Cordova emulator not starting

Question

I am trying to use the Android emulator to install an app on it.

Unfortunately the emulator is never starting up. I use the following command in my cordova project:

cordova emulate android

The last output I get from console is:

Waiting for emulator...

But the emulator does never start (I waited 45 minutes now).

The path variables are all correctly set and I can start the emulator using Eclipse or Android studio but not using the command from cordova.

Any hints?

Answer 1

If you can start the emulator through android studio, then as a work around start the emulator outside and run the command

cordova run android

It will deploy your app in the already running emulator.

Answer 2

Check emulator path settings https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/4.0.0/guide_platforms_android_index.md.html If not able to execute then do : use the alternate shell interface:

$ /path/to/project/cordova/run --emulator

Instead of relying on whichever emulator is currently enabled within the SDK, you can refer to each by the names you supply:

$ /path/to/project/cordova/run --target=NAME

Check the documentation above and see whether your PC supports virtualization or not.