Android studio doesn't recognize the running emulator

Question

When I run my app from AndroidStudio 0.4.3 using Run I see Choose Device which has two sections choose a running device or Launch Emulator. I don't have a running emulator at the moment so I click the ... to launch AVD manager and start an emulator. At this point I see that under choose a running device the emulator I just launched shows up but its listed as offline.

In the past the offline status went away when the emulator was fully up and running. However, now I've noticed that when the emulator is launched fully, it no longer appears in choose a running device.

I feel like I'm always playing cat and mouse game with android studio picking up the emulator. Is there a better way to do this? Am I missing something?

Answer 1

Disable and then Enable ADB Integration

In Android Studio go to

1. Menu -> Tools
2. Android
3. Enable ADB Integration (should be checked, click to remove check)
4. Enable ADB Integration (should not be checked, click to add check)

Run your app again. Emulator that was previously missing from Run dialog should be available to be selected upon which to run your app.