Recreating the AVD worked like a charm - thanks to everybody for their help!
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:44 PM, Timothy Collins <[email protected]>wrote: > AHA! Thanks a lot - I will try it out as soon as I get home to my > computer... > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Nmix <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Two quick ways to launch the AVD Manager from Eclipse: >> >> 1. Click on the AVD Manager icon on the icon bar (it looks sorta like >> a BlackBerry); or, >> 2. Select Run -> Run Configuration... and click on the AVD Manager... >> button. >> >> From there it should clear how to delete and create AVD's. >> >> On Sep 16, 11:26 am, Timothy Collins <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Stupid question (And this really exposes how new I am to Android >> development >> > so treat me like an imbecile) : How do you delete the AVD and recreate >> it >> > from Eclipse? (I am somewhat new to Eclipse as well - I have used Aptana >> for >> > years - which is a derivative of it - but this is the first time I have >> > consistently used Eclipse itself for anything) >> > >> > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Nmix <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > This has happened to me a few times. When it does, the AVD seems to be >> > > permanently broken, or at least I have yet to figure out how to fix >> > > it. If you monitor logcat, it always freezes at the following point >> > > (assuming it's the same problem you're seeing): >> > >> > > ... >> > > 07-15 02:13:41.373: INFO/SystemServer(573): Starting System Content >> > > Providers. >> > > 07-15 02:13:41.384: INFO/ActivityThread(573): Publishing provider >> > > settings: com.android.providers.settings.SettingsProvider >> > > 07-15 02:13:41.454: INFO/ActivityThread(573): Publishing provider >> > > sync: android.content.SyncProvider >> > > 07-15 02:13:41.464: INFO/SystemServer(573): Starting Battery Service. >> > > 07-15 02:13:41.483: ERROR/BatteryService(573): Could not open '/sys/ >> > > class/power_supply/usb/online' >> > > 07-15 02:13:41.504: ERROR/BatteryService(573): Could not open '/sys/ >> > > class/power_supply/battery/batt_vol' >> > > 07-15 02:13:41.514: ERROR/BatteryService(573): Could not open '/sys/ >> > > class/power_supply/battery/batt_temp' >> > > 07-15 02:13:41.544: INFO/SystemServer(573): Starting Hardware Service. >> > > 07-15 02:13:41.554: DEBUG/qemud(546): fdhandler_accept_event: >> > > accepting on fd 10 >> > > 07-15 02:13:41.554: DEBUG/qemud(546): created client 0x10fd8 listening >> > > on fd 11 >> > > 07-15 02:13:41.564: DEBUG/qemud(546): client_fd_receive: attempting >> > > registration for service 'hw-control' >> > > 07-15 02:13:41.564: DEBUG/qemud(546): client_fd_receive: -> >> > > received channel id 2 >> > >> > > The only solution I've found is to delete the AVD (I used Eclipse to >> > > do it), restart Eclipse, create a new AVD, and then run an app that >> > > launches the emulator with the new AVD. This is inconvenient if you >> > > have lots of app data in the emulator, but it does work. >> > >> > > Hopefully this problem is gone in the 1.6 SDK. >> > >> > > On Sep 16, 10:16 am, Timothy Collins <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > Hmmm - I will try that. My machine isn't exactly the most powerful >> piece >> > > of >> > > > equipment ever created... But all I am running is Eclipse and the >> > > emulator >> > > > (And, of course, the JDK that underlies Eclipse). And it was working >> > > quite >> > > > nicely before this... >> > >> > > > I suspect it might be a corrupted data file, but it seems odd to me >> that >> > > it >> > > > would cause the emulator to hang up like it does - it seems it ought >> to >> > > be >> > > > one of those "It works or it doesn't" rather than "It works but not >> > > > completely" things... >> > >> > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 10:12 AM, JoaJP <[email protected] >> > >> > > wrote: >> > >> > > > > In my experience (all the way from m3), the emulator isn't quite >> as >> > > > > stable as one would expect... although it's improved considerably. >> > > > > Before you go out and buy new equipment, try to delete the >> emulator's >> > > > > data image. If the emulator doesn't find it, it creates a fresh >> one, >> > > > > so all you really lose is database and preferences data. Since 1.5 >> > > > > it's two files, userdata-qemu.img and cache.img >> > > > > They are tucked away somewhere in your home directory, see if you >> can >> > > > > find .android/avd/<avd name>.avd (that's the XP directory >> > > > > layout) >> > >> > > > > On Sep 16, 6:43 am, Timothy Collins <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > > > > I'll take that under consideration... That might be a very good >> > > point. >> > >> > > > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Mark Murphy < >> > > [email protected] >> > > > > >wrote: >> > >> > > > > > > furby wrote: >> > > > > > > > I actually am starting it using Eclipse... Really, just >> running >> > > the >> > > > > > > > project. (I have to admit, I am rather new at Android >> > > development). >> > >> > > > > > > > I created an AVD earlier (While I was attempting to use >> Netbeans >> > > to >> > > > > > > > develop Android apps - it didn't work out very well)... I am >> just >> > > > > > > > wondering - how can it work one day and then the next day >> > > suddenly >> > > > > > > > stop? >> > >> > > > > > > Depending on the speed of your PC and other things that are >> going >> > > on at >> > > > > > > the time, the Android emulator may get "hung up" at the >> graphical >> > > > > > > Android logo. I am not aware of a workaround other than to >> improve >> > > > > > > system performance, either through hardware (e.g., more RAM) >> or >> > > > > software >> > > > > > > (e.g., less stuff running). >> > >> > > > > > > -- >> > > > > > > Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) >> > > > > > >http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy >> > >> > > > > > > Android Training in Germany, 18-22 January 2010: >> > > > >http://bignerdranch.com >> >> >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. 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