Ionic app says running in Android emulator, but is not

Question

I have an Ionic app that I'm trying to get to work in a Genymotion Virtual Device. Here's what's in my command prompt after I input the command "ionic run android"

Updated the hooks directory to have execute permissions
Running command: "c:\Program Files (x86)\nodejs\node.exe" c:\Users\username\git\mobile\hooks\after_prepare\010_add_platform_class.js c:/Users/username/git/mobile
add to body class: platform-android
Running command: c:\Users\username\git\mobile\platforms\android\cordova\run.bat
ANDROID_HOME=c:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk
JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\java\jdk1.8.0_45
WARNING: No target specified, deploying to device '192.168.56.101:5555'.
Running: c:\Users\username\git\mobile\platforms\android\gradlew cdvBuildDebug -b c:\Users\username\git\mobile\platforms\android\build.gradle -PcdvBuildArch=x86 -Dorg.gradle.daemon=true
:preBuild
:compileDebugNdk UP-TO-DATE
:preDebugBuild
:checkDebugManifest
:CordovaLib:compileLint
:CordovaLib:copyDebugLint UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:mergeDebugProguardFiles UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:preBuild
:CordovaLib:preDebugBuild
:CordovaLib:checkDebugManifest
:CordovaLib:prepareDebugDependencies
:CordovaLib:compileDebugAidl UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:compileDebugRenderscript UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:mergeDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE 
:CordovaLib:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:generateDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:packageDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:processDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:generateDebugSources UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:compileDebugJava UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:processDebugJavaRes UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:packageDebugJar UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:compileDebugNdk UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:packageDebugJniLibs UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:packageDebugLocalJar UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:packageDebugRenderscript UP-TO-DATE
:CordovaLib:bundleDebug UP-TO-DATE
:prepareAndroidCordovaLibUnspecifiedDebugLibrary UP-TO-DATE
:prepareDebugDependencies
:compileDebugAidl UP-TO-DATE
:compileDebugRenderscript UP-TO-DATE
:generateDebugBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
:generateDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:mergeDebugAssets UP-TO-DATE
:generateDebugResValues UP-TO-DATE
:generateDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:mergeDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:processDebugManifest UP-TO-DATE
:processDebugResources UP-TO-DATE
:generateDebugSources UP-TO-DATE
:compileDebugJava UP-TO-DATE
:preDexDebug UP-TO-DATE
:dexDebug UP-TO-DATE
:processDebugJavaRes UP-TO-DATE
:validateDebugSigning
:packageDebug UP-TO-DATE
:zipalignDebug UP-TO-DATE
:assembleDebug UP-TO-DATE
:cdvBuildDebug UP-TO-DATE 

BUILD SUCCESSFUL

Total time: 27.114 secs
Built the following apk(s):
c:\Users\username\git\mobile\platforms\android\build\outputs\apk\android-debug.apk
 Using apk: c:\Users\username\git\mobile\platforms\android\build\outputs\apk\android-debug.apk
Installing app on device...
Launching application...
LAUNCH SUCCESS

I should also mention that after the commands finish, there IS a small change on my device. A small menu pops up, with three options, "Wallpaper", "Manage apps", and "System settings". However, the app does not launch, nor does it appear in the list of installed apps.

Answer 1

Fixed it on my own: turns out, the type of virtual device was the problem. I had been using a Google Galaxy Nexus 4.1.1 API 16 device, switching to Google Nexus 4 5.1.0 API 22 fixed it!