I went to dust off Android Studio since it had been some time since I’ve worked on Android. I created a new project, with just a single empty activity and clicked ‘Run’. Here’s what I got:
Cannot launch AVD in emulator.
and…
Failed to open vm 3 Failed to create HAX VM No accelerator found. failed to initialize HAX: Invalid argument Hax is enabled Hax ram_size 0x60000000
In other words, World was not greeted with it’s due “Hello.” Not surprised. This is really why I was attempting to run something. To get past these inevitable blockers that slow us down every time we want just get coding.
After some googling, I was led to the SDK Manager (from the Android Studio toolbar, select Tools > Android > SDK Manager. There, under the SDK Tools tab, I noticed that Android Emulator was not checked; thus, not installed.
So, after checking the Android Emulator box and clicking ‘OK’, the necessary components downloaded and I was ready to try again.
The result: “Hello, World”!
Now, let’s get coding.
Hap Fiandt 