Question

Hi so I am working through this book called Beginning Android Games because and I am having some problems with the Android 1.5 Android Virtual Device.

First the SDK for Eclipse (the program I am using) didnt have the 1.5 SDK for Android so I had it installed when you first try to run a AVD it asks has a checklist of SDK’s that will be fetched and installed for you if you check the box. I did this, had the 1.5 SDK installed however when i try to run a AVD emulator using the 1.5 sdk i get a

(Failed to allocate memory: 8 This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way. please contact the application’s support team for more information.)

type of error. But when I used the default 4.2 SDK for an AVD emulator the emulator showed up. I dont get what im doing wrong here.

Also in eclipse i have the Android ADT and SDK installed. In eclipse when i click on window then Android virtual device manager and I try to start a new emulator the 1.5 sdk i installed doesnt show. But when I click on window->sdk manager->tools->manage avds then my 1.5 sdk shows up and I can use it.

Answer 1

The problem was in the amount of ram for the virtual machine.

This following solution worked for me. In the following configuration file:

C:\Users\<user>\.android\avd\<avd-profile-name>.avd\config.ini

Replace

hw.ramSize=1024

by

hw.ramSize=1024MB