Android Emulator not working on MAC

Question

I've been trying to use the Android Emulator after downloading Android Studio. I've used an old Samsung S4 before, but need something compatible to Marshmallow for certain features.

The problems I am seeing are:

• -Emulator doesn't run
• -Android screen shows as if it's preparing to boot but doesn't
• -When android screen disappears after hour of waiting, screen shows dialog that says the system is unresponsive, and to wait or kill the process
• -When I try to run app on AVD while that screen is showing, error from Android Studio pops up saying that the AVD didn't install APK's correctly and to uninstall them or cancel.

The solutions I have tried:

• -Lowering AVD RAM to 512 & 236 MB
• -Turning emulator cameras off
• -Turning off Audio
• -Graphics preference set to software
• -Deleting and redownloading everything
• -Checking to make sure API matches SDK
• -Trying different API (25)
• -Downloading BlueStacks (Didn't realize it uses Kitkat)

Most of the solutions for a slow/not working emulators were related to the Emulator settings of which I changed and tried. I've been stuck on this for three days and am desperate for a solution so I can test my app which requires Android API of 23 +.

A little side note just in case I'm out-of-luck. I'm using a mid-2010 MAC running on OSX Sierra, Core 2 duo processor, 16GB RAM, 1TB hard drive.

**Update I've ran the emulator through the command line and here is the output that I am receiving. The emaulator is still loading on the Android Screen but no more output has been logged for the last 30 minutes after "Adb connected, start proxing data".

Macs-MacBook-Pro-2:sdk joncorrin$ tools/emulator @Nexus_5X_API_23 -verbose emulator:Android emulator version 25.3.0.0 (build_id 3394391) emulator:Found AVD name 'Nexus_5X_API_23' emulator:Found AVD target architecture: x86 emulator:argv[0]: 'tools/emulator'; program directory: '/Users/mac/Library/Android/sdk/tools' emulator:  Found directory: /Users/mac/Library/Android/sdk/system-images/android-23/google_apis/x86/  emulator:Probing for /Users/mac/Library/Android/sdk/system-images/android-23/google_apis/x86//kernel-ranchu: file exists emulator:Auto-config: -engine qemu2 (based on configuration) emulator:  Found directory: /Users/mac/Library/Android/sdk/system-images/android-23/google_apis/x86/  emulator:try dir /Users/mac/Library/Android/sdk/tools emulator:try dir tools/ emulator:try dir emulator emulator:Found target-specific 64-bit emulator binary: emulator/qemu/darwin-x86_64/qemu-system-i386 emulator:Adding library search path: 'emulator/lib64' emulator:  Found directory: /Users/mac/Library/Android/sdk/system-images/android-23/google_apis/x86/  emulator:  Found directory: /Users/mac/Library/Android/sdk/system-images/android-23/google_apis/x86/  emulator:GPU emulation is disabled emulator: Adding library search path for Qt: 'emulator/lib64/qt/lib' emulator: Setting Qt plugin search path: QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH=emulator/lib64/qt/plugins emulator: Running :emulator/qemu/darwin-x86_64/qemu-system-i386 emulator: qemu backend: argv[00] = "emulator/qemu/darwin-x86_64/qemu-system-i386" emulator: qemu backend: argv[01] = "@Nexus_5X_API_23" emulator: qemu backend: argv[02] = "-verbose" emulator: Concatenated backend parameters:  emulator/qemu/darwin-x86_64/qemu-system-i386 @Nexus_5X_API_23 -verbose emulator: WARNING: Crash service did not start  emulator: Android virtual device file at: /Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.ini emulator: virtual device content at /Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd emulator: virtual device config file: /Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/config.ini emulator: using core hw config path: /Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/hardware-qemu.ini emulator: Found AVD target API level: 23 emulator: Read property file at ./system-images/android-23/google_apis/x86//build.prop emulator: No boot.prop property file found. emulator: found skin 'nexus_5x' in directory: /Users/mac/Library/Android/sdk/skins/ emulator: autoconfig: -skin nexus_5x emulator: autoconfig: -skindir /Users/mac/Library/Android/sdk/skins/ emulator: autoconfig: -kernel ./system-images/android-23/google_apis/x86//kernel-ranchu emulator: Target arch = 'x86' emulator: Auto-config: -qemu -cpu qemu32 emulator: Auto-detect: Kernel image requires new device naming scheme. emulator: Auto-detect: Kernel does not support YAFFS2 partitions. emulator: autoconfig: -ramdisk ./system-images/android-23/google_apis/x86//ramdisk.img emulator: Using initial system image: ./system-images/android-23/google_apis/x86//system.img emulator: autoconfig: -data /Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/userdata-qemu.img emulator: autoconfig: -initdata /Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/userdata.img emulator: autoconfig: -cache /Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/cache.img emulator: autoconfig: -sdcard /Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/sdcard.img emulator: Increasing RAM size to 1024MB emulator: System image is read only emulator: GPU emulation is disabled emulator: Found 2 DNS servers: 75.75.75.75 75.75.76.76 emulator: trying to load skin file '/Users/mac/Library/Android/sdk/skins//nexus_5x/layout' emulator: CPU Acceleration: working emulator: CPU Acceleration status: HAXM version 6.0.5 (3) is installed and usable. emulator: Adjusting Contiguous Memory Allocation of 1080x1920 framebuffer for software renderer to 16MB. emulator: Found 2 DNS servers: 75.75.75.75 75.75.76.76 Content of hardware configuration file:   hw.cpu.arch = x86   hw.cpu.model = qemu32   hw.cpu.ncore = 1   hw.ramSize = 1024   hw.screen = multi-touch   hw.mainKeys = false   hw.trackBall = false   hw.keyboard = true   hw.keyboard.lid = false   hw.keyboard.charmap = qwerty2   hw.dPad = false   hw.gsmModem = true   hw.gps = true   hw.battery = true   hw.accelerometer = true   hw.audioInput = true   hw.audioOutput = true   hw.sdCard = true   hw.sdCard.path = /Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/sdcard.img   disk.cachePartition = true   disk.cachePartition.path = /Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/cache.img   disk.cachePartition.size = 66m   hw.lcd.width = 1080   hw.lcd.height = 1920   hw.lcd.depth = 16   hw.lcd.density = 420   hw.lcd.backlight = true   hw.gpu.enabled = false   hw.gpu.mode = guest   hw.gpu.blacklisted = no   hw.initialOrientation = Portrait   hw.camera.back = emulated   hw.camera.front = emulated   vm.heapSize = 256   hw.sensors.light = true   hw.sensors.pressure = true   hw.sensors.humidity = true   hw.sensors.proximity = true   hw.sensors.magnetic_field = true   hw.sensors.orientation = true   hw.sensors.temperature = true   hw.useext4 = true   kernel.path = ./system-images/android-23/google_apis/x86//kernel-ranchu   kernel.newDeviceNaming = yes   kernel.supportsYaffs2 = no   disk.ramdisk.path = ./system-images/android-23/google_apis/x86//ramdisk.img   disk.systemPartition.initPath = ./system-images/android-23/google_apis/x86//system.img   disk.systemPartition.size = 1280m   disk.dataPartition.path = /Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/userdata-qemu.img   disk.dataPartition.size = 2g   disk.encryptionKeyPartition.path = /Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/encryptionkey.img   avd.name = Nexus_5X_API_23 . QEMU options list: emulator: argv[00] = "emulator/qemu/darwin-x86_64/qemu-system-i386" emulator: argv[01] = "-dns-server" emulator: argv[02] = "75.75.75.75,75.75.76.76" emulator: argv[03] = "-serial" emulator: argv[04] = "null" emulator: argv[05] = "-cpu" emulator: argv[06] = "android32" emulator: argv[07] = "-enable-hax" emulator: argv[08] = "-m" emulator: argv[09] = "1024" emulator: argv[10] = "-lcd-density" emulator: argv[11] = "420" emulator: argv[12] = "-kernel" emulator: argv[13] = "./system-images/android-23/google_apis/x86//kernel-ranchu" emulator: argv[14] = "-initrd" emulator: argv[15] = "./system-images/android-23/google_apis/x86//ramdisk.img" emulator: argv[16] = "-object" emulator: argv[17] = "iothread,id=disk-iothread" emulator: argv[18] = "-drive" emulator: argv[19] = "if=none,overlap-check=none,cache=unsafe,index=0,id=system,file=/Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/system.img.qcow2,read-only" emulator: argv[20] = "-device" emulator: argv[21] = "virtio-blk-pci,drive=system,iothread=disk-iothread,modern-pio-notify" emulator: argv[22] = "-drive" emulator: argv[23] = "if=none,overlap-check=none,cache=unsafe,index=1,id=cache,file=/Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/cache.img.qcow2,l2-cache-size=1048576" emulator: argv[24] = "-device" emulator: argv[25] = "virtio-blk-pci,drive=cache,iothread=disk-iothread,modern-pio-notify" emulator: argv[26] = "-drive" emulator: argv[27] = "if=none,overlap-check=none,cache=unsafe,index=2,id=userdata,file=/Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/userdata-qemu.img.qcow2,l2-cache-size=1048576" emulator: argv[28] = "-device" emulator: argv[29] = "virtio-blk-pci,drive=userdata,iothread=disk-iothread,modern-pio-notify" emulator: argv[30] = "-drive" emulator: argv[31] = "if=none,overlap-check=none,cache=unsafe,index=3,id=encrypt,file=/Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/encryptionkey.img.qcow2,l2-cache-size=1048576" emulator: argv[32] = "-device" emulator: argv[33] = "virtio-blk-pci,drive=encrypt,iothread=disk-iothread,modern-pio-notify" emulator: argv[34] = "-drive" emulator: argv[35] = "if=none,overlap-check=none,cache=unsafe,index=4,id=sdcard,file=/Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/sdcard.img.qcow2,l2-cache-size=1048576" emulator: argv[36] = "-device" emulator: argv[37] = "virtio-blk-pci,drive=sdcard,iothread=disk-iothread,modern-pio-notify" emulator: argv[38] = "-netdev" emulator: argv[39] = "user,id=mynet" emulator: argv[40] = "-device" emulator: argv[41] = "virtio-net-pci,netdev=mynet" emulator: argv[42] = "-netdev" emulator: argv[43] = "user,id=mynet2,net=10.0.3.0/24" emulator: argv[44] = "-device" emulator: argv[45] = "virtio-net-pci,netdev=mynet2" emulator: argv[46] = "-show-cursor" emulator: argv[47] = "-L" emulator: argv[48] = "emulator/lib/pc-bios" emulator: argv[49] = "-soundhw" emulator: argv[50] = "hda" emulator: argv[51] = "-vga" emulator: argv[52] = "none" emulator: argv[53] = "-append" emulator: argv[54] = "qemu=1 androidboot.hardware=ranchu clocksource=pit android.qemud=1 console=0 console=0 android.checkjni=1 qemu.gles=2 qemu.encrypt=1 cma=32M ndns=2" emulator: argv[55] = "-android-hw" emulator: argv[56] = "/Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/hardware-qemu.ini" Concatenated QEMU options:  emulator/qemu/darwin-x86_64/qemu-system-i386 -dns-server 75.75.75.75,75.75.76.76 -serial null -cpu android32 -enable-hax -m 1024 -lcd-density 420 -kernel ./system-images/android-23/google_apis/x86//kernel-ranchu -initrd ./system-images/android-23/google_apis/x86//ramdisk.img -object iothread,id=disk-iothread -drive if=none,overlap-check=none,cache=unsafe,index=0,id=system,file=/Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/system.img.qcow2,read-only -device virtio-blk-pci,drive=system,iothread=disk-iothread,modern-pio-notify -drive if=none,overlap-check=none,cache=unsafe,index=1,id=cache,file=/Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/cache.img.qcow2,l2-cache-size=1048576 -device virtio-blk-pci,drive=cache,iothread=disk-iothread,modern-pio-notify -drive if=none,overlap-check=none,cache=unsafe,index=2,id=userdata,file=/Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/userdata-qemu.img.qcow2,l2-cache-size=1048576 -device virtio-blk-pci,drive=userdata,iothread=disk-iothread,modern-pio-notify -drive if=none,overlap-check=none,cache=unsafe,index=3,id=encrypt,file=/Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/encryptionkey.img.qcow2,l2-cache-size=1048576 -device virtio-blk-pci,drive=encrypt,iothread=disk-iothread,modern-pio-notify -drive if=none,overlap-check=none,cache=unsafe,index=4,id=sdcard,file=/Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/sdcard.img.qcow2,l2-cache-size=1048576 -device virtio-blk-pci,drive=sdcard,iothread=disk-iothread,modern-pio-notify -netdev user,id=mynet -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=mynet -netdev user,id=mynet2,net=10.0.3.0/24 -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=mynet2 -show-cursor -L emulator/lib/pc-bios -soundhw hda -vga none -append 'qemu=1 androidboot.hardware=ranchu clocksource=pit android.qemud=1 console=0 console=0 android.checkjni=1 qemu.gles=2 qemu.encrypt=1 cma=32M ndns=2' -android-hw /Users/mac/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_23.avd/hardware-qemu.ini emulator: Starting QEMU main loop Hax is enabled Hax ram_size 0x40000000 emulator: registered 'boot-properties' qemud service emulator: Adding boot property: 'qemu.sf.fake_camera' = 'both' emulator: Adding boot property: 'ro.opengles.version' = '131072' emulator: Adding boot property: 'dalvik.vm.heapsize' = '256m' emulator: Adding boot property: 'qemu.hw.mainkeys' = '0' emulator: Adding boot property: 'qemu.adb.secure' = '1' emulator: Adding boot property: 'qemu.sf.lcd_density' = '420' HAX is working and emulator runs in fast virt mode. emulator: goldfish_events.have-dpad: false emulator: goldfish_events.have-trackball: false emulator: goldfish_events.have-camera: true emulator: goldfish_events.have-keyboard: true emulator: goldfish_events.have-lidswitch: false emulator: goldfish_events.have-touch: false emulator: goldfish_events.have-multitouch: true emulator: control console listening on port 5554, ADB on port 5555 Not using any http proxy emulator: android_hw_fingerprint_init: fingerprint qemud listen service initialized  emulator: onGuestSendCommand: [0x7f80950cdc00] Adb connected, start proxing data 

**UPDATE

output logged:

emulator: _hwFingerprint_connect: connect finger print listen is called    emulator: got message from guest system fingerprint HAL 

in the last 30 minutes.

Android shows laggy screen that said "Starting Android Process", then 30 minutes later showed frozen screen that stated the system UI is not responding, with a allow debugging dialog behind it. See images. When I click, the UI is not responding and the logs are not outputting anything beyond what I posted.

Answer 1

This one worked for me

1. Delete all AVD's that you currently have.
2. Go to Preferences >> Android SDK >> SDK Tools
3. Uninstall Android Emulator
4. Restart Android Studio.
5. Re-install Android Emulator from the same place.
6. Create a new emulator ! Hope this Helps.