Android Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v3.05, by Herong Yang
x86 Emulation Requires Hardware Acceleration
This section provides a tutorial example showing the error of 'x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration!' when starting an Android emulator, if the AVD is created to simulate Intel x86 CPU.
When running my Android emulators created to simulate ARM CPUs are very slow. It took about 10 minutes to get them fully started. So I decided to try emulating Intel CPUs.
1. Run AVD Manager and create a new Android emulator with the following parameters on the Create new AVD screen:
Name: ePhone Device: 4" WVGA (Nexus S)(480 x 800:hdpi) Target: Google APIs (Google Inc.) - API Level 22 CPU/ABI: Google APIs Intel Atom (x86) [x] Hardware keyboard present Skin: WVGA800 Front Camera: None Back Camera: None Memory Options: RAM: 512, VM Heap: 32 Internal Storage: 200 MiB SD Card/Size: 32 MiB
2. Click the "Start" to run "ePhone". I got a the following error:
ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration! Please ensure Intel HAXM is properly installed and usable. CPU acceleration status: HAX kernel module is not installed!
See the next tutorial on what is HAXM and how to install it.
Table of Contents
Installing JDK 1.8 on Windows System
►Installation of Android SDK R24 and Emulator
Downloading and Installing Android SDK R24
Running Android SDK Manager R24
Installing Android Platform 4.0.3 and Libraries
Verifying Android Platform Installation
Creating Android Virtual Device (AVD)
Viewing Android Virtual Device (AVD) Details
Launching Android Emulator in AVD Manager
Android Emulator Starting Screens
Android Emulator Built-in Apps and Widgets
Android Emulator Built-in Web Browser
Android Emulator for 7 Inch Tablet
Android Emulator for Google Watch
Missing Emulator Engine Program for 'arm' CPUS
►x86 Emulation Requires Hardware Acceleration
HAXM - Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager
Installing Apache Ant 1.9 on Windows System
Developing First Android Application - HelloAndroid
Android Application Package (APK) Files
Android Debug Bridge (adb) Tool
AboutAndroid - Application to Retrieve System Information
android.app.Activity Class and Activity Lifecycle
View Objects and Layout Resource Files
Using "adb logcat" Command for Debugging
Build Process and Package File Content
Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 Mini Tablet
USB Debugging Applications on Samsung Tablet
USB Debugging Applications on LG-V905R Tablet