Why AVD Manager options are not showing in Android Studio

Question

Why i'm unable to see Android Virtual Device (AVD)

I'm facing problem to create AVD in android studio, the problem is i'm unable to see any of this option Tools —> Android —> AVD Manager

below screen shot where i'm not finding Tools —> Android —> AVD Manager

in the above screen shot you cannot find Android --> AVD Manager,Why it is not showing.

Below is my installed packages:

1. SDK Manager

2. SDK Tools

i'm following this link:http://www.dev2qa.com/how-to-create-android-virtual-device-avd-in-android-studio/

Does it now appear as "Device Manager"? – RW77 Feb 06 '22 at 03:36 — RW77, Feb 06 '22 at 03:36

score 193 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 09 '17 at 11:03

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I had installed Android studio and was not able to access the AVD Manager directly. I had to follow the steps as mentioned below:

Created a blank project using Android Studio
Once the Project is ready to use I tried open action using the shortcut ctrl+shift+a option and searched for AVD Manager AVD Manager
On double clicking the AVD Manager I got a few errors in console about the missing libararies along with the link to install the neccessary dependencies. On clicking the links which was displayed with the error message few packages which were needed were installed. Once all the required packages were installed the AVD Manager icon becomes active.

edited Dec 09 '17 at 11:03

Dmitriy

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answered Dec 09 '17 at 10:44

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this didn't help me. AVD Manager runs fine. AS 3.1.4 can't see it, connect to it, get devices from it. Nothing. – johnrubythecat Aug 29 '18 at 20:03
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After a fresh install it was missing. After 10 minutes of furious googling, the Tool menu suddenly tripled in size. I think it was loading all the tools in the background, slowly, with no indication of this happening. – Roman Starkov Jul 02 '20 at 00:13
I can confirm @RomanStarkov's experience. It took about 11 minutes of doing nothing from the time that the IDE was freshly installed and up and running and seemingly ready to start running something with the emulator until the time that Tools > AVD Manager settings magically appeared. Bad out-of-box experience. It would be great if it said in the tools menu that "something components are still downloading..." or something. – Wyck Sep 22 '20 at 01:15

score 65 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 08 '17 at 07:30

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interesting, looks like all icon shifted to the right of toolbar. please try open actions using shortcut Ctrl + Shift + A and than type AVD Manager, is avd manager options appear like this:

answered Nov 08 '17 at 07:30

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ya i'm able to find `AVD Manager` but the it is not opening why ? any idea, similar to your shown image – Nov 08 '17 at 08:58
@EaB make sure to check/enable tools button from menu View->Tools Button – hakim Nov 21 '17 at 06:14
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i got the `solution` by creating new blank `android` `project` - thanks for your help – Nov 21 '17 at 06:21
had to install SDK files – Dani Feb 02 '18 at 21:26
How's this can be helpful? – William Dec 02 '21 at 06:19

score 19 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 10 '18 at 17:39

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The only thing that worked for me (with an existing project on a fresh install of macOS) was:

"File" > "Sync Project with Gradle Files"

This was odd to me since building the project succeeded with no errors or log messages, but I couldn’t run the project and there was nothing Android in the Tools menu.

I had already tried creating a new Android project and running that. It didn't help with my existing project.

answered Oct 10 '18 at 17:39

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This is the correct answer (and should become the accepted answer). It is possible to open Avd manager in different ways (using ctrl + shift + a), but if you want it to appear under Tools, you have to have to do a gradle sync. – JackDev May 24 '19 at 10:36
This is the exact reason and solution! thanks a lot – Shankar Gurav Aug 24 '20 at 06:38
This worked for me (I also had to comment out the line in my gradle file that locked the gradle version) – calarin Jan 05 '21 at 19:41

score 15 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 24 '18 at 02:36

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Here is a screenshot of me fixing this. I've encountered it many times, and it's always due to this config-related jazz:

Click Event Log (bottom right)
Click Configure of the Android Framework detected notification
Done

If you do this and your icon still isn't lit up, then you probably need to set up the emulator still. I would recommend investigating the SDK Manager if so.

answered Apr 24 '18 at 02:36

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this didn't help at all. – johnrubythecat Aug 29 '18 at 20:04
You could accomplish similar by cloning the repo into a different folder and opening it in Android Studio. That should give you that `Configure` dialog. Maybe there is a different way to encounter this problem, but for me it's always been accidently or naively ignoring that "configure project" option. – agm1984 Aug 29 '18 at 21:22
Maybe you dont have a required SDK installed. Try the `Tools` menu and research from that heuristics assumption. – agm1984 Aug 29 '18 at 21:23
Pretty bizarre.The Tools... AVD Manager menu option was missing from my Android Studio; no idea why. Anyway, simply following this made it reappear! Nice :-) – user3012629 Oct 21 '20 at 08:54

score 8 · Answer 5 · answered Mar 02 '20 at 16:14

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On linux I have same problem - its not listed in tools.

However there is a small icon:

Higlighted in yellow above in the top right corner of studio. It looks like a small phone with the android logo.

answered Mar 02 '20 at 16:14

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score 7 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 24 '18 at 09:01

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I feel so damn silly. In my case, it turns out my Android Studio had two projects, one was for my React Native app root and the other for /android. If I closed the project and opened the /android project, I could access AVD Manager again.

answered Feb 24 '18 at 09:01

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score 5 · Answer 7 · edited Apr 04 '21 at 14:02

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Fixed by enabling Groovy plugin. Enabling it also enables the "SDK manager" option.

Ctr + Shift + A
Type "Plugins"
Search for "Groovy"
Enable it and restart Android Studio.

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answered May 16 '18 at 13:21

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score 5 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 30 '20 at 10:00

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I found it from the icon. Please see the device icon.

answered Jun 30 '20 at 10:00

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I think they removed it from the Tools Menu. Why??? – Csaba Toth Sep 27 '20 at 23:10

score 3 · Answer 9 · answered Aug 17 '22 at 08:00

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For all of you having the new version of Android Studio, AVD Manager is now called Device Manager.

To create a new emulated device, go on Tools -> Device Manager -> Create device.

answered Aug 17 '22 at 08:00

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OMG, this is the very simple answer that needs more votes. terminology is everything. no where else is this advised that the AVD Manager is now the Device Manager. – TheArchitecta Aug 27 '23 at 22:55

score 2 · Answer 10 · answered Feb 17 '18 at 07:20

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Should be something to do with your Platform Settings. Try the below steps

Go to Project Structure -> Platform Settings -> SDKs
Select available SDK's as shown in screenshots
Re-start the Android Studio
Android will detect the framework in the right corner. Click on it
Then click ok as shown in second screenshot

SDK's Setup Frameworks

answered Feb 17 '18 at 07:20

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It worked for me, but instead of restarting Android Studio I did "Apply" followed by "OK" combination. – Malakai Sep 06 '20 at 13:06

score 2 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 02 '19 at 15:39

Follow these steps:

There could be a better way but this worked for me:

1) Open android studio, go to preferences by clicking on the top left 'Android Studio'

2) Search for 'avd' in the search bar. You'll see 'AVD Manager' in search results. It will be under 'Tools' folder.

3) Click on it and it will ask you to set up a short cut. Set it up. Say for example use 'V' as a shortcut.

4) Now open android studio and create a new project. After the project is created, press your shortcut that you had set. Like 'V' in our case. It will open the 'Virtual Devices Screen'

score 1 · Answer 12 · answered Sep 07 '19 at 16:20

I had the same issue on my React Native Project. Was not just that ADV Manager didn't show up on the menu but other tools where missing as well.

Everything was back to normal when I opened the project using Import project option instead of Open an Existing Android Studio project.

score 1 · Answer 13 · answered May 29 '20 at 07:48

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After updating Android Studio to the latest version I finally found the AVD Manager:

(Update Android Studio)
Create a new project
Click on the device config dropdown:

answered May 29 '20 at 07:48

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score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Mar 24 '21 at 20:02

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The easiest way for me was pressing ctrl+shift+a search for AVD double click > install device. close and relaunch Android Studio

answered Mar 24 '21 at 20:02

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score 0 · Answer 15 · answered Jun 01 '18 at 15:09

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It happens when there is no runnable module for Android App in your project. Creating new project definitely solves this.

You can check this using Run > Edit Configurations > Adding Android App. If there is not runnable Android App module then you can't see "AVD Manager" in the menu.

answered Jun 01 '18 at 15:09

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ths didn't help at all. – johnrubythecat Aug 29 '18 at 20:04

score 0 · Answer 16 · answered Oct 07 '20 at 16:42

Usually this implies some Android setup issue with the project. Go to the "Resource Manager" tab where you will be able to click on "Add Android Module" and click on import gradle files. If the import fails, you will get error messages that you can work with

score 0 · Answer 17 · answered Oct 26 '20 at 22:53

I ran into this same problem on a Pixelbook. It ended up that I needed to enable: Settings > Develop Android Apps > Enable ADB Debugging in the Chromebook settings to get it working.

Based on that, it seems possible that if AVD isn't working on other computers it might be an issue with ADB.

score 0 · Answer 18 · answered May 05 '22 at 14:59

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I guess AVD has been renamed to "Virtual Device Manager".

If you don't see it in the pop up menu do this:

Hit CTRL+SHIFT+A
Type in "Virtual Device Manager"

Documentation: Create an AVD

answered May 05 '22 at 14:59

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score 0 · Answer 19 · answered Sep 15 '22 at 18:19

I couldn't find avd manager too.. I was using Ubuntu 20.04. Had Chipmunk version of Android Studio.

The thing that worked for me is

In Settings > Appearance & Behaviour > System Settings > Android SDK

There in the SDK tools tab (2nd tab in the main window) I enabled Android SDK Command-line Tools (latest)

That brought avdmanager in Android/Sdk/cmdline-tools/latest/bin

score -1 · Answer 20 · answered Nov 08 '17 at 09:51

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It Seems your AVD Manager is missing from root SDK directory please follow the Steps

Go to sdk\tools\lib\ and copy AVDManager.exe
Paste it to root of your sdk Directory. Now you have sdk\AVD Manager.exe

Now try to run it.

answered Nov 08 '17 at 09:51

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