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Android Creating and Running a Virtual Device

Vignesh Sivanandam
Vignesh Sivanandam
78 Points

Emulator not working.Cannot launch AVD in emulator. CPU acceleration status: HAX kernel module is not installed!

Getting the below message when I click on the Play button.

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!

2 Answers

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hi Vignesh,

inside the 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

Abhijeet Phanse
Abhijeet Phanse
Courses Plus Student 267 Points

Hey Grigorij,

I tried what you asked to do. Its still not working for me. Any suggestions?

Grigorij Schleifer
Grigorij Schleifer
10,365 Points

Hey there,

which type of computer do you have? And which kind of processor?

Alanna Heraghty
Alanna Heraghty
1,222 Points

I'm still having the same issue. Anyone solve this?