How to resolve error message: "This AVD may not work unless you install...first"?

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I'm trying to create an AVD for Android 5, but it's giving me a warning

This AVD may not work unless you install the Google APIs Intel Atom (x86) system image for Android 5.0 (API 21) first.

But I have that installed - this is a screenshot of my SDK manager with the correct System Images installed:

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And this is how I'm configuring my AVD:

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Am I doing something wrong? How can I get this to work?

may be cause android SDK build tools , update it to 21 or higher — Mina Fawzy, Oct 28 '14 at 14:07
I'll give that a try.. I didn't think the build tools would influence the AVD though. — DaveDev, Oct 28 '14 at 14:08
check that also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26474318/android-5-0-api-level-21-avd-not-launching-intel-atom-x86-64 — Mina Fawzy, Oct 28 '14 at 14:09
yeah it works when I use the ARM cpu but I want Intel because it's much faster. I tried updating the HAXM as per your link but it hasn't made any difference. — DaveDev, Oct 28 '14 at 14:37
i use Genymotion emulator is much faster than eclipse one , may you like to try it — Mina Fawzy, Oct 28 '14 at 14:47

Patrizio · Answer 1 · 2014-10-28T15:01:10.793

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Install Android SDK Build-tools 21 or higher and check Use Host GPU

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edited Oct 28 '14 at 15:01

answered Oct 28 '14 at 14:50

Patrizio

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I've installed all the missing build tools, and updated HAXM to 1.1.1 and I'm still seeing the message, and the AVD still doesn't start. – DaveDev Oct 28 '14 at 14:56
if not works switch your emulator target to Android 5.0 without google APi – Patrizio Oct 28 '14 at 15:07
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specifying the Host GPU worked in the sense that the AVD runs now, but I'm still seeing the warning. As such, I'll upvote the answer but I can't mark it as correct. It seems to be very flaky software. – DaveDev Oct 28 '14 at 15:22

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 16 '15 at 10:53

Finally I managed to resolve this issue manually...waiting for a fix by Big G:

Searching between all the various .ini files generated by Android AVD Manager, I found
hardware-qemu.ini
(its location is %USER_FOLDER%/.android/avd/yourAVDName.avd/hardware-qemu.ini).

It contains a row starting with kernel.path pointing to the wrong google apis location.
Once changed it with the right one
(e.g. path_to_android_sdk/system-images\android-19\google_apis\x86/kernel-qemu for Google API 19 version) the emulator started with the right Android version, containing Google APIs.

Hope this helps all Android developers :D

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, but hardware-qemu.ini in my case got overwritten with the old value at every emulator start. I had to change config.ini in the same folder and here 'image.sysdir.1' with the correct imagepath before the very first start of the emulator. — sec_aw, Aug 29 '15 at 23:27

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 28 '14 at 15:50

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You will need to install the HAXM driver on your machine in addition to downloading the components. This step is done outside the Android tools.

answered Oct 28 '14 at 15:50

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How to resolve error message: "This AVD may not work unless you install...first"?

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