Error launching AVD in latest Android Studio

Question

I recently upgrade to the latest android studio, although i had not use it in a long time. My code build up and sync successful but I get the error below each time I tried to the app in an emulator. pls note, I use Window 10 on AMD based system

Emulator: emulator: ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration

I had installed and enable "Intel HAXM". I have browsed through a few similar question but none provides a solution.

Please not this question is a different scenario to what you have the question Emulator: ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration:

No information about Intel HAXM status nor CPU acceleration status
The version of Android Studio is way different
possible difference in the way SDK Manager was back in 2015 and now

If you are on Windows 10: Have you enabled the security function "core isolation"? If yes disable it otherwise the visualization function of your CPU is not available. — Robert, Dec 28 '18 at 12:13
Possible duplicate of [Emulator: ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29136173/emulator-error-x86-emulation-currently-requires-hardware-acceleration) — Milan Pansuriya, Dec 28 '18 at 12:37
You need to see if Virtualization is enabled or disabled on BIOS Settings. If it is disabled then you need to enable it. — Kartik, Dec 28 '18 at 12:41
Thanks guys! not sure about the virtualization thing but will check now — adeguk Loggcity, Dec 28 '18 at 14:01
Possible duplicate of [Error in launching AVD with AMD processor](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26355645/error-in-launching-avd-with-amd-processor) — Martin Zeitler, Dec 28 '18 at 23:53

Mihai Neacsu · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-26T07:19:47.217

The answer you posted is just a workaround.

As a i solution (i have the same AMD platform - 2700X my cpu), you need to enable from BIOS - your virtualisation technology (i have a Aorus motherboard and its called SMT), and then from the OS - Turn Windows Features ON or OFF - install

After this option is installed, you should be able to run the AVD with proper emulation. I already uninstalled HAXM and had no issues without it.

Also, i did not install any Hyper-V

PS: As of 26 Oct 2019, Google added support for AMD CPU as per their blog: https://androidstudio.googleblog.com/2019/10/android-emulator-hypervisor-driver-for.html You need to make sure you disable the previous settings provided by me up above, and follow their guide.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 28 '18 at 21:23

I found the answer by Alex8752 on the post Android Studio - How Can I Make an AVD With ARM Instead of HAXM? as guideline to resolve the above issue.

Basically since I use AMD system, I downloaded and installed arm* image from "Other Image" within System Image (I will recommend armeabi-v7a for x86-64 based systems). Thanks to everyone.

Error launching AVD in latest Android Studio

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