Android Emulator doesn't launch. Asks to set hw.gpu.mode to off

Question

Hi

I am quite desperate because I can not for the life of me get my android emulator to start anymore.

When I try to start it with the debugger, the output window just states that the emulator could not be started.

If I try to start it from the device manager I get this error message:

"Please check if you can update your video driver.

If it doesn't help, try to Edit the AVD and set "hw.gpu.mode=off"."

I already found this thread: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/android-emulator-hw-gpu-accelaration-destroyed-aft/1668072

But these solutions didn't help. This happened before and I could only get it to work by resetting my whole system. Now, just a month later this happened again.

How can this be fixed?

Thanks in advance

Tim

Answer 1

Hello @Tim Fonshell ,

Thank you for taking time to post this issue in Microsoft Q&A forum.

You may need to create a file called "advancedFeatures.ini" in your Android Emulator folder:

On my side, the folder was:

C:\Users\username\ .android\

Add following content to the file:

WindowsHyp

ervisorPlatform=on

Vulkan=off

GLDirectMem=on

If the error persists, I may recommend directly submitting a ticket on our Developer Community for further investigate.

Sincerely,

Tianyu

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