Android - Failed to allocate memory

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I'm getting this error when trying to launch the emulator:

[2011-10-21 16:25:02 - Emulator] Failed to allocate memory: 8
[2011-10-21 16:25:02 - Emulator] 
[2011-10-21 16:25:02 - Emulator] This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
[2011-10-21 16:25:02 - Emulator] Please contact the application's support team for more information.

Emulator setup

I tried tinkering with the launch setup without success:

launch setup

The 4.0 emulator runs just fine. Running on Windows XP.

`Device RAM size: 1024` Tried a smaller value? – fredley Oct 21 '11 at 15:52 — fredley, Oct 21 '11 at 15:52
What value should I put in there? – Yoav Oct 22 '11 at 01:31 — Yoav, Oct 22 '11 at 01:31

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 24 '11 at 10:02

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Setting device ram size to 512 fixed this.

answered Oct 24 '11 at 10:02

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But why does this error happen when I have 6 GB of free RAM lying around? – kpsfoo Aug 27 '13 at 21:03

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 26 '14 at 11:39

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This is because of the memory allocation at the run time of and AVD either Reduce The RAM of that particular AVD or increase the RAM of the OS so that emulator can allocate that amount of required memory at their run time

Hope It may Help U all :)

answered Jul 26 '14 at 11:39

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