Android Studio Emulator: cannot add library vulkan-1.dll: failed

Question

When I run the emulator from Android Studio in Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, then it shows the below error:

13-01-2021
10:42 AM    Emulator: handleCpuAcceleration: feature check for hvf

10:42 AM    Emulator: cannot add library vulkan-1.dll: failed

10:42 AM    Emulator: cannot add library vulkan-1.dll: failed

10:42 AM    Emulator: Process finished with exit code -1073741819 (0xC0000005)

And the emulator is not opening. I've uninstalled the current version (4.1.1) and installed 4.0.1 of Android Studio, but problem is not solved. Now I'm in the latest version of Android Studio i.e., 4.1.1.

Here is output of flutter doctor:

Answer 1

I have had this problem since update v30.7.5.

I tried this solution:

1. Create the file ~/.android/advancedFeatures.ini (for Windows users path should be C:\Users<username>.android\advancedFeatures.ini) with the following content:

   Here's how to disable Vulkan apps to talk to the emulator. Add the following lines to ~/.android/advancedFeatures.ini (create this file if it doesn't exist already):

   Vulkan = off
   
   GLDirectMem = on
   

Answer 2

I don't know whether Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) itself needs vulkan-1.dll or any of my following Visual Studio Code extensions,

as I found out that you may find the missing vulkan-1.dll at Visual Studio Code's following folder path:

C:\Users\{your_username}\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\

So, if you have Microsoft Visual Studio Code installed, you may find the vulkan-1.dll at the above-quoted path. From here, just copy the vulkan-1.dll file, and paste that in folder:

C:\Users\{your_username}\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\emulator\lib64\

After pasting the file, restart Android Studio and rerun the emulator/AVD.

Answer 3

I got the same error yesterday, when I installed the latest version of Android Studio (4.2.2 on the stable channel). Every time I tried to start an Emulator I got a warning saying that "The emulator process for AVD was killed", after looking the IDE's Log, I found this:

2021-07-01 18:00:48,415 [  62545]   INFO - manager.EmulatorProcessHandler - Emulator: cannot add library vulkan-1.dll: failed
2021-07-01 18:00:48,415 [  62545]   INFO - manager.EmulatorProcessHandler - Emulator: cannot add library vulkan-1.dll: failed
2021-07-01 18:00:48,668 [  62798]   INFO - manager.EmulatorProcessHandler - Emulator: emulator: Android emulator version 30.7.5.0 (build_id 7491168) (CL:N/A)
2021-07-01 18:00:48,676 [  62806]   INFO - manager.EmulatorProcessHandler - Emulator: Process finished with exit code -1073741819 (0xC0000005)
2021-07-01 18:00:48,676 [  62806]   WARN - manager.EmulatorProcessHandler - Emulator terminated with exit code -1073741819

I tried every "solution" I could find but nothing worked until I downloaded vulkan-1.dll and placed it in C:\Windows\System32

Just go to Google and search for vulkan-1.dll file, download it and place it in C:\Windows\System32

Answer 4

Armando's answer is a solution that works. But I don't feel comfortable packing arbitrary DLL files from the Internet into the System32 folder.

However, based on Armando's solution, I have found a way in which I feel more comfortable - however, it remains a workaround:

1. The "vulkan-1.dll" can be found for example in the software "draw.io" (64 bit). The DLL is available in the installation folder.
2. Copy the DLL into {ANDROID_HOME}\emulator\lib64\
3. Start Android Studio and try out the AVD

Answer 5

Error:

1. Go to Help -> Show Log in Explorer.
2. Open idea.log file.
3. Go to the bottom of the file.
4. Found: "Emulator: cannot add library vulkan-1.dll: failed"

Solution:

1. Download vulkan-1.dll from this.
2. Extract and rename dll file names to vulkan-1.dll.
3. Paste it in C:\Windows\System32

Answer 6

Four steps.

1. Download the vulkan DLL file from the Internet or get it from any comfortable source.
2. Extract the DLL file
3. Place it in c\Users\[your username]\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\emulator\lib64.
4. Then rename the file to 'vulkan-1.dll'

Then run your emulator and see it come up.

Answer 7

look for vulkan runtime installer instead of copying vulkan-1.dll in system32

vulkan.lunarg.com/sdk/home

installer (1Mb)

Answer 8

For me, the solution was as described in this Microsoft forum.

Create a file under your .android directory called advancedFeatures.ini and add these two variables:

Vulkan = off
GLDirectMem = on

More information on Vulkan support for Windows and Linux can be found here.