“waiting for target device to come online” in Android Studio 2.3

Question

Recently upgraded to Android Studio from 2.2.3 to 2., running on Win10

Emulator stopped working since then. Tried installing other images(25 rev 4)/upgrading for AVD

Answer 1

maybe you do not have SDK of your simulator,please check File->Settings->Appearance&Behavior->SystemSetting->Android SDK

Answer 2

For me what was happening was the Virtual device never booted.

What fixed this was:

cd ~/.android/avd/<Name of virtual device>/
rm *.img

Then I restarted the virtual device and it came on line.

Answer 3

I was experiencing the same issue where the emulator would start up but I would be left with a black screen and my app won't load up. Anyway, what I did was, I accessed the setting of the emulator. Make sure the "Save quick-boot state on exit for AVD Pixel_2_API_26" is set to "No". Note: My device is a Pixel 2, it could be different for other users.

Answer 4

Try configuring different Android Emulator and using it while running. You current emulator may have some issues. It worked for me.