“kernel-qemu” is missing. - AVD Manager

Issue

I am trying to start a virtual device with the AVD Manager and I noted that the problem occurs with devices with Androids OS olders than Android 6.0 (API 23).

I'm working with Xamarin.Android C# (Visual Studio) and the device that I need to start is one with Android 8.1 (API 27 Intel Atom x86) but when I try to start it the error message appears: "kernel-qemu".

Error:

Starting emulator for AVD 'Ocho'
    emulator: ERROR: This AVD's configuration is missing to kernel file! Please ensure the file "kernel-qemu" is in the same location as your system image.
    emulator: ERROR: ANDROID_SDK_ROOT is defined (C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Android \ android-sdk \) but can not find kernel file in C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Android \ android-sdk \\ system-images \ sub directories

I checked the folder where it should be and there is only one file named "kernel-ranchu-64", I've already tried things like renaming the "ranchu" to "qemu" but it does not work.

I do not know what else to try. Does anyone have that kernel-qemu file that I need to run the emulator?

qemu-Error-Image

Solution

I fixed this by using a virtual device with Android 9.0. Also, another option is to use Genymotion.

Answered By - KennyAli