Android emulator doesn't do anything?

Question

I've just started playing around with android sample apps. For some reason, the emulator doesn't do anything. All I get is a black screen with with word "Android" and it stays like that until it crashes.

I'm not sure what the issue is but any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks!

Answer 1

What you have got there is a bad system image on your emulator. Go to the AVD screen in eclipse(looks like a little android with a down arrow. Select the emulator that crashes but don't start it. Click delete instead. Then create a new one emulator with whatever sdk and options that you want. Should work after that.