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I have Android Studio BumbleBee 2021.1.1 downloaded, running on a MacBook Pro M1. When downloading Android Studio, I chose the Apple Chip option (opposed to Intel)

I've created a Virtual Device - Android 12.0 arm64-v8a Pixel 4.

When I attempt to run the emulator it gets stuck here

Connecting to the Emulator...

Then, it times out:

Timeout Error

I have searched SO and other blogs and can only find outdated material based on a time in 2020/2021 when Android did not support ARM64. However, it's my understanding that this has now changed so https://github.com/google/android-emulator-m1-preview is no longer needed.

What is the correct way to run the Android Emulator on a Mac with an M1 Chip?

Adinia
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squirrelhomie
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  • Same problem as in the canary version of Android Studio https://stackoverflow.com/questions/68479673/android-studio-bumblebee-2021-1-1-canary-4-emulator-not-working-on-m1 – Adinia Feb 02 '22 at 09:14

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I have found the issue so marking this as solved, however, if anyone knows why this solves the problem, please share!

I found an issue opened on Google's anroid-emulator-m1-preview repo with this answer https://github.com/google/android-emulator-m1-preview/issues/76#issuecomment-1023563846

Turns out, I just needed to uncheck 'Launch in a tool window' but again, not sure why that fixed the issue.

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  • Working fine only on Emulator API version 31. – aslamhossin Feb 04 '22 at 04:18
  • this is the correct answer – cain Feb 22 '22 at 03:33
  • Atleast in mac it times out- for windows its eternity trying to load emulator. unchecking the option worked for me after a cold boot. Bumblebee version is so unstable, how google ends up labeling it stable is beyond me. – MDT Mar 06 '22 at 08:57