Failed to open the HAX device! HAX is not working and emulator runs in emulation mode emulator

Question

My Android emulator is running properly but it is showing this error every time I start the emulator.

Starting emulator for AVD AVD_for_Nexus_4 emul

Answer 1

I think you are trying to run an emulator based on x86. I got the same error when I just download the HAXM under Extras category of Android SDK Manager. Actually, you need install it. Go to the directory of extras and run the installation of HAXM. Hope this will solve your problem.

Answer 2

I had the same problem recently.

First you need to install HAXM in the Android SDK Manager (from the error message I think you already did that). This will enable the emulator to use the HAXM framework, and for this it needs to open the HAX device. On your system this cannot be found, hence the error message.

To make this device available, you need to install the HAXM driver from Intel. You can find it here: http://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/intel-hardware-accelerated-execution-manager (You also need to enable virtualization in your computer BIOS).

Hope this helps.