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Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Intel x86 HAXM Installer "Not Compatible with Windows"

I'm using the Device Nexus 5 API 23 when trying to build the project.

However when I attempt to run the project I get the following message and console output.

Please ensure Intel HAXM is properly installed and usable.
CPU acceleration status: HAX kernel module is not installed!

So the emulator won't load. When I then look at the Android SDK Manager for HAXM, the status is "not compatible with Windows". It seems others have had similar issues in the past.

Can anything be done to help? Can I carry on with the track without it if needs be? Thanks :)

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,414 Points

Download from the source and install manually: https://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/intel-hardware-accelerated-execution-manager

There are bug reports filed on the SDK Manager about this and will hopefully be fixed soon.

Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Thanks for getting me going :)

It turns out the Intel Virtualizer wasn't switched on which seems to be why my Andriod installation wasn't clean. I managed to get onto BIOS though and sort it out.

same issue here, but my computer does not support intel vt.

Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Hi Carlos,

Have you been able to look for it in your computers' BIOS? Maybe you just need to find the setting and switch it on. :-)

wasn t BIOS. Problem solved using ARM