Emulator From Android Studio Starts "thinking" Every Few Seconds And Doesn't Let Me Debug

Whenever I'm debugging an app using an emulator from Android Studio (clicking Debug 'app') the system shows the mouse arrow with a spinning wheel. It is very difficult to write any

Solution 1:

Solved thanks to the 6th response to Android Studio is slow (how to speed up)?

An anti-virus is causing the slow-down

To solve this, you will have to add the correct directories to the "excluded folders" of your anti-virus. Assume that your Windows username is "Username" and you have installed Android Studio on C: drive. You would then request to exclude from the virus check the following directories:

C:\Users\Username\.androidC:\Users\Username\.AndroidStudio2.2C:\Users\Username\.gradleC:\Users\Username\.m2C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk

Extended details at https://stackoverflow.com/a/41951063/2729605