Launch Android Emulator from within Visual Studio but no Hardware Accelration with AEHD

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Launch Android Emulator from within Visual Studio but no Hardware Accelration with AEHD

Vladimir 20

Since I have Windows 10 Home Edition, I do not have Hyper-V. I followed the instructions provided by Microsoft and I set up AEHD. Yet hardware acceleration still doesn't work. Here are my screenshots. My system is a Ryzen 2700x Win Home edition 22H2. And I use Visual Studio 2022 Community. See the other screenshots to prove that I did the settings per Microsoft document. Also, I enabled SVM in the bios. Can you please assist?

My settings and console verification

SokoFromNZ 0 Reputation points

2023-11-05T10:44:45.0733333+00:00

Hi Vladimir,

I'm having the exact same issue as you are:

AEHD is installed, Hyper-V is off, but when I start the Emulator via AVD I get the message "Hyper-V" not active, start anyway" and the performance is veerry poor!

Have you figured out a solution yet?

I've found, when starting the Emulator via CMD and not via AVD the AEHD seems to work:

Goto C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\emulator

and run

emulator.exe -avd pixel_5_-_api_33

or

emulator.exe -avd pixel_5_-_api_33 -accel on

Sometimes it opens a crash report when I start it. but by closing the window the emulator starts anyway

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SokoFromNZ 0 Reputation points

2023-11-05T10:44:45.0733333+00:00

Hi Vladimir,

I'm having the exact same issue as you are:

AEHD is installed, Hyper-V is off, but when I start the Emulator via AVD I get the message "Hyper-V" not active, start anyway" and the performance is veerry poor!

Have you figured out a solution yet?

I've found, when starting the Emulator via CMD and not via AVD the AEHD seems to work:

Goto C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\emulator

and run

emulator.exe -avd pixel_5_-_api_33

or

emulator.exe -avd pixel_5_-_api_33 -accel on

Sometimes it opens a crash report when I start it. but by closing the window the emulator starts anyway

Answer 1

Based on the information provided, it seems like you have followed the correct steps to enable hardware acceleration with Android Emulator using AEHD but it is still not working. Here are a few things you can try to troubleshoot the issue:

Verify that your computer meets the minimum requirements for hardware acceleration with AEHD. Your computer should have a 64-bit AMD Ryzen CPU with Second Level Address Translation (SLAT) and AMD-V support, a minimum of 4GB of RAM, and Windows 10 version 1903 or later.
Verify that SVM (Secure Virtual Machine) is enabled in your computer's BIOS. This is required for virtualization support.
Ensure that the Android Emulator is up-to-date by checking for updates in Visual Studio. From Visual Studio, press Tools > Android > Android SDK Manager. See if there are any updates available for Android Emulator.
Verify that hardware acceleration is enabled for the emulator. Open a command prompt and enter the following command:
```
	C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\emulator\emulator-check.exe accel
```
If hardware acceleration is not available, try enabling it by following the instructions provided in the Microsoft document.
If you still cannot get hardware acceleration to work with AEHD, try using another emulator like Genymotion, which provides hardware acceleration without Hyper-V.

In addition to these troubleshooting steps, you can also check the Android emulator troubleshooting guide provided by Microsoft here. It provides additional troubleshooting information and possible solutions to issues related to hardware acceleration.

References:

Vladimir 20 Reputation points

2023-05-30T08:03:57.32+00:00

Also:
I'm getting this error each timewhen entering the Android SDK Manager:
No Android SDK instance matching the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk' path

Answer 2

Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @Vladimir,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

If your Android SDK directory is not located at the default location (C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk), please go to Tools > Options > Xamarin > Android Settings to view and set the Android SDK location.

Then, update your VS2022 to the latest version and run it as administrator.

Sincerely,

Anna

Vladimir 20 Reputation points

2023-05-31T12:54:22.68+00:00

Hi Anna. Thank you for responding. Much appreciated. My progress learning Maui is seriously hampered now. The SDK is exactly in that directory. I checked a million times. And the screenies above show that I did the things according the documentation instructions. screenie below shows the location of my SDK directory. And initially I checked my checkboxes in the Android SDK manager and Android Device manager as per Maui course named ".NET MAUI course with Visual Studio 2022 creating projects" - a course by a MS dev.

I also installed Visual Studio preview version only yesterday and set the Android sdk and packages again for that instance. Still same error (the Visual Studio Community Edition normal release is also still installed).

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