Not able to copy+paste in Android emulator with Apple silicon m1

Question

• Android emulator API version: 32, arm64-v8a
• Android studio bumblebee 2021.1.1 patch 3
• Mac OS version: 12.3.1

I am trying to copy text from emulator and past that text to mac. It was working in intel + android emulator.

Looks like the emulator is not using the mac clipboard.

Answer 1

I had this same issue. It was perplexing. Only one thing worked... a cold restart of the emulator.

Diagnosing

Check if copying/pasting text works at all to/from host and emulator:

1. Open a search box on the emulator (or any EditText)
2. Type some text, select it and copy, then paste
3. Try from your host machine to the emulator, from the emulator to your host machine, and just on the emulator itself

For me, pasting did not work from host -> device and it didn't work from device -> host it also did not work on device, itself!

Solution

The only solution was to close the emulator and re-open it using "Cold boot now" as pictured