Run Android studio emulator on AMD processor

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Android newbie. My processor is AMD, not Intel, so I can't open the emulator in Android studio.

This answer has the comment: 'You can run the ARM (non Intel) emulator image. From your list, just choose a non Intel emulation.' They don't explain where this can be found. Any ideas? Thanks

Android Studio emulator and AMD CPU

I just installed the latest version of the Studio and it automatically installed the HAXM emulator which doesn't work with my AMD processor. I uninstalled it but still cannot start the emulator with arm images. Is there a setting somewhere? (Should the be its own question? It seemed relevant here) — Richard Thomas, Jun 01 '17 at 21:00
@Bobby King, its been a while since this question answered and would appreciate if you mark my answer as the accepted one if it really helps. Thanks — blueware, Feb 11 '20 at 14:09

blueware · Answer 1 · 2020-02-10T07:59:13.003

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Alright, first of all, open your Android SDK Manager: Tools -> Android -> SDK Manager, then chose any platform/package you want to download, expand it and select ARM EABI v7a System Image or ARM 64 v8a System Image then install.

After that, open Android AVD Manager: Tools -> Android -> AVD Manager and create an emulator. You may chose from existing or create your own.

For better results, you may need to restart Android Studio.

[UPDATE]

Thanks to @bjornredemption for his clue.

As per Google's latest documentation for Android Emulator v29+ Navigate to Tools -> Android -> SDK Manager then select the "SDK Tools" tab and tick this option:

Android Emulator Hypervisor Driver for AMD Processors

Then click Apply to download then use it for your emulator.

edited Feb 10 '20 at 07:59

answered Jul 12 '15 at 10:23

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Thanks, I already had both of those tools. I've switched to a device with MIPS as the CPU so I'll see if I can progress with this. – Bobby King Jul 12 '15 at 12:17
@BobbyKing King, Glad to help ^_^ – blueware Sep 18 '16 at 09:50
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I'm with a Ryzen 7 CPU in 2018 June, and I can only see ARM ABIs offered for the API level 25 and not above. And even if I create a virtual device using that it won't start... – Csaba Toth Jun 17 '18 at 00:23
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in 2020 the instructions are muc easier. Just ensure “Android Emulator Hypervisor Driver for AMD Processors” is ticked under SDK Tools https://androidstudio.googleblog.com/2019/12/emulator-29211-and-amd-hypervisor-12-to.html – bjornredemption Jan 02 '20 at 22:19
TY bjornredemption for the nudge. Enabling in the BIOS and then checking that box in Android Studio removed the need for HAXM when I opened the emulator. THANKS! – HopWorks Feb 09 '20 at 22:39
AVD manager still says "Intel HAXM is required [...]" when trying to run on any device – Rasmond Mar 30 '20 at 14:20
@Rasmond, you need to be sure that you installed the **Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator (HAXM Installer)** from the SDK manager. If you get it installed but you did not run it yet, you may go to: **C:\Users\YOUR_USER\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager** then install **intelhaxm-android**. – blueware Apr 28 '20 at 15:00
Using the family Windows (AMD cpu) computer. And still getting "This computer does not support Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) or it is being exclusively used by Hyper-V. HAXM cannot be installed. " when trying to install HAXM. I guess Windows 10 home and AMD just isn't supported. – Jonny May 24 '20 at 13:54
@blueware that is incorrect for AMD. I had to run the "silent_install" for gvm. that fixed it for me. – Erik Aronesty Jun 09 '20 at 19:01

score 27 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 28 '19 at 05:43

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Open Android AVD Manager: Tools -> Android -> AVD Manager and create an emulator:

Create Virtual Device
Choose any hardware
Now in system image you need to click on the "Other Images" tab
Select an image to install. IMPORTANT: Notice that for AMD in the "ABI" column it has to say: ARM EABI v7a or ARM 64 v8a
Install it and restart Android Studio

This works for me.

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answered May 13 '16 at 11:28

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Oh that's WAY too slow to be at all viable. – maplemale Sep 28 '17 at 23:14
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At least could you explain why it´s too slow/not viable and a better way to do it? Thanks in forehand – Jorge Valdés Oct 03 '17 at 06:51

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 20 '17 at 15:19

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I am using microsoft's Android emulator with Android Studio. I have an AMD FX8350. The ARM one in android studio is terribly slow.

The only issue is that it requires Hyper-V which is not available on windows 10 Home.

Its a really quick emulator and it is free. The best emulator I have used.

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-1 because installing Microsoft's Android Emulator not only has outdated images but it messed up my network adapters and broke VirtualBox. – vbguyny Nov 03 '19 at 04:12

score 8 · Answer 4 · edited Aug 03 '18 at 00:17

I have a Ryzen 2600X and I am able to run the emulator without problems. Here are the tweaks I made:

*NOTE: You don't need the beta version of Android Studio or Android Emulator.

Go to the MB bios and turn SVM on (CPU Virtualization).
In Windows right click Windows Button => Select "Apps and Features" => "Programs and features" => "Turn Windows Features on and off"
In the displayed list select Hyper-V checkbox == Make sure the subfolders are all selected. When prompted to restart, restart the PC.
After restart and update instalation screen you are back in Windows and you should be able to run the Emulator.

**Note: I have selected x86_64 and plain x86 images(both API 28) from the x86 Images tab and they work just fine.

***Note: Might also check for Android Licenses if errors pop up, I had an issue because of this while using Flutter, maybe it's related to that.

Enabling Hyper-V works, but it also breaks Virtualbox/VMware if you use one: https://superuser.com/questions/1208850/why-virtualbox-or-vmware-can-not-run-with-hyper-v-enabled-windows-10 — icl7126, Jun 09 '19 at 16:43
@icl7126 [VirtualBox 6 can run with Hyper-V](https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E97728_01/F12469/html/hyperv-support.html) — phuclv, Oct 28 '19 at 05:45

score 4 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 14 '18 at 11:02

Since Android Studio 3.2 and Android Emulator 27.3.8 - the android emulator is supported by Windows Hypervisor Platform and as stated in the official android developer blog - there is mac support (since OS X v10.10 Yosemite) and windows support (since April 2018 Update). You may find further instructions on the developer blog.

In my opinion, the performance is significantly better than all previous workarounds.

Haggra · Answer 6 · 2020-01-03T13:36:49.030

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Recent updates enabled computers with AMD processors to run Android Emulator and you don't need to install ARM images anymore. Taken from the Android Developers blog:

If you have an AMD processor in your computer you need the following setup requirements to be in place:

AMD Processor - Recommended: AMD® Ryzen™ processors

Android Studio 3.2 Beta or higher

Android Emulator v27.3.8+

x86 Android Virtual Device (AVD)

Windows 10 with April 2018 Update

Enable via Windows Features: "Windows Hypervisor Platform"

The important point is enabling Windows Hypervisor Platform and that's it! I strongly recommend reading the whole blog post:
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/07/android-emulator-amd-processor-hyper-v.html

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answered Oct 29 '18 at 20:21

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Any suggestion regarding ARM images or x86 images for Llinux os...like Ubuntu 18.04 / 16.04, I have AMD Ryzen 5 1600 and 8gb 3000MHZ RAM, with Samsung 240 GB SSD. – Bhuro Dec 30 '18 at 13:05
@Bhuro Sorry, I don't have information regarding *nix systems but the blog post explicitly says Windows 10 with April 2018 update. You should probably look to find another workaround. – Haggra Dec 31 '18 at 14:40

Aditya Krishnan Mohan · Answer 7 · 2020-08-09T14:12:36.273

My laptop runs on AMD Ryzen 5 and I was facing a similar issue. I tried some of the fixes here but didn't work but eventually, I read hundreds of blogs and came up with a solution. You need the following setup requirements to be in place:

AMD Processor - Recommended: AMD® Ryzen™ processors Android Studio 3.2 Beta or higher(I run on BETA, However the latest version of Android Studio doesn't need you to install ARM images anymore) Android Emulator v27.3.8+ x86 Android Virtual Device (AVD) Windows 10 with April 2018 Update Enable via Windows Features: "Windows Hypervisor Platform"

With all these features in place, I was running Android studio again. Hope it helped!

score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 09 '16 at 03:57

On mine, I had to install ARM AEBI a7a System Image and Google APIs, and also installed MIPS which was only available for API 15, 16, and 17 (I didn't go below 15.) Took about 12 hours of tinkering, but it works now.

alternatively, you can use Genymotion as an emulator, however will most likely lose design abilities otherwise available with included emulators.

It works now. Pretty slow, but it works. Of course, once you have the emulator started, as long as you don't close it, it will be much faster.

You may need to restart Android studio, and I restarted my entire computer just for good measure.

Hope that helps.

score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Jun 06 '18 at 09:14

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The newest version of the Android emulator can be run with Hyper-V instead of Intel HAXM on the Windows 10 1804:

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/2018/05/08/hyper-v-android-emulator-support/

Short version:

install Windows Hypervisor Platform feature
Update to Android Emulator 27.2.7 or above
put WindowsHypervisorPlatform = on into C:\Users\.android\advancedFeatures.ini or start emulator or command line with -feature WindowsHypervisorPlatform

answered Jun 06 '18 at 09:14

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You no longer need the flag for Hyper-V to work. See the latest blog on the Android Emulator: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/07/android-emulator-amd-processor-hyper-v.html – Jamal Eason Jul 09 '18 at 20:10

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Nov 19 '19 at 23:50

Windows 10 home version with latest android studio (Nov/2019):

Enable virtualization from BIOS. If you have a laptop, google how to access the BIOS.
Enable via Windows Features: "Windows Hypervisor Platform". Restart. No need for Hyper-V and Win10 Pro.

Done. Open Android Studio, the annoying warning is gone, emulator starts just fine.

score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Jan 05 '20 at 06:45

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Tuesday, December 3, 2019

https://androidstudio.googleblog.com/2019/12/emulator-29211-and-amd-hypervisor-12-to.html

Via AMD Hypervisor, we added support for running the emulator on AMD CPUs on Windows:

With CPU acceleration
Without requiring Hyper-V
With speed on par with HAXM

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this is the only solution which worked. DISABLE BOTH HYPER-V and HYPERVISOR PLATFORM !! – ACAkgul Jan 03 '22 at 14:46

score 0 · Answer 12 · answered Mar 22 '17 at 15:29

The very first thing you need to do is download extras and tools package from SDK manager and other necessary packages like platform-25 and so on.. , after that open AVD manager and select any emulator you wan't, after that go to "other images" tab and select ARM AEBI a7a System Image and select finish and you are all done hope this would help you.

dan dan · Answer 13 · 2018-01-17T20:35:45.503

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You've probably heard of Bluestacks, and actually you can run and debug your android apps on the Bluestacks emulator. I think this is the best solution to the slow Android Studios emulator speed. Also next time think about buying an Intel processor instead. Look here for more information: Connect Bluestacks to Android Studio

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Saad Sid · Answer 14 · 2020-04-22T21:38:05.210

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I am using the AMD processor and had the same issue. To solve this go to control panel-> turn windows features on or off -> check the hyper-V checkbox and click Ok and restart your computer. Now you can create virtual device

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