Android emulator on Apple Silicon M1 does not start in 2022

Question

I have the latest Android Studio Arctic Fox.
I have created a virtual device using

• AVD Manager > Create Virtual Device
• select Pixel 4
• select API 25, ABI arm64-v8a
• start the device from AVD play button

The device starts and begins booting but its gets stuck in the process:

I tried different device api combinations, same result.

What can I do to run an Android Emulator on an Apple computer with M1 chip?

Answer 1

It turns out that the combination "Nexus 5 / API 29" works fine.
Maybe it is related to the fact that Google Play is supported for this combination: