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Android Build a Simple Android App (2014) Creating the Screen Layout Setting Colors

Vincent Depassier
Vincent Depassier
555 Points

hello, i have problems when i try to start my phone emulator, it stay loading with a black screen, pls help me

when i start my android emulator it doesnt work, its stay in a black screen and dont load. pls help me, what can i do? i have an androir device, maybe i can use it if someone teach me how. thx

2 Answers

The default Android emulator is really slow and takes a very long time to boot up, to fix the problem go to: www.genymotion.com to download a quicker 3rd party emulator

Richard Luick
Richard Luick
10,955 Points

I will second this. I would recommend checking out the course called Android Tools, specfically the section on Genymotion. That will help you get going. Don't worry about skipping ahead on the track. I honestly think it would be great if that was the first course as using genymotion from the start would have saved me some headaches.

Vincent Depassier
Vincent Depassier
555 Points

i apreciate both helps :) now i have other problem hehe i installed all and when i was ready to begin a error messege said: "WARNING: linker: libdvm.so has text relocations. This is wasting memory and is a security risk. Please fix. pkg: /data/local/tmp/BionicArm.funfacts Failure [INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_MANIFEST_MALFORMED]" if you can give me a last hand i will be grateful