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Unable to start android emulator with ERROR: There's another emulator instance running with the current AVD

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Using CLI and running emulator with following command:

./emulator -use-system-libs @Nexus5API25 

Displays only error and an emulator does not start.

emulator: ERROR: There's another emulator instance running with the current AVD 'Nexus5API25'. Exiting... 

And:

  • There isn't any running emulator instance.
  • Nexus5API25 does exist and was working in the past.
  • I have to use -use-system-libs flag on my machine to start an emulator instance.
  • Other AVD is working.

When executed with -verbose there are more details printed but I don't see anything what would help me to solve the problem:

emulator:Android emulator version 26.1.3.0 (build_id 4205252) (CL:e55642d861e04276b2fa453bfaff4a836f3a3269) emulator:Found AVD name 'Nexus5API25' emulator:Found AVD target architecture: x86_64 emulator:argv[0]: './emulator'; program directory: '/home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/emulator' emulator:  Found directory: /home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/system-images/android-25/google_apis/x86_64/  emulator:Probing for /home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/system-images/android-25/google_apis/x86_64//kernel-ranchu: file exists emulator:Auto-config: -engine qemu2 (based on configuration) emulator:  Found directory: /home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/system-images/android-25/google_apis/x86_64/  emulator:try dir /home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/emulator emulator:Found target-specific 64-bit emulator binary: /home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/emulator/qemu/linux-x86_64/qemu-system-x86_64 emulator:Adding library search path: '/home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/emulator/lib64' emulator:Adding library search path: '/home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/emulator/lib64/gles_swiftshader' emulator:Adding library search path: '/home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/emulator/lib64/gles_angle' emulator:Adding library search path: '/home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/emulator/lib64/gles_angle9' emulator:Adding library search path: '/home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/emulator/lib64/gles_angle11' emulator: Adding library search path for Qt: '/home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/emulator/lib64/qt/lib' emulator: Setting Qt plugin search path: QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH=/home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/emulator/lib64/qt/plugins emulator: Running :/home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/emulator/qemu/linux-x86_64/qemu-system-x86_64 emulator: qemu backend: argv[00] = "/home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/emulator/qemu/linux-x86_64/qemu-system-x86_64" emulator: qemu backend: argv[01] = "-verbose" emulator: qemu backend: argv[02] = "-use-system-libs" emulator: qemu backend: argv[03] = "@Nexus5API25" emulator: Concatenated backend parameters:  /home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/emulator/qemu/linux-x86_64/qemu-system-x86_64 -verbose -use-system-libs @Nexus5API25 emulator: Android virtual device file at: /home/developer/.android/avd/Nexus5API25.ini emulator: virtual device content at /home/developer/.android/avd/Nexus_5_API_25.avd emulator: virtual device config file: /home/developer/.android/avd/Nexus_5_API_25.avd/config.ini emulator: using core hw config path: /home/developer/.android/avd/Nexus_5_API_25.avd/hardware-qemu.ini emulator: Found AVD target API level: 25 emulator: Read property file at /home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/system-images/android-25/google_apis/x86_64//build.prop emulator: No boot.prop property file found. emulator: found skin 'nexus_5' in directory: /home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/skins/ emulator: autoconfig: -skin nexus_5 emulator: autoconfig: -skindir /home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/skins/ emulator: autoconfig: -kernel /home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/system-images/android-25/google_apis/x86_64//kernel-ranchu emulator: Target arch = 'x86_64' emulator: Auto-detect: Kernel image requires new device naming scheme. emulator: Auto-detect: Kernel does not support YAFFS2 partitions. emulator: autoconfig: -ramdisk /home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/system-images/android-25/google_apis/x86_64//ramdisk.img emulator: Using initial system image: /home/developer/opt/Android/Sdk/system-images/android-25/google_apis/x86_64//system.img emulator: No vendor image emulator: autoconfig: -data /home/developer/.android/avd/Nexus_5_API_25.avd/userdata-qemu.img emulator: autoconfig: -initdata /home/developer/.android/avd/Nexus_5_API_25.avd/userdata.img emulator: autoconfig: -cache /home/developer/.android/avd/Nexus_5_API_25.avd/cache.img emulator: autoconfig: -sdcard /home/developer/.android/avd/Nexus_5_API_25.avd/sdcard.img emulator: Physical RAM size: 1536MB  emulator: VM heap size 128MB is below hardware specified minimum of 384MB,setting it to that value emulator: System image is read only emulator: Found 1 DNS servers: 127.0.0.53 emulator: ERROR: There's another emulator instance running with the current AVD 'Nexus5API25'. Exiting... 

I know I can delete the AVD and create new one. But Is there a way to fix the problem with existing AVD without recreating it?

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Josef Adamcik Avatar asked Aug 15 '17 12:08

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2 Answers

I managed to fix the problem by removing a lock file created by avd manager.

rm ~/.android/avd/Nexus_5_API_25.avd/hardware-qemu.ini.lock 

Emulator have been running without problems once I removed the file.

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Josef Adamcik Avatar answered Sep 24 '22 06:09

Josef Adamcik


In Linux it could also be caused by the AVD having been created by root while another user tries to run the emulator. In this case changing the owner of the avd folder contents should help resolve it.

sudo chown -R YOUR_USER. avd 
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tutak Avatar answered Sep 22 '22 06:09

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