Emulator not working in Eclipse

Question

I followed this tutorial to create HelloWorld Android app. I was able to start the emulator from eclipse. But nothing seems to happen except this Android logo keeps flashing on.

Has anyone faced this issue ?

Answer 1

If you planned not to use Google API as target of your emulator then u can use Intel x86 Hardware Accelerator(HAXM). Open your SDK manager then install Extras-->Intel x86 Hardware Accelerator(HAXM).Install it from

sdk_path\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager\IntelHaxm.exe (Windows)

Then on your emulator configuration choose Intel Atom (x86) as CPU/ABI rather than ARM.

Additionally you can set more ram to your AVD and check Use host GPU to speed up your emulator.

Answer 2

You'd better wait about 10-15 (it depends on your computer). But if it doesn't work, try in command prompt:

adb kill-server

adb start-server

If adb is not found, then you should move your directory to the folder, where adb.exe is located, for me it is C:\Users\Andranik\android-sdks\platform-tools, therefore:

cd C:\Users\Andranik\android-sdks\platform-tools and after this execute upper commands.

This helps me.

Answer 3

It's working.. It is simply super slow ;)

Keep waiting a while longer and it will boot eventually. It helps to choose smaller devices with less ram.

Just a heads up, loading devices like tablets or the newest phones can easily take you 20-30 minutes.