i am trying to start the android emulator from eclipse classic (juno)
and it keeps giving me this error:
ERROR: unknown skin name 'WVGA800'
I developed my software using eclipse indigo, but since I installed eclipse juno and imported the same project it started to give me this error. any idea why? and how to resolve this issue?
My solution was to create a new custom virtual device from the android virtual device manager and use that.
For me on Mac OS X this error went away when I selected the skin in advanced setting it was saying is unknown.
I had the problem and fixed it... Here the main idea of the issue is that the emulator can't find your android-sdk base directory.. so what is the fix? here I will explain..
Find where you have installed your sdk. To do so go to Start->All Programs->Android SDK Tools->SDK Manager.. You will see that the path is written on the top of the window.. copy it somewhere so we need it later.. call it "SDK Path"
Go to Start and Right Click on Computer and select "Properties".. Then select the last option on the left menu which is "Advanced System Settings".. Go to the "Advanced" tab and click on the "Environment Variables.." on the first list see if there is a variable called "ANDROID_SDK_ROOT".. If it's there then check if the value is the same as the "SDK Path" we copied in the step 1.. if they are not the same then change the value of it to the SDK Path...and check if your problem is solved. if not then go to step 3..
If the "ANDROID_SDK_ROOT" matches the SDK Path or your problem didn't solve in step 2 then the problem is probably caused by your username.. This was my actual problem. my username had special characters in it like ( !,#,#,... ) or even spaces in some times. Speaking technically as I am myself a programmer, when the emulator program was trying to open the path, it was giving out an error because it couldn't open it because of the special characters..Guessing that the SDK is installed in your Local App Data folder ( Users\\AppData\Local ) as mine was, you should access it with another Enviroment Variable called "LOCALAPPDATA" which links to your Local App Data folder.. So in your SDK Path change the "drive:\Users\\AppData\Local" to "%localappdata" and your problem will be solved .. For example mine was "C:\Users\MiNuS !3\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk" and I changed it to "%localappdata%\Android\android-sdk"... (without the double quotations)..
The same problem is present in some other java programs. I had the problem with the Zend Studio too...
Hope it will solve your problem,
Good Luck
I bumped into the same problem in Android Studio on Mac OS X 10.6.8 and there it helped to create a new AVD with target API Level 17 (the only one available after the standard setup it seems). None of the pre-existing AVDs work, however, only the new one (the old ones all use target APIs lower than 17).
The path to where it looks for the skin is in the ~/.android/avd/$deivce-name$.avd/config.ini
My issue like this occured because I had copied an avd to a different computer and the path was incorrect on that new computer.
One solution, if you're happy to do this, is to not use a skin. To do this:
1> Tools/AVD Manager
2> Select the device
3> Click the pen icon in the "Actions" Column
4> Uncheck "Enable Device Frame"
Alternatively, if you want to select a preexisting skin, you can click on "Advanced Settings" and scroll down to the "Custom skin definition" drop down box.
And to see instructions on how to create a custom skin, you can click on "Advanced Settings" and scroll down to "How do I create a custom hardware skin", which links to here: https://developer.android.com/studio/run/managing-avds#skins
I had the same issue as I moved my avd files between systems and as in your case you have moved the relevant files. So the solution as to go to the .android folder and make changes to the files with .ini of conf in their names. In there you will see that the paths to various resources are different as a result of the move you made. So put in the correct path values.
That was how I solved mine.
You may need to update your AVD manager. WVGA800 is the default skin for the emulator. You might try to update your software
As you upgrade your Android Studio, the skin.path value can become no longer valid. The best approach is to copy the set of screens to your own folder path. This way the screens are in more permanent folders.
For example for Macbook:
Find ~/Applications/Android Studio 1.5.1.0.app/Contents/plugins/android/lib/device-art-resources
Copy device-art-resources folder to a place like ~/dev/device-art-resources
For each config.ini in each of your avd folder, change skin.path value to point to the screen of your choice
For SDK-only installed
For who has not installed Android Studio but has only the SDK, to add a new device, or change a skin to an old device is
$ANDROID_HOME/tools/android avd
My solution was to change the skin to nexus 5x !!
I solved by uninstalling and reinstall the emulator.
In Android Studio, go to:
Tools -> SDK Manager
Appearance & Behavior -> System Settings -> Android SDK
SDK Tools tab
Uncheck the Android Emulator check box, and hit the Apply button.
Do the same, checking the Android Emulator check box.
Related
I just installed Android Studio, when I run the Android Emulator it says: "To Start Android, enter your password" and it reminds me the password is wrong".
How can i fix it?
I would be very glad if someone has an answer for this
Wiping data in Android Virtual Device Manager works for me.
Tools -> Android -> AVD Manager -> Actions (triangle down) -> Wipe Data
Setting the ANDROID_SDK_HOME as described in a previous answer didn't work for me (although it did start using the folder I specified, placing a new .android folder there and using it)
Neither did doing a Factory Reset by right-clicking on the device in the Android Device Manager in Visual Studio 2019.
The only thing that worked for me was making sure that the checkbox for Google APIs was checked, and making sure it was on x86 of course; selecting x86_64 grays out the two checkboxes.
Note that it doesn't matter whether I use a Pixel or some other device such as a Nexus; it apparently always needs to use the image with the Google APIs.
I had this problem on my Visual Studio 2017 Community development setup and here is how I solved it:
Shut down the AVD if it's running.
While in the Android Device Manager, select the AVD with the problem.
Right click or select the context sensitive menu and select "Factory Reset".
Start the AVD again and it should boot normally.
*Just be sure that all the data you've saved on the AVD will be lost once you factory-reset it.
Windows
Hyosoo Kim is right about the problem (non-ascii characters in the user directory), but I think this is an easier solution :
Add a new User Environment Variable :
Control Panel -> System -> Advanced System Settings -> Environment Variables
Add a new user variable
Name : ANDROID_SDK_HOME
Value : the path to a directory not in your user home (C:\Android for example)
There you go !
In VS2017 version 15.9.3,perform the following steps :
Open **Tools > Android Device Manager ** and search the device that you debug
Click with Right Click on it
Choose "Factory Reset"
And you will get brand new device, ready to debug.
Good Luck!
If your user directory contains non-ascii characters, then try to change user name to English name.
I had same problem and it was solved when I logged on to root account.
My case was the described by Hyosoo Kim. I solved the problem renaming my user profile folder (following these intructions Change the Name of a User Profile Folder in Windows 10) and deleting the folder .android under my profile folder.
I had the same issue but was using Visual Studio 2017 and Xamarin rather than Android Studio. Doing a Factory reset in the Android Device Manager in Visual Studio didn't work for me.
So I installed Android Studio and as per Yao's answer, launched the AVD Manager from in there then selected 'Wipe Data' from the triangle dropdown. This resolved the issue and I was able to use the emulator from within Visual Studio again.
The Android Device Manager in Visual Studio seems to be missing some features compared to the one in Android Studio, so this solution is the only one I could find that worked.
I had this issue when trying to use the x86_64 processor, even when I created a brand new device. Using the x86 processor in the device properties resolved the issue for me.
Open
...\USER.android\AVD_NAME.avd\emulator-user.ini
There's a "uuid" which contains the password.
For example:
uuid = 1568486155483
And 1568486155483 is the password.
Worked 4 me :)
This solution working for me on VS2017/Xamarin
Turn Off your device
Open MS-DOS console
Start your device with following command:
emulator.exe -verbose -feature WindowsHypervisorPlatform -avd
"My_device_name" -prop emu.uuid="your_id" -skip-adb-auth -wipe-data
Turn Off your device (no more password is needed)
Launch your device with 'Android Device Manager'
More information will be available in your log file:
See most recent file here:
C:\Users\"my_account_name"\AppData\Roaming\XamarinDeviceManager
Try this:
Shutdown the AVD (if it's running).
Go to the config file of this AVD, The default location is the following (where AVD_NAME is the AVD name, and USER is your system user):
Mac and Linux: ~/.android/avd/AVD_NAME.avd/config.ini
XP: C:\Documents and Settings\USER\.android\AVD_NAME.avd\config.ini
Vista - C:\Users\USER\.android\AVD_NAME.avd\config.ini
Win10, C:\Users\<user>\.android\avd\Android_Accelerated_x86_Oreo.avd\config.ini
Remove any blank line from the beginning and the end of the file.
Finally, run your AVD directly from the AVD Manager.
hope this helps.
Go to your Users folder > .android > avd folder > then delete the avds configuration or wipe out everything.
Then go back to your VS and click Android Emulator. VS will show you their recommended configuration. Use that and run your project with that emulator.
The error message is:
PANIC: Could not open AVD config file: C:\Users\Darth\.android\avd\Nexus_5_API_21_x86.avd\config.ini
I've looked in that directory and there is no config.ini file. Only a userdata.img file.
When looking in the AVD manager the actions column says "Failed to load". If I right click it and click details it shows an error of:
Error: Failed to parse properties from C:\Users\Username\.android\avd\Nexus_5_API_21_x87.avd\config.ini
Fixes attempted that didn't work:
1 - Try choosing a different device definition. (config.ini file still missing when choosing multiple other devices)
2 - sharing the .android directory with my whole homegroup (selecting a device still doesn't generate a config.ini file, same error persists)
FIX: Thanks for all the replies. The fix that worked was changing the Memory of the AVD to 512!
I also had this same error, but the cause wasn't mis-matched x64 vs x86. Turns out my emulator failed to load because the skin wasn't defined. The way that I fixed it was:
Remove any previous wear emulators that failed
Pick the Model (Round/Square) and Android version(Lollipop, for instance)
On the final screen, click "Show Advanced Settings"
Scroll all the way to the bottom and set the "Custom skin definition" to "AndroidWearSquare" or "AndroidWearRound", which should be at the bottom of the skins list
Then after you're finished it should all just work!
Just put the Android SDK in the same Drive where you have installed the Android Studio 1.0. There is a problem if these drive letters are different. This will definitely work for you.I have solved this last week.
Try to use an AVD Manager from C:\User\<%USERNAME%>\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=78577#c25
For windows:
1) in the environment variables add a new "system variables"
ANDROID_SDK_HOME=D:\Program Files\android-sdk-windows (select your home directory of android sdk )
2) modify system variables Path, add "%Android_SDK_HOME%\tools;"
I have created many emulators and never touch .android\avd\Nexus_5_API_21_x87.avd\config.ini
you just create an Emulator, try to avoid "warp user Data", chose the appropriate Device and target API, set the SD memory to amount you want, and do the same with external RAM,and there is no reason to not work.
guesses: may the \Nexus_5_API_21_x87.avd\config.ini is read only! or you don't have permission to access .android/ (share this folder to all users,and give them full acsess.
I hope this will help
As I mentioned above I was facing the same issue.
For me it looks like the bug of the build and definitely not the issue rights, while another file was perfectly created (userdata.img) as well as the whole folder for the avd.
Solution #1: without changing anything in installation, I just found config.ini file in the internet. For example here is the config.ini for Nexus_S_API_21
So then I created Nexus_S AVD and put the config file in the folder. Then it starts working.
The issue with this method:
limited devices
config updates manually through config file
I still had some issues, e.g. instead of displaying the project I was displayed with the home page of Android, and there was no my app
Solution #2: Then I totally removed the Android Studio and cleaned all the stuff and downloaded 0.8.14 from scratch, during installation I updated it once to v.0.9.9. and then didn't update further.
In this version - everything worked just fine without any manipulation. AVD created from the first time and when launched - the project screen is displayed opened with Hello World.
I had the same issue and I was able to fix it with the below solution.
Root Cause: My system is 32-bit and the config.ini file was present in
C:\Users\Saajan Pruthi\.android\avd\Nexus_5_API_21_x86.avd
instead of
C:\Users\Saajan Pruthi\.android\avd\Nexus_5_API_21.avd
Note the x86... I simply copied the config file into the later folder and it worked.
I had the same issue inside Linux. The problem was that made install with root and executed the Android Studio from mi normal user, so in the momment that I install Android Studio every files android for emule stay here:
/root/.android/avd/Nexus_5_API_21_x86.avd
/root/.android/avd/Nexus_5_API_21_x86.ini
So you need do copy the files at your user, then:
sudo cp -Rf /root/.android /home/YOUR_USER
I hope that be help. Regards.
I did the following and it worked:
moved the sdk folder from C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Android\sdk to the Android Studio program folder under C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\sdk
Restarted Android studio and reconfigured it to point to the new sdk folder
Recreated the emulator and started it
I had this problem as well. I just removed the AVD and added it back again - emulator is running fine now.
I had the same problem, and it turned out that my hard drive was full. For anyone still looking for a solution, definitely make sure you still have space.
I am getting the same issue as mentioned in below link.But this one has been put on hold and I am still seeking for a solution.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/27146511/panic-missing-emulator-engine-program-for-arm-cpus-eclipse
So I would like to frame the question and ask here. Until yesterday, emulator were working fine. But since today I am receiving the following error while I am trying to open emulator
PANIC: Missing emulator engine program for 'arm' CPUS
My AVD:
This is the error I am receiving:
I have updated and installed components through SDK Manager and I even tried to restart eclipse and my pc as well.
I tried creating new AVD But nothing worked here.
Thank You in advance.
In my case, my PATH environment variable was set incorrectly. It was including
<sdk-path>/sdk/tools
Instead of
<sdk-path>/sdk/emulator
emulator.exe exists in both of these directories, so the emulator command will work either way. However, emulator-arm.exe only exists in my emulator directory.
It is related to Avast Antivirus, has found bunch of emulator-arm files in its quarantine. Problem started couple of hours ago.
What I did as temporary solution: restored emulator-arm from quarantine, added it to avast exception, paused Avast, run AVD, then resumed Avast
This error happened to me when I re-formatted my computer and tried to copy and paste my old SDK files into my newly formatted computer.
I needed to re-download the SDK’s API stuff. For example, when I re-download API 19, it added these files in red and my Emulator for API 19 worked. API 18 & 17 kept giving me the "PANIC: Missing emulator engine program for 'arm' CPUS." error message. API 18 & 17 were the files I copied and pasted in.
Just delete everything and re-install it. Especially the Tools folder.
I had the same error but I solved it differently from the others. I was trying to create an emulator to test on an older Android version on my Mac.
My mistake was I had selected the wrong tab (see screenshot). I should have clicked the "x86 Images" tab instead of the "Other Images" tab to avoid this error:
Emulator: PANIC: Missing emulator engine program for 'arm' CPU.
This error indicates that there are some missing components in the Android SDK Tools!
In my case, for some reason, Avast Antivirus recognizes the tools/emulator-arm.exe as a threat and puts it in the virus chest!
This started happening since I've updated the SDK manager and everything to latest (tools 23.0.5)
Once I've restored the emulator-arm.exe file and disabled Avast for 10 minutes, I was able to start the emulator without problems!
Note: I've tried to add the file as exception to the Avast AV but it still removes the file from my system.
Please check if your SDK Tools installation is complete and update (delete first?) everything, or at least the Tools section in the SDK Manager!
I hope that helps!
I got the same error a few minutes ago. Look into antivirus chest and try to check if emulator-arm.exe is there. Try add the file to exception of antivirus.
It is working for me. (I have got avast!). Hope this will help you
I had the same problem in the same time as you guys and I am also using Avast. But I could not find the file in the chest of Avast.
So what worked for me was to reinstall the Tools of Android SDK:
Open Android SDK Manager
Select Android SDK Tools
Click "Delete 1 package"
Once it is done, reselect Adroid SDK Tools and click "Install 1 package".
Hope it helps.
I know this is a crazy old topic, but I ran into this same problem and had a hard time solving it. This topic kept popping up on all the searches
The quick work around is to simply copy everything from
/sdk/tools To /sdk/emulator without overwriting anything.
My path looks like this
C:\Users\MyProfile\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\tools
I got the same error too this morning... and I've got Avast !
"Restore and add to exclusion" seems not to work in this case, so i manually added the exclusion...
Solution:
1- Go to Avast Control Panel > Scan > Quarantine > Right Click on "emulator-arm.exe" > Restore and add to exclusion...
2- From Avast Main Screen > Parameters > Active protection (2nd item) > File Agent (click on the wheel) > Exclusions (4th item on the left menu) > Add the complete file path of emulator-arm.exe at the bottom of the list.
Then it works for me...
Avast Antivirus is sensing emulator-arm.exe as a thread and blocking from some reasons. When you add it exclusions in Virus Chest page with right-click -> "restore and add to exclusions" it's not solved in future runnings. To solve this permanently in Avast 2015 :
Settings ->
Active Protection ->
File System Shield ->
Customize ->
Exclusions then add thread as a exclusion . And then press ok.
in my case,there was missing arm eabi v7a system image for api level 22. After downloading it started to work. so make sure that Your arm eabi v7a system image is installed for the particular API Level
If you are trying to use an Android Virtual Device (AVD) with an Android Version, whose SDK platform version you have not installed, this error also appears.
Download all the Android SDK versions whose AVD you might use, i.e., be sure you have the API level installed whose AVD you will use.
Furthermore, check the first line the next image in the column CPU (this was also giving an error). Change the CPU of your AVD, to x86 and then it will work.
There can be the bugs / updates happened in the OS. So, instead of updating in .profile, /etc/environment, or .bashrc file to point adb, emulator etc, put (copy and paste) all the emulator folder inside /usr/bin directory. Install adb tool from the terminal. This should solve everything.
And/Or, update your all environment variables in /etc/bash.bashrc file. Note that: /etc/bash.bashrc file is what gets executed everytime you open the bash terminal.
So I'm trying to create an AVD Simulator, and I keep getting the "No system images installed for this target" error when trying to create a 4.2.2 system even though the image is installed (See picture of SDK Manager).
My system is x64, does that make a difference?
After SDK Update I had the same problems with API Level 19 and
in my case restarting eclipse didn't solve it.
For some reason, in the sdk/system-images/android-19 directory, sub-folders with system images (armeabi-v7a and x86) were placed within "default" directory.
I just moved them into android-19 directory (if eclipse is running at the same time, you will have to restart it).
You just need to restart the tools. I have seen this bug before. The appropriate installed images will show up after the restart.
You can also try to refresh within the 'Packages' menu, but the easiest thing, is to restart the tools.
Goto sdk\system-images and open the folder of the current API you are using (eg.android-19 folder in your case).
Now you'll find a folder named 'default', open it and you'll see the folder named 'armeabi-v7a' or which ever system image you've installed.
Now move the folder 'armeabi-v7a' to the directory sdk\system-images...i.e simply out of the 'default' folder.
That's it.
I had the same problem and this method worked for me. :D
I restart eclipse.it worked out for me,issue is resolved.
I just had this same issue. My problem was solved by killing eclipse (Command + Q) because I'm a Mac user. So, if you're under other operative system be sure to kill the Eclipse's process and relaunch it.
Lots of potentially useful answers here, but none of them were worked for me.
On my Mac, I have both Android Studio and Visual Studio installed. One would hope that they would automatically look for an Android SDK in the same place, but no, not necessarily.
In Android Studio, go to Tools -> Android -> SDK Manager. In the window that pops up, make a note of the Android SDK Location. It should be something like
/Users/[user]/Library/Android/sdk
Next, in Visual Studio, go to Tools -> SDK Manager. In the window that pops up, the path that should be selected on the left is Projects -> SDK Location -> Android. On the right, click the Locations tab. For me, the Android SDK Location path was set to something like
/Users/[user]/Library/Developer/Xamarin/android-sdk-macosx
I changed this to the path that Android Studio was using, and that fixed the problem for me.
Very simple. I restarted Eclipse, reloaded my project and when creating a new emulator, the problem is gone
Found this thread when I did a search on Google for the same error.
So I just wanted to add that if anyone comes across this thread but you are using Android Studio. You only have to restart the Android Studio. I did and now I can see what I installed.
Make sure you have rights to all the files in the android-sdk-linux directory using:
sudo chown $USER -R ./android-sdk-linux
When trying to create an AVD with the android SDK AVD manager I get 'Error: null'. This keeps happening because the SDK manager is looking for 'List of existing Android Virtual Devices located at \...(wrong location).
How can I change the file location?
I had similar issue. I have solved this by setting up the environment variable ANDROID_SDK_HOME in my startup script. The path shall be your desired location of .android folder, excluding the last slash. Example:
SET ANDROID_SDK_HOME=C:\Users\toybuilder\Downloads
I had the same problem this weekend. In my case, I was able to create the AVD's, but not able to start them.
The problem was caused by the AVD Manager creating the AVD's in a different directory from where the emulator was trying to launch the AVD's.
In my case, AVD Manager was initially reporting the list of existing Android Virtual Device located at C:\Users\toybuilder\Downloads\.android\avd
It turns out that my Java runtime (in this case, JDK 1.6u24) was reporting C:\Users\toybuilder\Downloads as my home directory (user.home property). I first confirmed this via Eclipse:
In Eclipse, go to:
Eclipse Menu: Help -> About Eclipse
Click on the [Installation Details]
Click on the [Configuration] tab:
The text box fills with an extended dump of the Eclipse environment .
Look for the user.home value. In my case, the line read:
user.home=C:\Users\toybuilder\Downloads
It turns out that there's a long-standing Java bug (nearly 9 years old) on how the Java runtime determine's the user.home property - as discussed elsewhere on StackOverflow
In my particular case, the buggy behavior was triggered by a bad windows folders redirection. I had apparently moved my Desktop folder into my Downloads directory at some point by accident. Although I had fixed the problem, it nevertheless left an entry in my registry with a Desktop folder redirection to the Downloads directory. There was a HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders\Desktop registry key that pointed, incorrectly, to C:\Users\toybuilder\Downloads\Desktop
The Java runtime was apparently setting user.home as "Desktop"/.. (i.e., the Downloads directory), while some other mechanisms were resolving the home directory at the correct location (probably the Windows %userprofile% environmental value) -- and hence when the emulator was starting up, it could not find the .android/avd directory, because it was looking from a different starting directory.
After I deleted the incorrect redirection registry key, the problem went away.
Windows with "folder redirection" have this issue. If you are logged in a domain and the admin has set a redirection for your home folders eclipse/android SDK cannot read correctly some files. You can try the following steps:
Close Eclipse
Just set a user environmental variable like:
Variable Name:ANDROID_SDK_HOME
Variable Value:C:\Users\{your login}
Copy the .android folder from the "redirection" folder to C:\Users\{your login}
Start Eclipse.
Now the AVDs should work fine.
I have a Solution for this error:
Right click Folder "C:\User\yournamecomputer.android" and uncheck Read-Only
it work for me :D
SET ANDROID_SDK_HOME variable not working for me.
Open eclipse
Click on window menu and then select preference.
Select android from left hand side.
Now SET SDK location e.g. E:\android\sdk instead of ../sdk means set Absolute path instead of Relative path.
Its worked for me.
I hope this help someone and save time.