Android Emulator: qemu-system-i386.exe: goldfish_battery_read: Bad offset

Question

So, whenever I try to launch my app on the android emulator the IDE gets bombarded with this error:

Emulator: qemu-system-i386.exe: goldfish_battery_read: Bad offset....... 

This error also shows when the application is running every minute or so.

I'm using

• Android Studio 3 Beta 6
• API Level 26
• Emulator 26.1.4
• Android SDK
• Tools 26.1.1
• Image x86 26 (oreo)

...

I've tried to re-install all of the SDK tools and update everything to the latest but had no luck. I also re-installed the IDE and re-downloaded everything and it still shows this error.

I'm wondering if anyone ran into this error as well?

Answer 1

I'm sure (hope?) Google will fix this bug soon, but in the meantime all the popup notifications are very annoying. For me the emulator seems to be working fine. I just wanted to temporarily disable the popup notification.

You can do that by selecting the Settings icon on the popup. Then choose No popup from the menu for Emulator.

I left the Log checkbox checked so that I can still monitor the Event Log.

Answer 2

I had same issue for emulator running Oreo. Emulator won't boot up and throw message 'Emulator: qemu-system-i386.exe: goldfish_battery_read: Bad offset '.

I solved it by following;

1. Launch standalone sdk manager

2. Download "Google Play Intel x86 atom Image" under API 26 (OREO)

3. Launch avd manager from sdk manager > tools > manager avds.. (not from android studio).
4. Create or edit AVD.
5. Under CPU/ABI choose image "Google Play Intel x86 atom Image" (instead of "Google API Intel x86 atom Image")
6. Start AVD. It should work.