android Emulator Release Notes page but I don't see instructions on how to downgrade old versions. I did try downgrading Android Studio itself but even when I installed Android Studio 2.2.3, the emulator was still 27.1.12-4623001. I even deleted Android Studio 3.0.1 by following How to completely uninstall Android Studio?.
What version of the Android Emulator do I have?
Three methods:
Launch the emulator, tap "..." on the right-hand side panel, click Help >
About.
Go to
Android Studio > Preferences, search for "Android SDK", click "SDK
Tools", and then scroll to Android Emulator.
On Mac, go to Terminal and run ~/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator -version
Google support said I could download old Android Emulator versions as follows:
http://dl.google.com/android/repository/emulator-darwin-4266726.zip (for Mac)
http://dl.google.com/android/repository/emulator-windows-4266726.zip
http://dl.google.com/android/repository/emulator-linux-4266726.zip
Basically, just put the # (the one in major.minor.patch-#) along with darwin/windows/linux if you'd like to download any previous build.
To install on my Mac computer, I did as follows:
Download http://dl.google.com/android/repository/emulator-darwin-4266726.zip via Chrome into ~/Downloads
Backup the main emulator directory: mv ~/Library/Android/sdk/emulator ~/Downloads/emulator-backup
Replace the main emulator directory: mv ~/Downloads/emulator ~/Library/Android/sdk/
Restart Android Studio
After that, the Android Emulator version was downgraded to 26.1.4-4266726.
Download an older version of emulator from emulator-windows-5395263.zip and replace it with the existing emulator in ..AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\emulator.
Restart the Android studio and in terminal run the following command
emulator -avd avd_name -gpu mode, and this will initialize emulator.
Mode can be host, guest.. etc
For more clarification visit the following link
For someone that still needing, this page contains all the versions and instructions:
https://developer.android.com/studio/emulator_archive

Waiting for Target Device to Come Online

I recently updated to Android Studio 2.3, and now when I try to run the application, the emulator does not come online. It times out after 300 seconds.
Additionally, The app has been experiencing a FATAL EXCEPTION ERROR (OOM), and I am not sure how to fix that either, or if that is part of the emulator problem.
Any help is much appreciated. Again, my knowledge in the program is very limited so if your answer can be kept simple, that would be great.
Following worked for me on Android Studio 3.x.
Step 1:
Open AVD Manager.
Step 2:
Right click and Wipe data for the virtual device you're testing on.
I too had the same problem, then I went to AVD manager and right click on the emulator and stopped it and I RUN the application again and this time it worked.
It may be a temporary solution but works for the time being.
Tools -> AVD manager -> right-click on the emulator you are using -> Stop
Now Run your application again.
Note: Sometimes closing the emulator directly is not working for the above-mentioned problem but stopping it from the AVD manager as mentioned is working.
In case you are on Mac, ensure that you exit Docker for Mac. This worked for me.
Three days on this, and I believe there's a race condition between adb and the emulator. On a request to run an app, with no emulator already running, you see the "Initializing ADB", then the emulator choice, it starts and you get "Waiting for target to come online". An adb kill-server, or a kill -9, or an "End Process" of adb with the task manager will cause adb to die, restart, your APK installs and you're good to go. It does seem funky to me that an "adb kill-server" causes adb to die and then restart here, but that's another mystery, maybe.
Another case is Android Emulator should be reinstalled. This can happen, when you install a higher version of Android Studio, then update SDK for it, and go back to previous one.
Tools - Android - SDK Manager - SDK Tools - Android Emulator -
uncheck, apply, check, apply
Disable Docker app if you have it (Mac users).
Restart emulator:
Tools - Android - AVD Manager
(or kill adb process in task manager).
Go to AVD Manager in your Android Studio.Right Click on your emulator,and then select wipe data.Then run your app again.
The emulator will perform a clean boot and then install your apk then your app will finally run.
Summary:AVD Manager---Right Click Emulator----Wipe Data----Run App Again
If the problem presists,then simply go back to your avd manager ,uninstall emulator,then add a new emulator.Once the new emulator is added,in your avd manager,run the emulator...Then run your app.
Its much simpler if you have an emulator already running from the onset before running your application for the first time
After trying all these solutions without success the one that fixed my problem was simply changing the Graphics configuration for the virtual device from Auto to Software (tried hardware first without success)
This solution works for me :
Tools -> AVD Manager -> click drop down arrow -> select Cold Boot Now
Below steps work for me
Close running emulator
Go to AVD Manager
Choose available emulator
In that action tab (last one), click on drop down arrow & select COLD BOOT NOW
Finally run your application
Seems like Android Studio (using version 3.5.1) gets into a weird state after a while. This worked for me.
File -> Invalidate Caches / Restart -> Invalidate and Restart
Go to AVD Manager right click on your device and select Wipe Data and Cold Boot Now.
For me it worked correctly.
After trying almost all the solutions listed above, what finally worked for me was to create a new virtual device using a "Google APIs" image instead of a "Google Play" image.
Seems that in my case the problem was in that the "Google APIs ARM EABI v7a System Image" wasn't automatically installed during installation of Android Studio.
After installing the image, the emulator began to work.
Screenshot of the SDK manager
Did not read all the answers. Anyway Accepted one didn't work for me. What did was upgrading the android studio to last stable version and then created a new virtual device. I guess my nexus 5p virtual device got out of sync with the android studio environment.
This worked for me on Android studio 4+ and Mac OS
Delete all AVD's that you currently have.
Go to Preferences > Appearance & Behavior > System Settings >
Android SDK > SDK Tools
Uninstall Android Emulator
Restart Android Studio.
Re-install Android Emulator from the same place.
Create a new emulator!
I discovered that having a running instance of Docker on my machine (OSX) prevented the Android Emulator from running (see Android Studio Unable to run AVD)
Previously, my emulator would appear to start, then fail before any device window was shown.
I also had to use 'kill -9' (as per #MarkDubya ) to get Android Studio to connect to the virtual device.
Like urupvog's answer, make sure that you aren't running any other virtual machines like VirtualBox. When I restarted my computer, AVD worked until I started Vagrant for backend development (then it wouldn't launch).
See Android emulator and virtualbox cannot run at same time for more info.
Check you don't have the deviced unauthorized, unauthorized devices reply the same error in the Android Studio, check the emulator once is on with the adb command.
$ adb devices
List of devices attached
emulator-5554 unauthorized
If you have of this way the emulator the Android Studio is waiting for be authorized and maybe this can solve the problem.
Authorized Devices
This is a error I have solved in Windows 10 with Android Studio 2.3.3
Fix for this issue is simple :
Go to SDK tools > SDK Tools
Check Android Emulator and click Apply
and sometimes you might see there's an update available next to it, you just need to let it finish the update
For those stuck on this problem on a device and not the emulator, make sure your app isn't set as the device owner.
Question is too old but may be helpful to someone in future.
After search many things, most of them is not worked for me. SO, as per my try This solution is worked for me. In short uninstall and install "Android SDK Tools" in Android SDK.
Few steps for that are below:-
go to "SDK Manager" in Android Studio
go to "SDK Tools" tab
Uninstall "Android SDK Tools" (means remove check(uncheck) ahead of "Android SDK Tools" and Apply then OK)
Close and Restart Android Studio
Install "Android SDK Tools" (means check ahead of "Android SDK Tools" and Apply then OK)
Image of Uninstall and Install Android SDK Tools again
The problem is that there is no link between ide and the emulator.
In our case - we lowered version of android for the app, that frustrated ide in emulator linking.
If we install Android 25 and bind project to it, and AVD Device on Android 25 as well - it links and apllies changes on the fly. If we downgrade to Android 14 and device on android 14 - it doesn't.
Used Android Studio 2.3.
To play with versions you can set in Gradle Scripts - build.gradle (Module: app):
android {
compileSdkVersion 25
defaultConfig {
minSdkVersion 15
targetSdkVersion 15
}
}
As a result app won't run on an Android 25 device with a message:
Installation failed with message Failed to finalize session : -26:
Package ru.asv.test new target SDK 15 doesn't support runtime
permissions but the old target SDK 25 does.. It is possible that this
issue is resolved by uninstalling an existing version of the apk if it
is present, and then re-installing.
WARNING: Uninstalling will remove the application data!
I also ran into this problem and probably found the solution that may help. The key is launching the AVD in the emulator first then run your App.
Following are the steps:
In the Your Virtual Devices screen, select the device you just created and click Launch this AVD in the emulator
Once the emulator is booted up, click the app module in the Project window and then select Run → Run
In the Select Deployment Target window, select the emulator and click OK.
For Linux users using KVM and facing this problem try setting the Graphics option on the Android Virtual Device to Software instead of Automatic or Hardware . As previously mentioned in this answer.
I can confirm that the method works for Arch Linux, Ubuntu 16.04, as well as windows with or without a proprietary graphics card using Android Studio version 2.3.1+
I am working on notebook, Windows 8. I solved this issue change mode from battery saving mode to balanced mode. Before that, an emulator didn't work and I see "Target Device to Come Online". Also didn't work Genymotion
I had a similar problem when updated my android studio. Somehow it changed my SDK path. I just changed it to my updated SDK path and it worked.
Android Studio -> File -> Settings -> Appearance & Behaviour -> System Settings -> Android SDK
Here you will find Android SDK location just click on edit link in front of that and browse and select the Android SDK from the file browser. Select and click on Apply.
Select AVD manager and start Emulator. This solution worked for me.
Go to terminal and type android avd. Select your AVD and select "Edit". Make sure you do not see No CPU/ABI system image available for this target - it will show in red font at the bottom. Change the target to the one that is available or download the ABI image. Sometimes, if you create an AVD from inside Android Studio, it does not ensure this requirement.
None of solutions above worked for me, so I had to wipe content of
C:\Users\your_name\.android\avd
and re-create emulated device
I've had the same problem (AVD not coming online) in a Linux system. In my case, I have solved it setting this environment variable:
$ export ANDROID_EMULATOR_USE_SYSTEM_LIBS = 1
This case is documented here: https://developer.android.com/studio/command-line/variables.html#studio_jdk
Finally, I solve this problem by setting the right export path in bash file:
export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/[username]/Library/Android/sdk

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