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Posted by Oshedhe Munasinghe
Oshedhe Munasinghe
8,108 Points

Cannot launch AVD in emulator

" Cannot launch AVD in emulator. Output: emulator: ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration! Please ensure Intel HAXM is properly installed and usable. CPU acceleration status: HAX kernel module is not installed! "

Please tell me step by step how to solve out this problem >:(

2 Answers

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points
Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

HI Oshedhe,

you need the HAXM accelerator from Intel to be installde.

if you are using Android Studio ...

Go to "Tools" -> "Android" -> "SDK Manager"

Inside the SDK Manager:

Scroll all the way down to "Extras" and click the check box for "Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator (HAXM Installer)"

then Install the packages Packages

Restart the AS and I hope you are good to go :)

Let me know if it does the trick ...

Grigorij

matthewgaikema
matthewgaikema
6,059 Points

I had the same problem and tried what you suggested, but i still get the same error:

Cannot launch AVD in emulator.
Output:
emulator: ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration!
Please ensure Intel HAXM is properly installed and usable.
CPU acceleration status: HAX kernel module is not installed!
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi there,

As well as making sure the HAXM emulator is installed, there's possibly a BIOS change that you need to make.

Have a look through this thread for details of both.

Steve.