Windows 7 64bit android AVD start error:Failed to allocate memory: 8

Question

I just updated to Android SDK Tools r20, and try to create avd base on android 4.1 and WXGA, but I got error message when I start AVD.

config.ini:

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Answer 1

Are you running the emulator on your Laptop?

This problem also occurs if the Emulator's Screen Resolution is greater than that of your Display. For example WXGA-xxx (1280x800) could crash if your screen resolution is (1366x768).

Try using WSVGA. Does a good job as a Tablet.

Answer 2

Modify config.ini file like that:

hw.ramSize=1024 --> hw.ramSize=1024M

and it should work like charm...

Ref: http://www.fantageek.com/102/strange-avd-with-hw-ramsize/

Answer 3

try to update the ADT&SDK .

if that doesn't help , try to do total uninstallation of the ADT&SDK of android . even delete the ".android" folder , and in the end install them again.

Answer 4

This seems to be a problem with SDK Tools r20, in which the amount of RAM can not be set from the AVD Manager for the WXGAxxx skins (and the default 1024 MB is too much for the 32 bit emulator).

Workaround

You can work around the issue by starting the AVD from the command line, and hard set the amount of memory to something lower:

> cd c:\program (x86)\android\android-sdk\tools\
> emulator @android4.1 -memory 896

The above command line will set the amount of memory to 896 MB for the AVD. This bug can be followed here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=36080

Answer 5

Degrading SDK Tools from r20 to r18 will solve the problem. You need to do this by Uninstall ing r20 and reinstalling installer_r18-windows.ex.