Learning Android Development

M1 Android Emulator Not Detected Workaround

M1 Android Google API & Play System Images version 3 is broken!

Picture from Pixabay from kalhh

I previously wrote about how to set up Android Emulator for M1 MacBookPro as per the article below.

My Journey to Setup Android Emulator for M1 MacBook Pro

Unfortunately of late, there’s some issue faced. After compiling the project, and the Emulator started, Android Studio keep staying in the status

Waiting for all target device to come online

Apparently, the issue is adb cannot detect the Emulator is running (even though it is running already). When we use adb devices, it will report

List of devices attached
emulator-5554   offline

It only happens on Version 3 onward

It was okay previously. Just after updated to the latest System Image v3, then this happens. You can see as below.