Cannot get Android Emulator to start

Question

I understand there are many threads like mine but I have been trying to get an Android Emulator to work on my Windows XP PC and have encountered nothing but brickwalls. Here is what I've done:

• I installed the latest JDK (Version 6 Revision 26) ... no problem
• I unpacked "Eclipse" (Version 3.7 - Indigo) ... no problem
• I downloaded and unzipped Android SDK ... no problem
• I updated Android SDK with Android SDK Tools and two platforms (2.2 and 3.1) ... no problem
• I installed the ADT plug-in for Eclipse ... no problem
• I configured ADT to point to the Android SDK ... no problems
• I created the "Hello World" app from the Android developers site ... no problem
• I tried to run it...

And this is where I've been halted. I've tried:

• Creating an AVD with default settings in both 3.1 and 2.2 ... no luck
• Changing device RAM size ... no luck
• Starting the AVD from Android SDK ... no luck
• Starting AVD from the command line ... no luck
• Starting it with no animation ... no luck
• Leaving it to start over night, twice, with different settings ... no luck

I've been perusing websites for hours trying to find other solutions but having absolutely no luck?!?

It basically starts to load, it shows the "A N D R O I D _" animation and then moves to the one where the green "swoosh" moves across the logo and then it just sits there...for hours! If I try and run the "Hello World" app while it's in this state it just fails (obviously.) I don't know if I'm missing something obvious or what?!? I'm happy to uninstall everything and try again but not before I've exhausted reasonable measures to fix what I imagine to be an easy problem to solve?!?

Answer 1

Please try this process.

1. Close your Eclipse IDE
2. Restart the IDE and delete the AVD created.
3. Create the AVD and then relaunch the application.

Please let me know if this process helped you.
Similar issue here: Newly installed Eclipse and Android SDK. Can't get emulator to work. Hangs on clock screen

Answer 2

Create an APK file (archive for java app for Android), copy to the machine using usb cable or whatever you use, and then just install it. Not the ideal, but it helps.