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Install HAXM software for the emulator

Install HAXM software for the emulator - Android Tutorial

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Install HAXM software for the emulator

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- [Instructor] The Android emulator, where you'll run virtual devices, depends on a software package from Intel known as the Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager, typically referred to by its acronym, HAXM, H-A-X-M. HAXM is installed on your computer automatically when you first install Android Studio, but there are times when you'll need to reinstall or upgrade it yourself, and there's a couple of ways to do that. One approach is to download HAXM through the SDK manager. I'm on the SDK Tools tab that I showed in a previous video, and I'm showing that I've installed the HAXM installer, version 7.3.2. You might have a more recent version on your computer. Now, that only indicates that I've downloaded the installer, not that the software is actually installed, and so in order to use the installer, you need to go to your SKD directory. You can find the SDK directory up here, so I'll copy this to the clipboard and I'll get out of this dialog, and minimize Android studio, and then in…

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