Android emulator system images and AMD processor

According to the Android documentation for the emulator, the x86 image specifically requires an Intel processor. When they say:

…Virtual machine acceleration for Windows requires the installation of the Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager (Intel HAXM). The software requires an Intel CPU with Virtualization Technology (VT) support…

They are referring not just to supporting “Virtualization”, but to a specific set of processor extensions only available on recent Intel processors.

Use the ARM system image. It will get the job done, it just won’t feel like you are running a native Android system.

Leave a Comment