Error launching AVD in latest Android Studio

Issue

I recently upgrade to the latest android studio, although i had not use it in a long time. My code build up and sync successful but I get the error below each time I tried to the app in an emulator. pls note, I use Window 10 on AMD based system

Emulator: emulator: ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration

I had installed and enable "Intel HAXM". I have browsed through a few similar question but none provides a solution.

Please not this question is a different scenario to what you have the question Emulator: ERROR: x86 emulation currently requires hardware acceleration:

• No information about Intel HAXM status nor CPU acceleration status
• The version of Android Studio is way different
• possible difference in the way SDK Manager was back in 2015 and now

Solution

The answer you posted is just a workaround.

As a i solution (i have the same AMD platform - 2700X my cpu), you need to enable from BIOS - your virtualisation technology (i have a Aorus motherboard and its called SMT), and then from the OS - Turn Windows Features ON or OFF - install

After this option is installed, you should be able to run the AVD with proper emulation. I already uninstalled HAXM and had no issues without it.

Also, i did not install any Hyper-V

PS: As of 26 Oct 2019, Google added support for AMD CPU as per their blog: https://androidstudio.googleblog.com/2019/10/android-emulator-hypervisor-driver-for.html You need to make sure you disable the previous settings provided by me up above, and follow their guide.

Answered By - Mihai Neacsu