Is there any way to run Android virtual device on Android studio, on my D4s v3 VM?

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Is there any way to run Android virtual device on Android studio, on my D4s v3 VM?

Swayam Bansal 31

Hi. I am trying to run Android virtual device emulator on my VM, but it is showing Intel haxm is required.

My host pc does not support virtualisation. Is there any way to run Android studio's emulator in d4s v3 virtual machine?

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Prrudram-MSFT 28,201 Moderator

Hello @Swayam Bansal ,

Thank you for reaching out to the Microsoft Q&A platform. Happy to answer your question.

There are specific VMs that support nested virtualization (Dv3 and Ev3 series. Ref: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-the-new-dv3-and-ev3-vm-sizes/

Android emulator is default based on Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution manager [HAXM]. This is Virtualization technology used behind the scene by Android studio to run the android emulator. HAXM is installed as a part of installation process of Android Studio as well.

So on Azure VM where we plan to run the Android simulator, Intel HAXM should be installed and present.
At the same time Intel HAXM and Hyper V are mutually exclusive. Means, if you have Hyper V enabled then HAXM can’t be installed and vice versa.

Installation of HAXM on Azure VM is not a problem. The VM series is a problem. When you say I want to install the HAXM; Hyper V should be disabled. Most of the VM series today have Hyper V “some way” enabled or not supported

This article here will come handy for you, please check

Please check the following links with similar issues
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58605791/installed-android-emulator-haxm-on-azure-vm
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30191202/is-there-any-way-that-i-can-make-android-emulator-run-on-azure-virtual-machine

https://github.com/google/android-emulator-hypervisor-driver-for-amd-processors/issues/17
https://github.com/google/android-emulator-hypervisor-driver-for-amd-processors/issues/25

Hope this helps.
If you need further help on this, tag me in a comment.
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Swayam Bansal 31 Reputation points

2022-11-28T02:51:36.753+00:00

Hi. Thnx for your response.

I managed to make the emulator run, but it's very very slow. Is it somehow related to virtualisation?

And, I am currently using D series v3. Does it have an AMD processor?
Prrudram-MSFT 28,201 Reputation points Moderator

2022-11-28T08:00:03.95+00:00

Hello @Swayam Bansal ,

I have checked the documentation and clearly D series V3 is not with AMD. I see Dav4 and Dasv4-series and Dasv5 and Dadsv5-series VMs utilize AMD's 2nd/3rd Generation EPYCTM 7763v processors that can achieve a boosted maximum frequency of 3.5GHz in D-series.

Series with alphabet "a" indicates that the specific SKU is AMD capable. For details see, Naming convention explanation

Other series: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/confidential-computing/virtual-machine-solutions-amd#sizes

Hope this helps you!
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Stanley Lai 0 Reputation points

2023-08-15T05:09:10.3+00:00

Hi,

I'm trying to do the same here.

I have created my Azure VM - Windows 10 Pro with size Standard D4s v3 (4 vcpus, 16 GiB memory) to enable nested virtualisation.

I have installed Android Studio with HAXM installed after I disabled Hyper - V.

However, I am getting the following when I am trying to start up the device in device manager:

Any ideas??
Halston Sellentin 0 Reputation points

2023-08-16T16:44:01.47+00:00

@Prrudram-MSFT Hello, I'm having the same problem as Stanley above. Also on Standard D4s v3 (4 vcpus, 16 GiB memory), Windows (Windows 10 Pro N). I've replicated the steps used to get my emulator working locally but cannot get it to work on the VM.

I don't even need graphics for this application, starting the emulator with -no-window is fine. But whichever way I start it, adb always reports the device as offline.

This is for a project at work so I'm very motivated to solve it. Any help would be appreciated!

Also: the link in "This article here will come handy for you, please check" doesn't work for me
Halston Sellentin 0 Reputation points

2023-08-17T20:20:17.67+00:00

Tried again today using a newer windows image, MicrosoftWindowsDesktop:windows-11:win11-22h2-ent:22621.674.221008
and same result. This is disappointing :(
Prrudram-MSFT 28,201 Reputation points Moderator

2023-08-20T08:03:37.84+00:00

Hi All,

If you are facing an issue even after trying all the recommendations, I would recommend reaching out to azure technical support.
James Martin 5 Reputation points

2023-08-23T13:09:35.3166667+00:00

Same issue for me on both AMD and Intel Processors I have tried a number of different sized VM's with both GPU support on Radeon and NVidia. Device Manager will not start and throws an unknown error. Have tried disabling Vulcan etc. but the logs show the emulator instantiating but then crashing before the debugger can get hold of the phone image across the ADB bridge. Have a bug logged with the Android Studio team and will let the community know if I make any progress. I cannot see the Azure Support Team helping us in any way shape or form on this one this problem has been around for years now and surely one of them would have chimed in by now if this was at all possible.
Halston Sellentin 0 Reputation points

2023-08-24T17:10:30.3966667+00:00

Good idea James. Something interesting is that we are able to run the emulator just fine in a MS hosted mac-os:latest agent. I suspect that that is some sort of virtual machine too.

This indicates to me that the MS hardware and android software are both up to the task. Now it's just a question of where the disconnect is on Windows. For your use-case, is an ubuntu image acceptable? That might be more similar to the working mac-OS configuration
Ellinor Kwok 0 Reputation points

2023-08-30T13:05:15.21+00:00

Hello Stanley, James & Halston,

I'm Ellinor from the Genymotion team and I came accross this ticket on your issues on running an Android emulator on Azure VMs. You can try using Genymotion on Azure, we have several clients using it with Android Studio by connecting the emulator to the vm with adb

Don't hesitate to reach out tome if you wish more information.

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