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Shubham Sharma
Courses Plus Student 1,451 PointsWhenever I run my program I get this error : emulator: ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration!
I do not understand the error. Please help me to find a solution to this. I'm using the latest Android Studio 1.1
2 Answers
Mark VonGyer
21,239 PointsAre you using Genymotion?
You may find Genymotion better to use as an emulator(see the course for it). At the moment it seems you may have hardware/ driver incompatibilities.
Jorge Felico
15,543 PointsHi Shubham, You actually need to enable Hardware Acceleration for your application via the android Manifest file. Simply add android:hardwareAccelerated="true" to the application tag like this:
<application android:hardwareAccelerated="true" >
Check out this link for more information on Hardware Acceleration for Android.
Chris Sligar
2,069 PointsThis statement was added to the Manifest file, but the Hardware Acceleration error still exists. Creating a new device using the arm type cpu instead of the x86 is a work around that worked for me...
Well not really, the emulator slowly opens to a black outline with sparkling logo. Searching for a hardware fix, not found in android-sdk ?!?
Shubham Sharma
Courses Plus Student 1,451 PointsShubham Sharma
Courses Plus Student 1,451 Pointsokay thanks !