Android AVD not showing anything. only “ANDROID” in the middle of the screen

Question

I am an Android Newbie! please help.

I have been following googles introduction tutorial and managed to install everything with no problems. but whenever i try to ru

Answer 1

After you create an AVD it really does take a long time to initialize. On my less than year old Core2Duo 2.8 GHz running Win7x64 and 4Gb of RAM, initializing a 2.2 version took at least 5 to 10 minutes (if not longer). Once it starts initializing you can watch the logcat in the DDMS panel of eclipse and watch it unpack and install all of the apps in the emulator.

Answer 2

For Ubuntu (I use Xubuntu):

Mine Android Virtual Devices didn't started because i used NVIDIA drivers for ubuntu. After changing drivers to Nouveau it booted in 15sec.

Go to "Settings Manager" -> Software & Updated -> Additional Drivers chose: "Using X.org x server -- Nouveau display driver (open source)"

NVIDIA F# U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55XVnJ_0qhg

Answer 3

Yeah It took too much time to start.... Try Switching on Visualization in the system BIOS Settings.... For me before switching it didn't show up anything. After changing it took 3 mins to initiate

System Specs: i5 Dual Core 4Gb Nvidia 2G

Answer 4

You can always run 'adb shell' or 'adb logcat' from another window to see what is happening...

Answer 5

How long did you wait for it? On my (admittedly older and slower) home computer, it can take some time for the AVD to initialize the first time. I've just tried it and it takes about 90 seconds for the "ANDROID" in the center of the screen to be replaced with the home screen, then about another 30 seconds for the application to run.

Answer 6

I had the same problem. It was because i hadn't restarted my system after installing ADT plugin. It worked fine after restarting my system.