Android Avd Emulator In Eclipse Shows Black Screen And "android"

Just finished coding an application, and now I want to test it. When I launch the AVD emulator from eclipse, it comes up with a black screen that says 'android' in blue. I setup my

Solution 1:

It is actually waiting for the OS to be loaded on the emulator. This usually takes a few minutes depending upon the configuration of the system you are using.

Just wait for a few minutes and you would be able to see the usual Android OS loaded on the emulator.

The usual console output when you launch an app on a new emulator is something like:

[2013-06-17 16:06:52-FirstRun] New emulator found:emulator-5554
[2013-06-17 16:06:52-FirstRun] WaitingforHOME('android.process.acore')tobelaunched...
[2013-06-17 16:08:00-FirstRun] HOMEisupondevice'emulator-5554'
[2013-06-17 16:08:00-FirstRun] UploadingFirstRun.apkontodevice'emulator-5554'
[2013-06-17 16:08:01-FirstRun] InstallingFirstRun.apk...
[2013-06-17 16:08:30-FirstRun] Success!
[2013-06-17 16:08:30-FirstRun] Startingactivitydev.swm.firstrun.MainActivityondeviceemulator-5554
[2013-06-17 16:08:32-FirstRun] ActivityManager: Starting:Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAINcat=[android.intent.category.LAUNCHER] cmp=dev.swm.firstrun/.MainActivity }