Windows emulator.exe PANIC: Missing emulator engine program for 'x86' CPU

Issue

I'm trying to use emulator.exe as android emulator for Charles Proxy. But I have problem, when I launch

emulator @5.1_WVGA_API_28 

I get this error:

PANIC: Missing emulator engine program for 'x86' CPU.

But I can run the emulator from android studio and it's working fine! I have an intel processor.

Solution

If you want to run emulator from command line,

<your-full-path>/emulator -avd 5.1_WVGA_API_28 

For newer version of Android SDK, the emulator path should be something as below:

/<xxx>/Android/sdk/emulator/emulator

For older version of Android SDK, the emulator path is as below:

/<xxx>/Android/sdk/tools/emulator

Try either one of above to see which is your case.

Here is the official document for Android emulator command line usage: https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator-commandline

Answered By - shizhen