Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE] when attempting to run flutter app on android emulator on MacOS

Question

I have been dealing with a very persistent error when attempting to run a flutter app on an Android Emulator (Android Virtual Device launched through Android Studio) through VS Code. Here is a screenshot of the errors:

I have attempted to wipe data & cold brew both my emulators & reopen the application folder to no avail. I am beginning to feel hopeless. If anyone can help me at all, I would really appreciate that. Thank you in advance :)

PS: here is how the emulator looks

Does this answer your question? [Solution to INSTALL\_FAILED\_INSUFFICIENT\_STORAGE error on Android](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4709137/solution-to-install-failed-insufficient-storage-error-on-android) — Martin Zeitler, May 25 '22 at 19:45

Abdallah A. Odeh · Answer 1 · 2022-05-25T18:44:54.170

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if you wiped the emulator's data and it is still showing the error, try to increase your emulator's space,

Tools
AVD Manager
Locate the emulator you want to increase space, click the drop down
Edit
Show advanced settings
Edit the Internal storage
Restart the emulator if it's running

NOTE: Newer android studio versions do not have the Edit option inside the dropdown, it was moved next to the dropdown menu (The edit icon)

edited May 25 '22 at 18:44

answered May 25 '22 at 18:11

Abdallah A. Odeh

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I can't find the 'show advanced settings' when I click the drop down :/ do u know how to access it on Mac? – Moataz Abdelraouf May 25 '22 at 18:18
Sorry, missed a step, after clicking the dropdown > Edit > Show advanced settings – Abdallah A. Odeh May 25 '22 at 18:19
The only options I get are: (duplicate, wipe data, cold boot now, show on disk, view details, Delete) :( all the other answer instruct the same thing, I don't know what's wrong with my AVD manager – Moataz Abdelraouf May 25 '22 at 18:22
Try to close the project File > Close project Then you will have the latest projects list, next to **open** button, you will find a menu button, click it and AVD Manager does that dropdown has the **Edit** option? – Abdallah A. Odeh May 25 '22 at 18:23
nope its pretty much the same.. I don't have any project open on Android Studio tho, just on VS Code, but Im accessing the AVD manager through Android Studios – Moataz Abdelraouf May 25 '22 at 18:31
It's weird that you don't have that option in the dropdown! What is your android studio version? – Abdallah A. Odeh May 25 '22 at 18:32
Chipmunk | 2021.2.1 – Moataz Abdelraouf May 25 '22 at 18:33
I just updated my Android Studio to your version, The `Edit` option was replaced with the Edit icon to the left of the dropdown – Abdallah A. Odeh May 25 '22 at 18:39
omg! yeah I see the icon! so do I just set the internal storage to some arbitrary big number? – Moataz Abdelraouf May 25 '22 at 18:41
Preferred to be multiples of 1024 1536 2048 ... – Abdallah A. Odeh May 25 '22 at 18:43
I put it to 10240 MG & I'm STILL getting the same error. adb: failed to install Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE]. God, this is annoying. I don't understand why it keeps giving me shit. – Moataz Abdelraouf May 25 '22 at 18:50
What are the other stoage values? `VM heap & RAM`? – Abdallah A. Odeh May 25 '22 at 18:52
VM heap is 384MB & RAM is 1536MB – Moataz Abdelraouf May 25 '22 at 18:53
Did you try to create another emulator? it seems that it has some issue when it was downloaded – Abdallah A. Odeh May 25 '22 at 18:55
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I have 2 emulators, but I can create a 3rd & try it out – Moataz Abdelraouf May 25 '22 at 18:56
Same issue for both of the emulators? – Abdallah A. Odeh May 25 '22 at 18:57
yeah, same issues for both – Moataz Abdelraouf May 25 '22 at 18:57
Try to build an apk, what is the size of it? – Abdallah A. Odeh May 25 '22 at 18:57
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the emulator itself does look weird, so idk that might have something to do with it. I'll add an image of how it looks cuz idk how to do so in comments – Moataz Abdelraouf May 25 '22 at 19:02
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](https://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/245050/discussion-between-abdallah-a-odeh-and-moataz-abdelraouf). – Abdallah A. Odeh May 25 '22 at 19:03
it looks normal, this how android emulators look on macOS, please try creating a new emulator and try to run the app on it – Abdallah A. Odeh May 25 '22 at 19:06
word, Ill do that & let u know how it is – Moataz Abdelraouf May 25 '22 at 19:12
its giving me a new error now, I've sent the full log in chat – Moataz Abdelraouf May 25 '22 at 19:18
Once you click on "Show advance settings" the left side of the screen is scrollable. Scroll down and Increase "Internal Storage". I've add 1500 MB and it was enough. – mtoninelli May 30 '23 at 14:12

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 24 '22 at 06:08

I had also faced same error on windows:

Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE] Error launching application on Android SDK built for x86.

What I done was, just wiping out the data of emulator from android studio and it worked.

here there is an option of wipe out

Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE] when attempting to run flutter app on android emulator on MacOS

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