Defining it to the same thing as ANDROID_HOME does the following: Sure enough, ANDROID_SDK_ROOT isn't defined. Mulan:~ prisoner$ /Users/prisoner/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator ERROR: This AVD's configuration is missing a kernel file! Please ensure the file 'kernel-qemu' is in the same location as your system image.Įmulator: ERROR: ANDROID_SDK_ROOT is undefined

Mulan:~ prisoner$ /Users/prisoner/Library/Android/sdk/tools/emulator Missing emulator engine program for 'arm' CPU. Trying to specify the paths explicitly doesn't work either: I'm at a loss about where else to look, either for error messages or the emulator that is there, but can't be found by the system, or how else to address the problem. Users/prisoner/Library/Android/sdk/tools/emulatorĪs far as I can tell, the emulator and the architecture-specific emulators are also under ANDROID_HOME: The emulator program appears to be the one under this home environment as well: The ANDROID_HOME environment variable appears to be correctly set (it matches the Android SDK location in the SDK Manager. I've tried uninstalling and re-installing it. I have the latest version of the emulator installed. I have installed everything for this version of the SDK available in the SDK Manager:

JVM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o Image.sysdir.1: add-ons/addon-google_apis-google-16/images/armeabi-v7a/Īvd.ini.displayname: Galaxy Nexus Jelly Bean API 16 Path: /Users/prisoner/.android/avd/Galaxy_Nexus_API_16.avd The AVD has the following configuration: Name: Galaxy_Nexus_Jelly_Bean_API_16 Most cite Avast on Windows as causing the issue. I have looked through other posts with similar problems. PANIC: Missing emulator engine program for 'arm' CPU.Īttempting to start it by pressing the play button from the AVD Manager inside Android Studio bounces something briefly in the tool dock, but it quickly vanishes and nothing shows up and there are no obvious error messages. I am attempting to run an AVD I have created for API 16 on a Galaxy Nexus: emulator gives the error

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