How to get logs of Android Emulator crash on Mac?

Issue

Android Emulator AVD closes on Mac as soon it is opened. How to check the error logs? In which location is it stored to examine the issue?

Edit: I happened to fix the issue myself. Answer below. In my case, I had to quit Docker.

Solution

To see the logs when launching the emulator, I had to use the terminal directly.

First, $ANDROID_SDK_HOME/tools/emulator @device_name. For me it was /Users/rakshakhegde/Library/Android/sdk/tools/emulator @Nexus_5X_API_O.

In the logs it said that emulator: Failed to sync vcpu reg. So from this SO post I realized that any other running VM can interfere to open the emulator. In my case, it was Docker running in the background. After I killed it, got my emulator running.

Answered By - rakshakhegde