eclipse - An Android Virtual Device that failed to load

Question

Note: this question is very similar to another question posed much earlier by another person, but does not solve my problem. (not the same question here)

Situation: I just installed Eclipse/ADK/Android SDK, etc. and made sure to download/install Android 2.2, 4.2.2, & 4.4.2 from the SDK Manager.

I am now trying to create an Android Virtual Device akin to the Google Nexus 5, which uses 4.4.2. Using 512 MB of RAM

Problem arises when I finish "creating" it, the AVD fails to load. I can dismiss this error, but I actually can't run anything on that AVD - it's just a black screen... not even the simple Hello World!

When I try to launch an application, I get the following error:

Android Launch! adb is running normally. 

Performing com.XXX.myapp001.StartingPoint activity launch

Automatic Target Mode: Preferred AVD 'AVD_for_Nexus_5_by_Google' is available on emulator 'emulator-5554' 

Uploading TheNewBoston.apk onto device 'emulator-5554' Installing TheNewBoston.apk... 

Installation error: Unknown failure 

Please check logcat output for more details. 

Launch canceled! 

Thank you.

Answer 1

There is a black screen with nothing loading is because you didn't specify the skin when loading the virtual device. Try selecting "WVGA800"