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Travis Bentz
640 PointsHow do i reopen my emulator
Emulator disappeared on me, not sure where to reopen it.
Travis Bentz
640 PointsThank you. Here is the message I get
A Repairable Virtual Android Device An Adroid Virtual Device That failed to load. Click Details to see the error: A Box pops up that says Name: Android442 CPU/ABI: ARM (armabi-v7a) Path: C:\Users\travis.android\avd\Android442.avd Target: Android 4.4.2(API level 19) Skin: WSVGA
hw.lcd.density: 480 hw.dPad: no avd.ini.encoding: ISO-8859-1 hw.camer.back: none disk.dataPartition.size: 200M hw.gpu.enabled: yes skin.dynamic: no
The only thing that looks a little suspicious to me is the . (dot) on line 3 before android.
1 Answer
Ben Jakuben
Treehouse TeacherYour suspicions about that dot in the path may be correct. Android on Windows can be finicky about special characters in the path. Can you try creating a brand new AVD from scratch?
Either way, I'd highly recommend checking out Genymotion, which is a free alternative to the default emulator that works much better. I mention it somewhere in the course, and we have a stage that covers how to setup and use an older version. It still applies pretty well, though we will update this sometime soon: http://teamtreehouse.com/library/android-tools#getting-started-with-genymotion
Michael Riehl
725 PointsMichael Riehl
725 PointsTravis-
1) With Android Studio open, you click the button at the top with a small phone icon called AVD Manager. 2) You can select an existing emulator to run and click the small green triangle "Play" button on the right.
If the AVD manager is blank, you will need to create a new virtual device. I would recommend re-watching the lesson on that. It is the "Running the Fun Facts Project" Lesson that walks you through it.
https://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-an-android-app/getting-started-with-android/running-the-fun-facts-project
I hope this helps.
Cheers, Mike