Android Studio emulator Symbol not found: _pwritev

Question

After last update of Android emulator I can not start any virtual device. Even if I create a new one. The emulator is shown for a few second and then I get an error and the macOS shows in the problem report:

qemu-system-x86_64 quit unexpectedly

Dyld Error Message:
  Symbol not found: _pwritev
  Referenced from: /Users/USER/Library/Android/*/qemu-system-x86_64
  Expected in: /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib

Invalidate cash and restart doesn't help.

this is an related issue https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/191799887 — Usama Altaf, Jun 25 '21 at 08:37

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '21 at 09:02

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Ok, thanks to Usama Altaf the problem is described here. The Problem occurs on macOS Catalina with the emulator version 30.7.4. There are two possible solutions:

Update the macOS to Big Sur.
Downgrade the emulator version.

If you want to downgrade the emulator:

Close Android Studio
Download and unzip an older version provided here
Replace files in $ANDROID_HOME/emulator
Launch Android Studio and it will use the new files

answered Jun 25 '21 at 09:02

Alexander Tumanin

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You can just uninstall the Emulator from Android Studio SDK Tools. You will then see version 30.6.5 available to install. The Android team probably removed 30.7.4. – Edward Jun 30 '21 at 15:45
now 30.9.5 is available .. – Ali Yar Khan Oct 26 '21 at 13:15

Android Studio emulator Symbol not found: _pwritev

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