Android emulator won't boot up

Question

I'm trying to install android sdk and run my first application on my PC (Win7 64 bit). I followed instructions on http://developer.android.com from the beginning to http://developer.android.com/training/basics/firstapp/running-app.html When I try to start emulator (as mentioned on the last url) simply nothing shows up.

5 - Select the new AVD from the Android Virtual Device Manager and click Start. 

It doesn't show any error messages. After launching AVD a process named adb.exe appears on task manager.

Below is eclipse console output when try to run my blank app from eclipse. On configurations, I set different target devices and selected starting activity manually. The same problem continues.

When AVD is started from outside of eclipse(\sdk\platform-tools>android avd):

[2013-03-22 08:50:48 - 1st] ------------------------------ [2013-03-22 08:50:48 - 1st] Android Launch! [2013-03-22 08:50:48 - 1st] adb is running normally. [2013-03-22 08:50:48 - 1st] Performing com.example.st.MainActivity activity launch [2013-03-22 08:50:49 - 1st] Automatic Target Mode: launching new emulator with compatible AVD 'AvdTest' [2013-03-22 08:50:49 - 1st] Launching a new emulator with Virtual Device 'AvdTest' 

When AVD is started from eclipse:

[2013-03-22 09:22:44 - 1st] ------------------------------ [2013-03-22 09:22:44 - 1st] Android Launch! [2013-03-22 09:22:44 - 1st] adb is running normally. [2013-03-22 09:22:44 - 1st] Performing com.example.st.MainActivity activity launch [2013-03-22 09:22:44 - 1st] Automatic Target Mode: Preferred AVD 'AvdTest' is not available. Launching new emulator. [2013-03-22 09:22:44 - 1st] Launching a new emulator with Virtual Device 'AvdTest' 

I also downloaded only sdk and installed eclipse plugin but result is the same.

Tried to use logcat also. Started it then started AVD, but logcat shows nothing. When I kill adb.exe from task manager,it kills logcat too.

\sdk\platform-tools>adb -e logcat - waiting for device -  \sdk\platform-tools> 

After reinstalling IDE/SDK a couple of times I decided to ask it here. What else I can do?

Edit : Folks, I have a virtual device. Please stop suggesting adding a virtual device.

Answer 1

I had the similar problem on OSX. My emulator works fine, but after some runs it won't start. I've solved that by :

1. Go to .android directory (in my case it was Users/<username>/.android
2. Go to avd folder
3. Find the emulator that won't start (directory name will be the same as emulator)
4. Remove all .img files from there. Do not remove .ini files.
5. Try to run the simulator again.