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Herschel Greenspan
890 PointsWhy wont the word android appear on my emulator?
Why wont the word android appear on my emulator?
2 Answers
Herschel Greenspan
890 PointsIt looks like i have to pay for it if i want to create apps and put them on the market. Is that true?
James Simshaw
28,738 PointsHello,
You've ran into a common problem with the default Android emulator. You have two options:
1) Use the Genymotion emulator available here.
2) Run the emulator with hardware acceleration. If you have a compatible Intel CPU, you can use HAXM, with Windows instructions available here. Make sure to have Virtualization enabled in your BIOS. If you are on Linux, you should be able to use hardware acceleration on both Intel and AMD CPUs just by starting an x86 emulated device.
Herschel Greenspan
890 PointsHow long does it normally take for the word android to appear on an emulator? I tried your second option and i have waited a while but nothings happening.
James Simshaw
28,738 PointsIt shouldn't take much more than 30 seconds if there's no issues. Sounds like you might need to try Genymotion.
James Simshaw
28,738 PointsJames Simshaw
28,738 PointsI'm not entirely sure myself. I have been lucky i that HAXM works well for myself. Mind if I ask what CPU and OS you are running?
Herschel Greenspan
890 PointsHerschel Greenspan
890 PointsWindows 8.1 and AMD A10-5750 APU. Is this the information you are looking for?
James Simshaw
28,738 PointsJames Simshaw
28,738 PointsYeah, that's what I was wondering. HAXM only supports being used with an Intel CPU on Windows. To my knowledge, currently, AMD does not have any hardware acceleration on Windows.
Herschel Greenspan
890 PointsHerschel Greenspan
890 PointsSo here is the situation. Its working on genymotion but not on android studios and it only gave me the option of version 4.4.4. while my professor on treehouse is using 4.4.2. Is that going to be a problem for me to follow along with him?
James Simshaw
28,738 PointsJames Simshaw
28,738 PointsIt shouldn't be too much of a problem in following along, but there are some videos that are more outdated than others and some will require looking through the forums for answers to why certain things might not be working. This is especially true if you start working with Lolipop when the videos are for KitKat.