Question

I am getting this error when I am trying to launch my first Hello World Android application. I am doing the tutorial based on Sams Teach Yourself Android Application Development in 24 Hours.How can I resolve this?

[2011-08-18 02:33:28 – droidapp] ——————————
[2011-08-18 02:33:28 – droidapp] Android Launch!
[2011-08-18 02:33:28 – droidapp] adb is running normally.
[2011-08-18 02:33:28 – droidapp] Performing com.droid.app.DroidappActivity activity launch
[2011-08-18 02:33:28 – droidapp] Automatic Target Mode: Preferred AVD ‘firstdroid’ is not available. Launching new emulator.
[2011-08-18 02:33:28 – droidapp] Launching a new emulator with Virtual Device ‘firstdroid’

[2011-08-18 02:33:30 – Emulator] invalid command-line parameter:
Files\Android\android-sdk\tools/emulator-arm.exe. [2011-08-18 02:33:30
– Emulator] Hint: use ‘@foo’ to launch a virtual device named ‘foo’.
[2011-08-18 02:33:30 – Emulator] please use -help for more
information

Answer 1

Change the path of the SDK your path to Program Files\Android\android-sdk tools/emulator-arm.exe. Put the SDK directly in the drive, that is, d:\Android\android-sdk-tools\emulator-arm.exe.

Note: also remove spaces from the path by renaming the folder name.