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Android Build a Simple Android App (retired 2014) Getting Started with Android Initial Layout

Jay Connelly
Jay Connelly
192 Points
Posted by Jay Connelly
Jay Connelly
192 Points

no emulator.

I keep getting this message in my console: [2014-02-13 14:36:29 - CrystalBall] Launching a new emulator with Virtual Device 'Android44' [2014-02-13 14:36:33 - Emulator] Failed to allocate memory: 8 [2014-02-13 14:36:33 - Emulator] [2014-02-13 14:36:33 - Emulator] This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. [2014-02-13 14:36:33 - Emulator] Please contact the application's support team for more information.

I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I have never seen an emulator screen!

Jay Connelly
Jay Connelly
192 Points
Jay Connelly
Jay Connelly
192 Points

I have no idea. The video told me what to do. I did it exactly, then when I go to hit the run in the tip left, that message comes up in my console window instead of the emulator opening.

4 Answers

Jonathan McCottry
Jonathan McCottry
6,606 Points
Jonathan McCottry
Jonathan McCottry
6,606 Points

What are the settings of the emulator you are attempting to run?

Jonathan McCottry
Jonathan McCottry
6,606 Points
Jonathan McCottry
Jonathan McCottry
6,606 Points

A lot of the time it is associated with how much ram you have allocated for your emulator. I would edit the emulator in AVD and play with that a bit and see what you come up with. Without seeing the settings I could not say if you need more or less, but that is usually what this error means.

Let me know how it works out.

JMc

Jay Connelly
Jay Connelly
192 Points
Jay Connelly
Jay Connelly
192 Points

I was using the galaxy nexus as the device and it wouldn't work. I switched to nexus and now it I can see an emulator.

Mohammad Ghahramani
PLUS
Mohammad Ghahramani
Courses Plus Student 5,524 Points
Mohammad Ghahramani
Mohammad Ghahramani
Courses Plus Student 5,524 Points

hey man, go to the device manager and then lower your ram. mine was set to 1907 and i lowered it to 900. I don't know what the hell i'm doing but it seemed to work.