Using Android Studio Emulator on Windows 10 Home

Question

I'm kinda a beginner to Android Studio and I couldn't find a solution for this problem. I've always used Android Studio on my MacBook, but now I needed to use it in my PC. The problem is, when I try to run the emulator, it tells that I need to enable VT-x. I enabled it from my BIOS settings, but I also needed to enable it from control panel in system functions. The problem is that, reading around, I've found that Hyper-v function can be enabled only in Windows 10 Pro version, while I own a Home version. Now, I can't use Android Studio Emulator in my PC only cause I don't own Windows 10 Pro? That sounds kinda weird to me...

Some help would be really appreciated.

Answer 1

Android Studio Emulator runs on Windows 10 Home. In my case, HAXM was installed but only partially because virtualization was not enabled.

For HAXM to install correctly, Virtualization must be enabled on the Intel CPU and this can be done through the UEFI bios settings. It is normally disabled by default, so if this has not been specifically enabled it will probably still be disabled and HAXM installation will not finish installing.

You can download a cpu utility such as Speccy to see if the Virtualization status is enabled or disabled and then re-install HAXM after Virtualization is enabled. Android Studio Emulator should then run on Windows 10 Home without problems.