Android Emulator: Failed to allocate memory: 8 even with 8MB RAM

Question

I\'m trying to start an emulator, but I keep getting the error Failed to allocate memory: 8.

There are some solutions to this problem, setting the RAM

Answer 1

Solved problem with:

Open config.ini (location: C:\USERS\ YOURUSERNAME\.android\avd ) and set i.e.

hw.ramSize=512

to

hw.ramSize=512mb