Timed out waiting for process to appear on device

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I am having the following problem when running or debugging apps on a device or emulator with Android Studio. The application is installed but it is not started on the device (or emulator). In the Run window I can see the following:

Launching app on device. Waiting for process to come online...

and after some time I see the following: Timed out waiting for process to appear on 'device'...

I have attached a screenshot that shows the problem.

The problem started recently. I am using the latest version of Android studio (3.5.1) and a Google Pixel device running Android 10 but the problem happens on emulators and other devices running previous versions of Android. The problem also happens on two different computers, with different Android applications and devices - the common factor is Android studio. Finally, the problem seems to have started after I updated Android Studio to 3.5.

Does anyone know how to fix this problem? I have tried many things (clear cache, rebuild, invalidate and restart, etc) without success.

Any ideas?

In my case I got the same result when launching instrumentation tests on either emulator and real device. The rest of colleagues are able to run them, so it has nothing to do with the project but probably with Android Studio. Running tests via terminal do work. Did you do progress on this topic, besides reverting to a previous version of AS? — Alex Barceló, Nov 13 '19 at 09:30
I've had the issue of it taking 6 minutes to install...(after getting the timed out message). What I have done in the past is File->Invalidate caches/restart. — CodingFrog, Oct 29 '20 at 11:08

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 08 '20 at 21:18

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You mentioned that restarting Android Studio didn't work for you...but it worked for me...

File > Invalidate Caches / Restart... > Just Restart

Android Studio 3.6.2
Build #AI-192.7142.36.36.6308749, built on March 18, 2020

answered Apr 08 '20 at 21:18

Eric

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It looks like this is fixed in the latest Android Studio update, 3.6.2, among a few other bugs – a.p. Apr 10 '20 at 06:20

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 15 '19 at 19:53

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There is a bug in the recent Android Studio release. You can revert to previous version or test it from command line.

answered Oct 15 '19 at 19:53

Xi 张熹

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Still no luck in Android Studio 3.5.2, which version do you use? – Jian Guo Dec 05 '19 at 13:28
i use Android Studio 3.6 RC 1, and have same issue when do benchmarking with > 100 data. – raditya gumay Dec 31 '19 at 03:37

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 26 '20 at 23:48

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For me the problem was that I accidentally removed the Launch of the Default Activity in the "Run > Edit Configurations..." option.

Just insert the "Default Activity" under "Launch Options" and your application will run again on your device.

answered Apr 26 '20 at 23:48

jschaefer

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Wow me too! And I was trying so many things to resolve this lol Thank you!!! – cheesydoritosandkale Mar 05 '21 at 15:57
And the funny thing was I had set it to Nothing as a fix for another issue I was running into. haha Classic Developer Problems :-D – cheesydoritosandkale Mar 05 '21 at 15:57

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 05 '21 at 13:48

For me, it took marking the build as "debuggable" in the application build.gradle file.

For example:

android {

    //...

    buildTypes {

        // ...

        releaseStaging {
            debuggable true // <- add this line
            signingConfig signingConfigs.release
            applicationIdSuffix ".releaseStaging"
            versionNameSuffix "-STAGING"
            matchingFallbacks = ['release']
        }
    }
}

Remember to remove this before building release APKs though!!!

score 3 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 10 '21 at 08:20

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Even if I faced the timed out issue in one plus and followed steps that fixed for me.

Go to the respective app
Hold for 3 sec > App info> permissions> allow for storage>.
Next, go to adv settings> battery opt > check "Don't optimize.">
Come back and scroll down > display over other apps> enable....

Hope this helps.

edited Apr 10 '21 at 08:20

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answered Apr 08 '21 at 11:37

Dark Shadow

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This is great! Thanks! – Sairaj Sawant Aug 23 '21 at 17:28
This didn't work for me. Trying to launch an app for the first time from AS so this option doesn't exist for me as the app can't install. – Karringgton Dec 11 '21 at 00:00

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 30 '20 at 15:12

I managed to fix the problem by uninstalling Android studio, deleting all relevant files in the user folder (including gradle cached files) and installing the latest version of Android studio. The problem seems to have been fixed after several months. Note that I am now using Android Studio 4.1.

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered May 06 '20 at 14:49

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Hey I had this same problem recently, I tried re-starting adb server but no luck, however when I uninstalled the APK present on my device. Then everything was back to normal.

When I tried to run it on a emulator which didn't have application already, it worked perfectly fine.

Hope this helps :) Thank You.

answered May 06 '20 at 14:49

Shivam Sompura

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I guess this started happening after I'd updated android studio recently! – Shivam Sompura May 06 '20 at 14:51

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Jun 02 '20 at 02:51

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I tried most of the answers from here and on YouTube. What worked for me is updating my Android studio to the latest version; 4.0.

answered Jun 02 '20 at 02:51

Samuel Blebo

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered May 13 '21 at 06:55

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Everything was working fine for me, when I started getting the error described in this question. So I created and started using a different virtual device for the emulator, and it didn't have the problem.

answered May 13 '21 at 06:55

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Dec 17 '21 at 06:27

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I was using debugging over Bluetooth.

Giving Location permission to the WearOS app on my phone solved the problem for me.

(Bluetooth scan access is restricted in the modern android versions unless fine Location permission is granted)

answered Dec 17 '21 at 06:27

hououin

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Mar 18 '22 at 14:54

In case it can help someone... try one of the following:

Make sure device is not connected the same time via data cable and wifi

2.If you are connecting through wifi, try to connect via data cable.

3.Check maybe your device has some component or anything maybe like fingerprint interfering with the connection.

score -1 · Answer 12 · answered Jul 03 '21 at 09:24

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When these errors occur:

Message in Run
No communication with Run (stacktraces, System.out ...)
No restart button

Install the newest Android Studio version
Try on different virtual devices, some of them are glitched

answered Jul 03 '21 at 09:24

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