Android Studio emulator missing hardware buttons

Issue

I just installed Android Studio 1.0.2 and created a virtual device. When I run an app on the emulator, everything works fine except for the missing hardware buttons (home, menu, and back buttons). I tried to change the Android version of the AVD and the Skin but nothing seems to work.

Does anyone knows how to fix this problem please?

Solution

Other answers are kind of deprecated now, because the Android emulator interface changed a little bit.

If you need to display hardware buttons on your Android emulator you have to followe these steps:

1. Open Android emulator devices

2. Click "Edit this AVD"

3. Select the first "Change" button beside the "hardware profile of the AVD"

4. Click "Edit device..." button

5. Uncheck this toggle.

6. Restart your emulator and you should see the hardware buttons now.

   

Answered By - Tom Wayne