Eclipse android emulator freezes

Question

sorry if this is a dumb question. im very new to development.

When I run the emulator on android, instead of loading up a home screen. it just stays at this screen:

I don't get any error codes or anything, and it does NOT freeze my entire computer or eclipse, it just freezes the emulator and doesn't move on. I just have to press the (x) button to exit it. so I was wondering if anyone knows how to fix this and thanks !

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I would also like to mention that after a really long time I get this screen

Answer 1

Better option is to use bluestacks android emulator. In my opinion, it is much faster than Google Android emulator.

Here are steps for setup:

1 - Install bluestacks emulator

2 - Open cmd

3 - Type command: set path="Android SDK\config\platform-tools" (you need to enter the full path where is your adb.exe located

4 - adb connect 127.0.0.1

Now you should be able to run apps directly to BlueStack emulator from your IDE.

Answer 2

what I have found that helps me when a device goes offline is to go into the Window--->Show View --->Devices (you may have to click "Other" and select it there and then select "reset adb"

Sometimes the device goes "offline" for an unexplained (not explained to me anyway!) reason

You may just want to create another emulator with the same specs. Did you try that?

P.S. you may have to restart it again to have it listed in your Devices window