What is the reason for the error “Device supports x86, but APK only supports armeabi-v7a”

Question

I am playing around with Android Studio by testing some projects out from GitHub and when I try to emulate the apk, it does not let me choose an emulator.

It tells m

Answer 1

Turn off USB debugging and turn it back on the hardware device.

Answer 2

Just go to device Settings >> Developer Options >> Restore Default Settings then enable USB debugging

Answer 3

Device supports x86, but APK only supports armeabi-v7a)

Sounds like you used an x86 image in the emulator.

Create a separate one. Choose "other images" tab to find arm devices, if you have to.

Or, run on an actual device. The repo you listed is meant to run on a Raspberry Pi 3 / ODroid, I think.

Answer 4

On my physical device, I started getting this. The fix was to go into Developer Settings and turn off and on USB debugging.

Answer 5

Try enabling Unknown Sources from Security Options. It worked for me.

Answer 6

adb kill-server

adb start-server

Its working for me on windows OS.