Unable to create AVD in Android Studio Mac

Question

When trying to create a new virtual device on Android Studio, I receive an error,

An error occurred while creating the AVD. See idea.log for more info.

The error I found is

2018-01-31 10:01:34,090 [se-915-b08] WARN - vdmanager.AvdManagerConnection - java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /Users/Name/.android/avd/Nexus_5X_API_27.ini

Just doing a quick search, might be worth [deleting your AVD folder](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47276541/cannot-create-a-virtual-device-in-androidan-error-occurred-while-creating-the-a) (provided you don't have any other AVD devices you want to keep), or [check if the AVD plugin is damaged](https://stackoverflow.com/a/30346424/469080) — Michael Dodd, Jan 31 '18 at 10:12
Sorry, everything *within* the AVD folder, not the folder itself — Michael Dodd, Jan 31 '18 at 10:25
Strangely, the .android folder is not there. Is there a way of showing hidden folders on mac? — Carl O'Beirne, Jan 31 '18 at 10:27
In Finder you can go directly to a folder using a path with Cmd + G (as far as I remember) — Michael Dodd, Jan 31 '18 at 10:30
I have found the folder but there doesnt seem to have any files or folders inside it. Any ideas? — Carl O'Beirne, Jan 31 '18 at 11:05

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered May 04 '18 at 09:56

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It can be fixed by changing owner of ~/.android to by executing sudo chown <your_user_name> .android on terminal.

answered May 04 '18 at 09:56

Shahrukh Azeem

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 29 '20 at 11:34

This error occures because android studio cant see your .android file Find file ~/.android

cd ~/.android

you should be out of .android file (at least it worked like this on me otherwise it gives error chown: .android: No such file or directory)

cd ..

then give permission to file

sudo chown <your_user_name> .android

enter your password if asks
then try again creating avd in android studio

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 04 '21 at 20:11

For me, I could not even find idea.log file. I tried many things but updating android studio (4.2.1 at the moment) and other components to the latest finally fixed it. Although, for the record I did change the owner of .android folder to my username. But that on itself didn't fix it even if it might have been part of the fix.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 19 '23 at 02:48

I started having this issue after I upgraded to MacOS Monterrey. I tried the changing permission solution but no success. The fix for me was to disable and enable back the Android Emulator by doing the following:

On Android Studio, go to Tools -> SDK Manager -> SDK Tools
Uncheck Android Emulator and click on Apply
Check back Android Emulator and click on Apply

After that I was able to create new AVDs without issue.

Unable to create AVD in Android Studio Mac

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