Android emulator not loading in Eclipse

Question

I am having an issue loading my emulator. Using my AVD manager I create an AVD named Nexus whose location is C:\\Windows\\System32\\config\\systemprofile\\.android\\avd by default

When I try to launch my application however , I get this message in my console

[2012-07-03 17:57:48 - Emulator] PANIC: Could not open: C:\Users\ritika\.android/avd/Nexus.ini

My issue is how do I make the application point to the correct location where the avd folder is actually located.

Answer 1

Are you using the latest version of eclipse? And did you install the android pluging through eclipse? Perhaps you could try updating it or creating a different type of avd?

Answer 2

On Windows 7 (64-bit):

Seems like Android Virtual Device manager [stupidly] creates the virtual device [related files] in D:\\userdata\\<user-name>\\.android but while starting it, it looks for the device in C:\\Users\\<user-name>\\.android

Anyway, I donno much abt Android [was trying to run Hello Wolrd :-)], but I just found that NTFS now supports links so I just created a link. In my case:

C:\Users\UserName> mklink /d .android D:\userdata\UserName\.android
symbolic link created for .android <<===>> D:\userdata\UserName\.android

C:\Users\UserName>

You'll probably have to run the cmd as admin, as I also am a dummy with Windows, I just went to C:\\Windows\\System32 , right-clicked on cmd.exe and selected "Run as administrator". I'm sure there would be some su equivalent on windows.

In case you don't find your D:\\userdata\\UserName\\.android then I recommend to just search your HDDs for .android and use that path instead of D:\\userdata\\UserName\\.android .

Answer 3

In your current user's documents directory (mine is on D:\\Documents) you will find a .android folder. Inside it is a avd folder. It contains all AVD's. Copy it to C:\\Users\\<user>\\.android\\ . This is a quick fix and has to be done every time you change any AVD.

The destination folder for the above question will be C:\\Users\\ritika\\.android\\avd