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rashadb
rashadb

Reputation: 2543

Android Emulator is Blank

I have a mid 2013 Macbook Air (so I should have the resources to make the emulator work) and I'm trying to get the Android Emulator working. It's been half an hour and the color pinwheel continues to spin. In the meantime I looked up and downloaded Andy and BlueStacks Android emulators but Andy was nothing more than a clock with no buttons and BlueStacks, while it had a number of options there was nothing that seemed evident that I could get 'Hello World' running from the basic tutorial.

http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/running-app.html

I want to progress but I'm stuck. Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 91

Answers (3)

rashadb
rashadb

Reputation: 2543

When you start an emulator you should "Store a snapshot for faster performance" in the Android Virtual Device (AVD) configuration or the emulator won't start at all. After too much time troubleshooting, it was as simple as that.

Upvotes: 0

Ezio
Ezio

Reputation: 121

try restarting your computer..

Upvotes: 1

Blayze
Blayze

Reputation: 21

I would look into Genymotion. They have a great android emulator that can spin up vms for different phones. Its free for personal use and easy to use. The VM image is download directly from their server so when it gets corrupted you can delete it and add it again.

It is also recognized by Eclipse and Android Studio.

There should be two downloads, one that includes Oracle VM and one that doesn't. I recommend the one that does so you do not need to install Oracle VM by its self.

If that doesn't work post a comment and ill see what I can do.

Upvotes: 1

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