android-virtual-device

AVD – PANIC: Could not open… – not a path issue

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This has been asked a few times already, try these: Create a environment variable called: ANDROID_SDK_HOME and set it to C:\Users\Administrator Open Eclipse > Window > Preferences and click in Run/Debug and String Substitution Add a new variable called: user.home and set it to C:\Users\Administrator Create an AVD and run it. Original answer by Colin … Read more

How to open the AVD manager on Ubuntu Linux from the command line?

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For thoose coming here because the android avd command has been deprecated*, here’s how to do it now: Using Android Studio Open Android Studio with a valid studio project (if you don’t have one, simply create one empty). After you’ve your project open, go to Tools => Android => AVD Manager. Note that this menu … Read more

Can’t change emulated performance of AVD in Android Studio

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Actually, this problem seems to be limited to devices with Play Store available, so Nexus 5X and Nexus 5 images will be forced to use Automatic Graphics, but all other devices allow you to choose either Automatic, Hardware or Software graphics. edit: I’ve just tested this today and it seems to no longer be the … Read more

Mac and “PANIC: Missing emulator engine program for ‘arm’ CPU.”

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Just tried and verified on my Mac, to solve this problem, you need to specify the -kernel path manually. i.e. $ ~/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator @Galaxy_Nexus_Jelly_Bean_API_16 -kernel ~/Library/Android/sdk/system-images/android-16/default/armeabi-v7a/kernel-qemu Some references for you: Emulator error: This AVD’s configuration is missing a kernel file https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator-commandline — Edit — To avoid typing the -kernel argument every time, you can also copy … Read more

Android SDK Manager gives “Failed to fetch URL https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository.xml” error when selecting repository

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Try this solution and it worked. this problem is caused because ADB is unable to connect to the android servers to fetch updates. (If at home try turning off firewall) Goto Android SDK Manager c://android-sdk-windows/ open SDK-Manager Click Settings – Will be asked for a proxy. If have one enter the IP address and the … Read more

Why emulator is very slow in Android Studio?

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The Best Solution is to use Android Emulator with Intel Virtualization Technology. Now if your system have a Processor that have a feature called as Intel Virtualization Technology, then Intel X86 images will be huge benefit for you. because it supports Intel® Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager (Intel® HAXM). To check that your processor support HAXM … Read more

Is Google Play Store supported in avd emulators?

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The Google Play Store is now officially preinstalled the Android Emulator. Make sure you are running the latest version of Android Studio 2.4. In the Android Studio AVD Manager choose a virtual device configuration that has the Google Play store icon next to it, and then select one of the system images that have the … Read more

cannot start activity background in android 10 [ android Q ]

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With Android Q, it is impossible to start an activity from the background automatically if your app does not include those exceptions listed in the link below. https://developer.android.com/guide/components/activities/background-starts Possible Solutions: 1- You can choose just show a service notification, and start pending intent with a click 2- You can use full-screen intents to show your … Read more

Run AVD Emulator without Android Studio

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The way to run the emulator from the console (I assume that you installed it before, using Android Studio) is: run cd ~/Android/Sdk/tools/bin && ./avdmanager list avd OR cd ~/Android/Sdk/tools && ./emulator -list-avds You will get the list od your virtual installed devices. In my case it was: Available Android Virtual Devices: Name: Galaxy_Nexus_API_17 Device: … Read more