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Problems with the Android Emulator (doesn't start up)

Hello there.

I wanted to try out the Hello World sample from the introduction but it seems it doesn't work.

I get this message:
[ERROR] Timed out waiting for emulator to be ready, you may need to close the emulator and try again

Trace:
[INFO] Launching Android emulator…one moment
[DEBUG] From: G:\Program Files\android-sdk-windows\tools\emulator.exe
[DEBUG] SDCard: C:\Users\Lukas.titanium\android2.sdcard
[DEBUG] AVD ID: 11
[DEBUG] AVD Skin: WVGA854
[DEBUG] SDK: G:\Program Files\android-sdk-windows
[DEBUG] G:\Program Files\android-sdk-windows\tools\adb.exe start-server
[INFO] Creating new Android Virtual Device (11 WVGA854)
[TRACE] Traceback (most recent call last):
[TRACE] File "C:\ProgramData\Titanium\mobilesdk\win32\1.4.0\android\builder.py", line 991, in <module>
[TRACE] s.run_emulator(avd_id,avd_skin)
[TRACE] File "C:\ProgramData\Titanium\mobilesdk\win32\1.4.0\android\builder.py", line 253, in run_emulator
[TRACE] avd_name = self.create_avd(avd_id,avd_skin)
[TRACE] File "C:\ProgramData\Titanium\mobilesdk\win32\1.4.0\android\builder.py", line 222, in create_avd
[TRACE] inifilec = open(inifile,'r').read()
[TRACE] IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\Users\Lukas\.android\avd\titanium_11_WVGA854.avd\config.ini'
[INFO] Building Hello World for Android … one moment
[DEBUG] G:\Program Files\android-sdk-windows\tools\adb.exe start-server
[DEBUG] Waiting for device to be ready …
[TRACE] adb devices returned 0 devices/emulators
[TRACE] adb devices returned 0 devices/emulators
[TRACE] adb devices returned 0 devices/emulators
[TRACE] adb devices returned 0 devices/emulators
[TRACE] adb devices returned 0 devices/emulators
[TRACE] adb devices returned 0 devices/emulators
[ERROR] Timed out waiting for emulator to be ready, you may need to close the emulator and try again

(Sorry, I can't seem to figure out how to format this properly. :/ )

Someone able to help me? Pretty please? :)

— asked September 24th 2010 by Lukas
  • android
  • emulator
  • error
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1 Answer

  • Start the android Sdk Manager. In Virtual Devices you should find the one that Titanium uses.

    Then , press the button start. Wait while emulator loads. Now , go back to the Titanium Developer. Go to Test &amp; Package , and press Launch.

    It should work. So , the main problem is that Titanium has low timeout , and it doesn't want to wait emulator to start. Emulator is so slow , so it needs some time. That is why you should start the emulator from SDK Manager.

    — answered September 24th 2010 by Filip Dimitrovski
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    • Thanks for the quick reply!

      I checked the SDK Manager. I got five Virtual devices listed there but no matter which one I try to start, I always get the following error:
      emulator: ERROR: unknown virtual device name: 'titanium_8_WVGA854'
      emulator: could not find virtual device named 'titanium_8_WVGA854'

      (referring to the virtual device I try to launch)

      — commented September 24th 2010 by Lukas

    • I solved the problem:

      The cause was that Win 7 is installed on C: so the user files are usually in C:\Users\Lukas .
      Thing is I moved my user files to G: . Android was looking for the .android folder on the wrong partition.

      To fix it, I had to set an environment variable for ANDROID_SDK_HOME to G:\Users\Lukas .

      I found the problem thanks to this post here (german):
      http://www.go-android.de/forum/developer-ecke/eclipse-emulator-error-unknown-virtual-device-name-%27my_avd%27/

      — commented September 25th 2010 by Lukas
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