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Shariq Shaikh
Shariq Shaikh
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Posted by Shariq Shaikh
Shariq Shaikh
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Unable to launch Nexus 7 emulator

When I attempted to launch the nexus 7 emulator I received this error:

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.

Any thoughts on how to fix this?

2 Answers

Joshua Lopez
Joshua Lopez
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Joshua Lopez
Joshua Lopez
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That usually happens because your device emulator is using too much RAM. In the AVD manager, click on your device then press Edit. Lower the amount of RAM your system is using on your device emulator. It'll make your emulator slower, which isn't very efficient. You should look into installing Genymotion for Eclipse. How to install Genymotion: (https://cloud.genymotion.com/page/doc/) There's also videos on Genymotion that Ben Jakuben made in Android Tools. (https://teamtreehouse.com/library/android-tools)