Android AVD not showing anything. only "ANDROID" in the middle of the screen.

Question

I am an Android Newbie! please help.

I have been following googles introduction tutorial and managed to install everything with no problems. but whenever i try to run the HelloAndroid example the avd launches but doesnt show anything.

cone somebody help please?

Answer 1

How long did you wait for it? On my (admittedly older and slower) home computer, it can take some time for the AVD to initialize the first time. I've just tried it and it takes about 90 seconds for the "ANDROID" in the center of the screen to be replaced with the home screen, then about another 30 seconds for the application to run.

Answer 2

After you create an AVD it really does take a long time to initialize. On my less than year old Core2Duo 2.8 GHz running Win64 and 4Gb of RAM, initializing a 2.2 version took at least 5 to 10 minutes (if not longer). Once it starts initializing you can watch the logcat in the DDMS panel of eclipse and watch it unpack and install all of the apps in the emulator.

Answer 3

You can always run 'adb shell' or 'adb logcat' from another window to see what is happening...

Answer 4

Occasionally i've found that it just hangs up on the loading screen, and if you restart it, it comes right. Also, from memory it can take awful long to load first time.