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Android Build a Simple Android App with Java Getting Started with Android A Brief Introduction to Android Tools

Posted by Tamara McDiarmid
Tamara McDiarmid
4,351 Points

warning: unable to install Intel HAXM Your CPU does not support required features (V-x or SVM).

I was able to download Android Studio as discussed in the video but I did get a message appear under the downloading components:

Unable to install Intel HAXM Your CPU does not support required features (VT-x or SVM). Unfortunately, your computer does not support hardware accelerated virtualization. Here are some of your options: 1) Use a physical device for testing 2) Develop on a Windows/OSX computer with an Intel processor that supports VT-x and NX

I'm assuming I can still use my computer to continue with the treehouse course but will be unable to use the virtual device for testing output results. Is this correct? And I have an iPhone so cannot test on a physical device...any advice about options would be appreciated.

Tamara McDiarmid
Tamara McDiarmid
4,351 Points

I think it's because my PC has AMD processor...

2 Answers

Benjamin Dahlhoff
Benjamin Dahlhoff
4,484 Points
Benjamin Dahlhoff
Benjamin Dahlhoff
4,484 Points

Please check your Bios for VT-x support. By default its turned off on some machines. AMD calls this feature AMD-v.

https://www.howtogeek.com/213795/how-to-enable-intel-vt-x-in-your-computers-bios-or-uefi-firmware/

cf: https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator-acceleration

Tamara McDiarmid
Tamara McDiarmid
4,351 Points
Tamara McDiarmid
Tamara McDiarmid
4,351 Points

I already enabled virtualization in my Bios settings on my desktop. I installed Android Studio on my laptop which does have an Intel processor and it seems to be working so far.