Android 4.0.3 emulator crashes: Failed to allocate memory: 8

android, android-emulator

Solution

I do sometimes have the same problem. Maybe my solution works for you as well: Instead of choosing the WXGA720 skin preset, manually set the resolution to 720*1280, and manually set the RAM to 768 or even 512. Seems stupid, but it makes a difference if the skin preset is uses or a manual resolution configuration.

Problem

The problem started when I changed the skin built-in display setting to WXGA720. Then everytime I'm trying to run the emulator it says the following message: Starting emulator for AVD 'android403' Failed to allocate memory: 8 This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. Please contact the application's support team for more information. I already tried to lower down the RAM size to 800 MB and then 512 MB (or even 256) but it didn't work either... I don't know what to do... Here's a screenshot of the emulator settings window: Thanx upfront.

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