Android emulator doesn't start anymore
android, android-emulator
Solution
Update your android sdk. In eclipse it should be an button next to the open avd manager button. or from command line try android update sdk --no-ui. the following link should help scroll down to see how to update. https://wiki.appcelerator.org/display/guides/Installing+and+Updating+Android+SDK
Problem
I'm running on OSX Mountain Lion. I recently installed the latest version of Eclipse and the Android SDK from Eclipse. I updated the SDK through Eclipse as well, downloading everything in the Extras, Android 2.2 (API 8), Android 4.1.2 (API 16) and the Tools folder. Finally I could run the emulator by creating a device but it was very slow (I have 250gb ssd hard drive + 16gb RAM), I couldn't even run the application I had. I tried to modify some options of the emulator and now apparently I can't run anything anymore. As soon as I try to run a program (Hello World) I get the following infamous Mac OSX error: `emulator-arm quit unexpectedly.` The console output for Eclipse is the following: ``` [2012-10-19 15:46:06 - test] Android Launch! [2012-10-19 15:46:06 - test] adb is running normally. [2012-10-19 15:46:06 - test] Performing com.example.test.MainActivity activity launch [2012-10-19 15:46:06 - test] Automatic Target Mode: launching new emulator with compatible AVD 'test' [2012-10-19 15:46:06 - test] Launching a new emulator with Virtual Device 'test' ``` I tried to reset things as they were before as well as creating a new emulator device. I tried to restart Eclipse and the machine itself but nothing. Apparently I can't run any Android application anymore. Does somebody has some idea? I read on some similar thread to use `adb` to restart the thing, but apparently I can't get that running as well. By doing `./adb shell` I get `error: device not found`. Do you have any idea about what can I do to solve the issue? Thanks