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I'm a newbie to Android Application development, just started off by downloading Android Studio along with JDK-7 and also installed Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator(HAXM) through SDK manager.

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Now when I try to launch Emulator, I get this error:

emulator: ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration! Please ensure Intel HAXM is properly installed and usable. CPU acceleration status: HAX kernel module is not installed!

I tried these steps from a similar post, but when I try to run the setup located at: {SDK_FOLDER}\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager\intelhaxm.exe I get this exception:

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and when I checked my processor config, I found that it doesn't support Virtualization technology,

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Now my question is, is it possible to use a pc without Virtualization technology feature for Android App Development(Including Emulator)?

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SanVEE
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    You really don't want to. Unaccelerated emulators are extremely slow. Even launching one takes minutes. If your PC can't handle it you're better off using a real device rather than an emulator. A real device gives you more realistic results anyway, – Gabe Sechan Jan 30 '15 at 23:09

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As the name implies, it is an Emulator Accelerator. You can still use the Emulator, its just going to be a bit slower running without HAXM.

In my experience, it is OK to use the normal emulator for infrequent debugging but it is too slow, even with HAXM, for serious development, which should be carried out on an actual device.

If you have to use an emulator, I'd go with GenyMotion.

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  • Is it possible to test it on our actual phone connected through a cable, without generating APK? PC doesn't support virtualization? – Uzair_07 Aug 24 '22 at 16:26
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    Yes, one can run apps directly from Android Studio on a physical device without generating and transferring an APK. – Dave Aug 24 '22 at 16:44
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San', you could try using a super fast and popular emulator known as "GenyMotion". It is for free :). Also, I ran into the VT error myself before when I first installed Android Studio on my new laptop and I was able to successfully resolve it by configuring my BIOS options a bit. It's easy, I can point you to the direction that I took if you want me to.

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    thanks for response, as mentioned in the question my pc doesn't support Virtualization technology, hence there's no way that we could use BIOS to turn or/off. correct me if I'm wrong. – SanVEE Jan 31 '15 at 18:50