Android emulators are not working on OSX Big Sur

Question

I have upgraded the mac OS to Big Sur and none of the emulators are working. It seems that all Android emulators Fails on Mac OS Big Sur Beta. I deleted the old emulators and cr

Answer 1

After trying many of the answers / comments on SO, found this workaround to work and be reproducible:

1. Setup a new AVD

I used Pixel 3 & 3a, API 30, default options

2. Launch the AVD using the emulator CLI

$ ~/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator @Pixel_3a_API_30

You'll see the infamous ...unhandled exit 1d

3. Cancel the command with ⌃ + c or press the x on the emulator sidebar

You should see a spinner about Saving State...

4. Run the emulator again (step 2), this time it should show:
   

5. Click DISMISS (or wait) and the emulator should boot into Android

Note: Starting the same AVD from Android Studio / AVD Manager GUI will still run into this exception, so when you need it - start the emulator like in step 2.