Android emulator gives error “Resetting for cold boot: emulation engine failed” and exits

Question

After updating AS now emulator quits every time I start it. Below is the screenshot I managed to capture before it disappeared.

In the logs the following are printe

Answer 1

I found a blog post which allowed me to fix the problem. Follow these steps:

1. In Tools > SDK Manager, make sure HAXM is installed and up-to-date. You can also manually install it from Github and restart Android Studio.

2. Open environment variables and add a new variable ANDROID_SDK_HOME, set the value to C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk

3. Go to C:\Users\\.android and copy the avd folder to C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk

4. Now open Android Studio and try again.