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I want to run the Android emulator, and I want it to run as fast as possible.

I've installed the Android SDK. I've also installed HAXM (the Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager). How can I tell whether or not HAXM is working?

Note: I haven't installed Android Studio — I've merely installed Google's "SDK Tools Only" package. If you have Android Studio installed, please see this link instead.

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  • possible duplicate of [How to find out if Android Studio actually uses Intel HAXM accelerator?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25252302/how-to-find-out-if-android-studio-actually-uses-intel-haxm-accelerator) – Cristiana Chavez Jul 28 '15 at 07:01
  • @Cristiana214: This is not a duplicate. I don't have Android Studio installed — I've merely installed Google's "SDK Tools Only" package. And so I don't _have_ a run console window. As for `sc query intelhaxm`, I don't trust the output. I prefer to rely on output which comes directly from the emulator itself. – jasonspiro Aug 04 '15 at 16:57

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You must have already have downloaded and installed three things:

  1. the Android SDK
  2. an Android system image
  3. HAXM

You must also have used the Android AVD Manager to create a new AVD.

Open up a command prompt and start the Android emulator. In my case, I can use:

C:\Users\jason\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\tools\emulator.exe -avd j

(On your PC, the command line will be different.)

Now the emulator will start. If HAXM is working, you will see something like:

HAX is working and emulator runs in fast virt mode

If HAXM is not working, you will instead see something like:

HAX is not working and emulator runs in emulation mode
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