I have got an AMD Ryzen CPU and Android emulator doesn't work

Question

I have got an AMD Ryzen CPU and Android emulator doesn\'t work. It doesn\'t start the emulator becouse the CPU doesn\'t support the x86 emulator

Answer 1

Update - My previous answer is no longer true. Google has added AMD and Hyper-V support into their latest beta. Thanks to ReverseCold for letting me know. Please see his answer below.

Update 2 - I had to set this up today. To save some googling, here is the powershell command to enable Hyper-V. Pulled from Microsoft's Docs

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All

Make sure to run powershell as an administrator.

Update 3 - Turns out there's a difference between Windows Hypervisor Platform and Hyper-V. You'll need to enable the first one for Android emulation to work. Just click start and type Turn Windows features on or off until you see the control panel option of the same name. Then enable the feature from the menu that pops up after clicking that.

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According to This answer, AMD virtualization for Android is only supported on Linux. If Ryzen becomes hugely popular, maybe they'll write one for Windows, but I won't be holding my breath.

Answer 2

Here is a list of ways to get around it:

• genymotion personal is free but you need to register
• Visual studio android emulator is also free and is fast. I had issues with it disconnecting on android studio
• Physical device. You will have a hard time trying to see the sqlite database if it isn't rooted.

With the physical device you can download Vysor on play store and install the extension on google chrome. Then you can have the physical device on your monitor.

Answer 3

I know I am a bit late to answer this but after a few hours of research and verification, here is what I have found. As of July 2018, if you run AMD Ryzen CPU/APU, you should be able to run Android emulator. (see link). It does not work on my old AMD Phenom II X6 because the CPU needs to support SSSE3 and SSE4.1 features. I guess it's time for me to upgrade :) The toast message I received was "Emulator: emulator: WARNING: Host CPU is missing the following feature(s) required for x86_64 emulation: SSSE3 SSE4.1"

You can follow the instructions in the link above, although I also had to do these in my Android Studio.

1. In the Tools menu > Android SDK > SDK Tools (tab) > Uncheck the option "Intel x86 Emulator Eccelerator (HAXM installer)".

2. Go to Tools menu > AVD Manager > Ceate a new virtual device (choose an image for the x86-64 platform)

Answer 4

Unfortunately After turning on Windows Hypervisor Platform I can not change the resolution window. It was fixed at non resolution recommended. I do not like at all. Here is my computer's information

Answer 5

Gennymotion should work for amd users. I emailed them and they said yes it should work.

check here to see their specific requirements.

Answer 6

I managed to run the Android emulator on Windows 10 (AMD Ryzen 5 2600) after installing the KB4505903 update.

In my case, only two configuration requirements were needed:

1. Windows 10 May 2019 Update (1903), OS Build 18362.267
2. Enable via Windows Features: "Windows Hypervisor Platform" ("Платформа низкоуровневой оболочки Windows")