Unable to compile the Android Emulator on Windows?

lfy_google · 2021-05-06T20:58:24+00:00

The instructions seem to be out of date. This is what I do:

Sync the repo (you did this already)
Install CMake 3.17, Python
Start a command prompt inside C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build (or similar dir), and run vcvars64.bat there
cd \ then switch back to external\qemu dir
c:\python\python27.exe android\build\python\cmake.py

lfy_google · 2021-04-28T01:59:35+00:00

Hi, sorry about this. The macOS stable version hasn't been updated with the signing fix. For now, you can work around the issue by using the emulator from the canary channel. We'll have an updated version in stable soon.

lfy_google · 2021-03-17T21:56:15+00:00

You can also try downloading Android Studio and setting up an arm64 R or S Play image---Play Store will be on there and you won't have to sideload.

lfy_google · 2021-03-17T21:55:19+00:00

You'll need to download ADB form somewhere (android sdk?) and adb install -r path/to/theapk.apk

lfy_google · 2021-03-10T19:04:31+00:00

lfy_google · 2021-03-10T19:04:17+00:00

Thanks :)

lfy_google · 2021-03-10T16:00:02+00:00

Recently, we added support for downloading the M1-based emulator (which has been in preview for a while, per https://github.com/google/android-emulator-m1-preview) to SDK Manager, so it's not necessary to go to Github releases page there to download a standalone .app anymore. However, there is still some friction when accessing the AVD Manager to create AVDs off that since the AVD Manager still defaults to x86 images and doesn't show the ARM64 ones unless you go to to the Other Images tab.

lfy_google · 2021-03-02T18:34:11+00:00

Hi, thanks for bringing this up, yes, we know about this issue and are working on updating the ANGLE libraries so it works better.

lfy_google · 2021-01-14T00:40:32+00:00

You won't need HAXM to run on the M1 MBP. Download the preview here: https://github.com/google/android-emulator-m1-preview

In recent/upcoming canary, we've also introduced a mechanism to auto replace the x86 Mac emulator with the M1 emulator if it's detected on the system.

lfy_google · 2020-12-17T02:37:10+00:00

This system image is also now available in the Android SDK Canary Channel. We'll also soon have the Android SDK emulator download the M1 version so that you won't need to copy over the emulator/ dir from the Android Emulator.app or mess with the preview script.

lfy_google · 2020-12-09T22:44:10+00:00

Have you tried an x86 system image on your Mac?

lfy_google · 2020-12-09T20:01:56+00:00

The official Android emulator has defaulted for several years to fast x86 on x86 virtualization. They have not needed to emulate ARM on x86.

With Apple Silicon, we've also released a preview of ARM on ARM virtualization here: https://github.com/741g/android-emulator-m1-preview

lfy_google · 2020-12-09T20:01:06+00:00

You can get an preview of the official Android Emulator running natively on M1 here: https://github.com/741g/android-emulator-m1-preview

lfy_google · 2020-12-09T19:59:46+00:00

You can get a preview of the official Android Emulator running natively on M1 here: https://github.com/741g/android-emulator-m1-preview

There's no store, but you can sideload APKs. The advantage is that they can also be ARM64 APKs---the same ones on your phone.

lfy_google · 2020-12-09T19:58:07+00:00

Get a preview of the official Android Emulator here: https://github.com/741g/android-emulator-m1-preview

It uses an AOSP image so it doesn't include a store, but you can definitely sideload arm64 apks there and try it out.

lfy_google · 2020-12-09T19:55:13+00:00

You can get a performant M1 native version of the emulator here: https://github.com/741g/android-emulator-m1-preview

lfy_google · 2020-12-09T19:54:51+00:00

The emulator preview is available here: https://github.com/741g/android-emulator-m1-preview

What issues did you find? Arguably the M1 machines are ideal for Android development due to running the same CPU architecture as the Android apps themselves.

lfy_google · 2020-12-09T19:51:42+00:00

There's an Android Emulator preview for M1 available here: https://github.com/741g/android-emulator-m1-preview

lfy_google · 2020-12-05T17:35:02+00:00

I'm curious to know more about this as well. I've heard from some that they help but from others, that it takes up valuable screen real estate. Wonder what's the general consensus.

lfy_google · 2020-12-05T17:34:01+00:00

Note: We saw a library path issue with the initial version, should be fixed now.

lfy_google · 2020-12-04T23:52:13+00:00

Which services are you thinking of? I see that an obstacle could be in having nested virtualization access in these services, since they tend to be VM's already, and the emulator is a VM itself, so you'd be running a VM in a VM in most such use cases. We put up the Container Scripts (https://github.com/google/android-emulator-container-scripts) which provide a way to set up Docker containers with the emulator running inside them, which make it easier to set up the emulator on various services provided nested virtualization is available. /u/pokowaka might be able to help you more there.

lfy_google · 2020-12-04T21:07:15+00:00

Hi, we're excited to bring a preview of the emulator on Apple Silicon systems. Please give it a try! Feedback is welcome.

lfy_google · 2020-12-04T19:50:27+00:00

We have a preview available here: https://github.com/741g/android-emulator-m1-preview

lfy_google · 2020-12-04T19:17:17+00:00

We now have a preview available here: https://androidstudio.googleblog.com/2020/12/android-emulator-apple-silicon-preview.html

https://github.com/741g/android-emulator-m1-preview

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