AM Emulator: Library vulkan-1.dll: failed for handleCPUAcceleration

Issue

The Emulator shows following error when you run it in Android Studio on Windows 10:

04-04-2021 
14:45 AM Emulator: handleCpuAcceleration: feature check for hvf 
14:45 AM Emulator: cannot add library vulkan-1.dll: failed 
14:45 AM Emulator: cannot add library vulkan-1.dll: failed 
14:45 AM Emulator: Process finished with exit code -1073741819 (0xC0000005)

New installation doesn't work. What to do? I show you below, don't panic. :)

Solution

PREPERATION

Ensure that you have installed the newest Driver Package:

Direct Download Vulkan Driver Package for Windows

Direct Download MoltenVK (Vulkan Driver) for MacOS.

FOR ANDROID 6 TILL <10

If you’re using Android 6 and above but less than Android 10 in Emulator then Re-Create the Emulator and Select Software – GLES 2.0 in the Emulated Performance while creating the AVD (or edit existing AVD).

FOR ANDROID 10+

In Android 10 and higher, you are not able to change the Emulated Performance (Graphics) as you can see below:

Therefore you need to edit the config.ini file of your AVD. Type the following path into your Windows Explorer:

C:/Users/<pc_name>/.android/avd/<AVD-device>/config.ini

Note that <pc_name> needs to replaced with your computer name and for <AVD-device> you need to place the name of your created device. In my case Nexus_5X_API_24.avd

Now edit the mentioned file and change to attributes as shown below:

hw.gpu.enabled=no
hw.gpu.mode=off

Now safe your changes. Remember to edit the file only if Android studio is closed to make changes apply at starting the software.

Thank you for reading! I keep this post updated as always. Cheers! :)

Answered By - Etienne Kaiser