Android Studio: "The emulator process for AVD Pixel_2_API_30 has terminated." on MacBook Pro M1 (Apple Silicon)

Issue

I have a problem to start an Android Emulator on my MacBook Pro M1 (Apple Silicon). When I try to start an emulator (API 30, CPU/ABI arm64), I get this error: "The emulator process for AVD Pixel_2_API_30 has terminiated."

I'm using 2020.3.1 Beta 5 of Android Studio.

Does anyone know how to solve this problem?

Solution

It would seem due to the fact you are using a beta version of android studio the message "The emulator process for AVD Pixel_2_API_30 was killed." has been changed to "The emulator process for AVD Pixel_2_API_30 has terminated." but fundamentally they should still have the same solutions the most common solution being:

"All of the answers are too confusing to follow. Replace SDK or upgrade OS. The quickest way I found is to:

Tools > SDK Manager > SDK Tools

De-select Android Emulator, then click Apply. - The Android Emulator will be deleted.

Now, by default the Emulator version shown will be 30.6.5. Select the checkbox and click apply. This version of emulator will be installed.

That is it, just 2 minutes of you time.

Update: 1 Jul 2021 Issue solved with latest Emulator version 30.7.5"

Credits to: Karan Sharma in the post found here

If this does not fix the error then there are a multitude of different solutions that can be found by googling "Android studio MacBook emulator process for AVD was killed." or simply downgrading/upgrading your emulator works too, because it is a common issue with the v30.6.x emulator versions.

Answered By - Joseph Saunders