Android AVD not showing anything. only “ANDROID” in the middle of the screen

Question

I am an Android Newbie! please help.

I have been following googles introduction tutorial and managed to install everything with no problems. but whenever i try to ru

Answer 1

How long did you wait for it? On my (admittedly older and slower) home computer, it can take some time for the AVD to initialize the first time. I've just tried it and it takes about 90 seconds for the "ANDROID" in the center of the screen to be replaced with the home screen, then about another 30 seconds for the application to run.