Android Studio device list stuck on loading

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I'm trying to add a virtual phone to the device list, however, the device list is stuck on loading.

I use the default nexus 5 device on AVD:

I am on Windows 10 and trying to set up Flutter.

Try restarting your pc. Sometimes that helps as it restarts adb. Then if started, see if you can find your emulator with `adb devices`. — Bostrot, Jun 29 '18 at 12:07
try below commands - 1. adb kill-server 2. adb start-server 3. adb devices — Ankita-AR, Jun 29 '18 at 12:23
@Bostrot Restarting PC didn't solve the problem and adb device is showing the emlulator — Léo Coletta, Jun 29 '18 at 12:44
@Ankita-user3449434 These command just showed the devices and didn't solve the problem — Léo Coletta, Jun 29 '18 at 12:44

score 59 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 16 '21 at 01:28

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Quick fix on Android Studio:

Search anywhere -> (Shift+Shift )
Look for -> Restart Flutter Daemon

edited Jul 16 '21 at 01:28

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answered Aug 13 '20 at 09:23

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This woks for me ( Mackbook + Android Studio 4.0.1 + iOS Simulator ) Thx for the Answer. – DP Dev Oct 02 '20 at 15:52
how to open this search box? double shift search only file names – Rana Hyder Dec 11 '20 at 15:55
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I cannot see 'Restart Flutter Daemon' on the shift+shift search – Moises Rodan Apr 28 '21 at 17:00

score 37 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 16 '21 at 01:27

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Go to File -> Invalidate Caches / Restart... -> Invalidate and Restart worked for me.

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answered May 29 '20 at 11:03

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This didn't work! Sometimes just restart helps. so invalidate cache is not required – Shubham Goel Apr 14 '22 at 12:01

score 31 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 16 '21 at 01:32

If you have stored your Flutter SDK in Local Disk C, then move it to another (Non-Admin Location) disk and then try using Android studio

Alternatively: Simply run your Android Studio as Administrator and it will work fine (Although running flutter with Admin privileges is not recommended nor required either)! I spent 3 hrs looking for a solution and suddenly realized this option and it worked for me

Gabriel Gava · Answer 4 · 2021-11-03T16:06:06.687

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In my case, it was a faulty adb execution that was running in the background.

The only thing that worked for me was:

Close Android Studio
Kill adb process (on Task Manager on Windows)
Open Android Studio

edited Nov 03 '21 at 16:06

answered Jan 07 '21 at 12:52

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Worked for me. I don't have "flutter" on my device. – Eran Shay Feb 26 '21 at 02:44
this also works for in the Activity Monitor for Mac – MindBlower3 Mar 18 '21 at 15:20
Worked for me. I had multiple adb processes running. – Andrea Feb 17 '23 at 15:27

score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 15 '19 at 13:39

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Just run adb devices from command prompt while Android Studio is on.

Android Studio will handle the rest.

answered Dec 15 '19 at 13:39

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Weirdly this isn't the case in my experience. adb devices shows the device, but Android Studio is still stuck on "Loading Devices". – kas May 16 '21 at 19:32

score 8 · Answer 6 · edited Aug 26 '20 at 17:22

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After hours of searching, this is what I found.

flutter doctor -v

I found that there were some SDK certificates that weren't agreed.

flutter doctor --android-licenses

Allowed me to see which agreements that weren't agreed. After that it worked. I hope this works for you.

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answered Jun 22 '20 at 16:26

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score 7 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 21 '19 at 16:11

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Try reinstalling Flutter and/or resetting the Flutter SDK path under "File > Settings > Languages and Frameworks > Flutter".

answered Mar 21 '19 at 16:11

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score 4 · Answer 8 · answered Feb 14 '22 at 10:41

Its 100% worked for me

step 1- turned OFF your Wi-Fi

step 2- open C:\Users\abcdcomputer\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platform-tools

step 3- open command prompt from in this folder

step 4- type " adb disconnect " command in Command prompt

step 5- restart android studio

score 3 · Answer 9 · edited Jul 16 '21 at 03:47

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In the path where Flutter is installed, delete the files "flutter.bat.lock" and "lockfile" and restart.

edited Jul 16 '21 at 03:47

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answered Nov 01 '19 at 14:55

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Tanx so much mr y.elinx – Rahman Rezaee Aug 11 '20 at 10:40

score 1 · Answer 10 · answered Jun 28 '19 at 20:38

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Make sure you have Power Shell 5.1 or greater (You can run this command to check $PSVersionTable.PSVersion
Update Flutter, Dart and Android studio then restart Android Studio

answered Jun 28 '19 at 20:38

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score 1 · Answer 11 · answered Aug 15 '20 at 21:40

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run "flutter clean" on the terminal works for me

answered Aug 15 '20 at 21:40

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score 1 · Answer 12 · answered Aug 26 '20 at 17:21

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After running

flutter doctor -v

I found out that my ANDROID_SDK_ROOT was not set. Setting it to the correct directory and restarting Android Studio solved the issue for me.

answered Aug 26 '20 at 17:21

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score 1 · Answer 13 · answered Jul 30 '21 at 01:44

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With New Android Studio and New Flutter, I try to Refresh a few times and it's working.

answered Jul 30 '21 at 01:44

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Seyed Hussein Mirzaki · Answer 14 · 2022-05-24T03:28:22.180

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I can resolve this by running following commands in command line.

$ adb kill-server
cannot connect to daemon at tcp:5037: cannot connect to 127.0.0.1:5037: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (10061)

yes it will throw an error and it means we are good to go

then you should call following command so the adb stuff start to work again

adb devices

edited May 24 '22 at 03:28

answered May 23 '22 at 18:39

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score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Jun 27 '20 at 15:41

Anyone using macOS, please don't download/upgrade to 1.17.4 of flutter sdk (using with with android studio/intellij). Keep yourself to 1.17.3 even if you are planning for an upgrade . Seems like intellij plugin has bugs with 1.17.4 and i wasted 2-3hrs debugging things until my eyes fell on this thread: https://github.com/flutter/flutter-intellij/issues/3892

score 0 · Answer 16 · edited Jun 28 '20 at 13:31

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If you are using MacOS, then there are issues with flutter version 1.17.4.
Downloading an older version helped for me.

edited Jun 28 '20 at 13:31

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answered Jun 27 '20 at 22:16

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Update the response with older version details to improve the answer. – Mahendra Gunawardena Jun 27 '20 at 22:30

score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Jul 05 '20 at 11:19

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I had the same issue. Installed Flutter again and issue was fixed

answered Jul 05 '20 at 11:19

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score 0 · Answer 18 · answered Aug 13 '20 at 10:22

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Upgrading to latest version by clicking flutter upgrade and then going to File-> Invalidate Caches /Restart then press Invalidate and Restart worked for me

answered Aug 13 '20 at 10:22

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score 0 · Answer 19 · answered Oct 27 '20 at 10:50

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if nothing worked then try this : Download a new and stable version of Flutter SDK from here , point path of your flutter sdk from settings > search flutter > point path to new downloaded sdk > invalidate cache and restart. you are done !

answered Oct 27 '20 at 10:50

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score 0 · Answer 20 · answered Nov 13 '20 at 13:51

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The problem for me was that ADB was excluded from the Antivirus, so I've simply added an exception for the ADB and the problem was solved

answered Nov 13 '20 at 13:51

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score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Dec 19 '20 at 08:42

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This may happen if you have cloned an app and the Flutter and Dart paths have not been set. Delete the ".idea" folder and set the paths and if there are any connected devices, they will load automatically.

answered Dec 19 '20 at 08:42

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score 0 · Answer 22 · answered Dec 28 '20 at 00:06

On Windows, I fixed the issue by putting the Android SDK in the PATH. I guess the Flutter plugin internally uses ADB to know the attached devices, so if you don't have it in your path, nothing can be done.

If that's your case, just type adb on a terminal. If it doesn't work, it means you have to put your Android SDK in the path, so you (and the Flutter plugin) can use it.

Just adding a screenshot just to clarify it a bit.

score 0 · Answer 23 · answered Mar 22 '21 at 23:58

For me the issue seems to be that my anti-virus program identified dart.exe as a threat and renamed it to dart.exe.000 - what worked for me was -

I downloaded the dart sdk and replaced the directory in my flutter directory 2) deleted flutter/bin/cache/flutter_tools.stamp 3) ran flutter doctor ...and then it worked

score 0 · Answer 24 · answered May 02 '21 at 18:56

Solved For Me With:

Update flutter Plugin
File => Invalidate Caches / Restart => Invalidate and Restart
Update Android Studio
Update SDK
Install SDK in Only default Location android Studio
Tools => Troubleshoot Device Connection & read this and continue to Troubleshoot.
Use (RunAsAdmin(Windows) / root USER(Linux)) FOR RUN
if you use physical Device , use code IN TERMINAL LINUX {

sudo apt update
sudo apt install adb

and Check if your Device Connected

adb devices

}

score 0 · Answer 25 · answered May 11 '21 at 13:45

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I was using another runtime, so I had to Ctrl+Shift+A -> Choose Runtime -> Default

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score 0 · Answer 26 · answered Jul 16 '21 at 03:48

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In your Terminal, run:

flutter upgrade

and restart Android Studio.

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score 0 · Answer 27 · answered Aug 05 '21 at 19:52

Check this

Project Structure->Project settings-> project->Project SDK setting

For me the project sdk was not set. After selecting the android sdk for the project, "loading devices" option is gone.

https://github.com/flutter/flutter-intellij/issues/5031#issuecomment-838640744

score 0 · Answer 28 · answered Oct 12 '21 at 18:18

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Kill the flutter processes from running first, taskkill /F /IM dart.exe in your terminal in android studio then type
flutter run. in the terminal again and press enter.

Afterwards your device you start showing.

answered Oct 12 '21 at 18:18

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score 0 · Answer 29 · answered Feb 18 '22 at 00:07

None of the answers on this page works for Apple M1 cpus. On Apple M1 chips the adb command does not work because it is not built for the Apple silicon. So that needs to be translated first to be runnable on the Apple chip. This is what Rosetta 2 does. To install it manually you can do this in the terminal (Thanks to this answer):

softwareupdate --install-rosetta

followed by

invalidate cache and restart

score 0 · Answer 30 · answered Mar 08 '22 at 19:39

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Just Restart your laptop/desktop.

answered Mar 08 '22 at 19:39

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score 0 · Answer 31 · edited Jan 01 '23 at 16:22

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On Ubuntu I used

adb kill-server

This fixed the problem.

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score 0 · Answer 32 · answered Jan 11 '23 at 12:19

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For me solution is

I have moved project from one Machine/Computer to another Machine, so Dart path was wrong.

So I have updated Dart path as per new location in new machine.

answered Jan 11 '23 at 12:19

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score -1 · Answer 33 · edited Jan 03 '21 at 14:03

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Running Android Studio as Administrator (Windows) / Super User (Linux) fixed the issue for me.

edited Jan 03 '21 at 14:03

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answered Jan 03 '21 at 13:54

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score -1 · Answer 34 · edited Nov 09 '21 at 01:52

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I spent a full day trying to solve this issue. Finally, I located and deleted my SDK folder then downloaded new SDK platforms and tools via SDK TOOLS. Everything is working fine now.

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answered Nov 06 '21 at 23:51

nyanzi arthur victor w

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check https://stackoverflow.com/a/71110541/7905787 – Adnan Bashir Mar 18 '22 at 06:47

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