Android emulator failed to allocate memory 8

Update: Starting with Android SDK Manager version 21, the solution is to edit C:\Users\<user>\.android\avd\<avd-profile-name>.avd\config.ini and change the value

hw.ramSize=1024 

to

hw.ramSize=1024MB

The emulator is really slow, hope they will release the intel images soon use the new API17 Intel x86 images if you want to change it .. (HAXM, Configuration)

Earlier Android SDK Manager releases:

Had the same problem with the built-in WXGA800 skin. I got it working by editing the virtual device setup to:

• Target 4.0.3 API 15 / 4.1.0 API 16
• SD-card 300MiB
• Resolution 1280 x 800 (set manually -not the built-in ones)
• Device ram size 1024MB (with MB added to the number)
• Abstracted LCD 160

Here my tablet config for 4.1.0 API 16 C:\Users\<user>\.android\avd\<avd-profile-name>.avd\config.ini

hw.lcd.density=160
sdcard.size=300M
skin.path=1280x800
skin.name=1280x800
hw.cpu.arch=arm
abi.type=armeabi-v7a
hw.cpu.model=cortex-a8
vm.heapSize=48
hw.ramSize=1024MB
image.sysdir.1=system-images\android-16\armeabi-v7a\

This config shows the software keys too

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

In my case, the solution was to change not only config.ini but also hardware.ini for the specific skin from hw.ramSize=1024 to hw.ramSize=1024MB.

To find the hardware.ini file:

1. Open the config.ini and locate skin.path.
2. Then navigate to the folder where the android sdk is located.
3. Open the path, like this: android-sdk\platforms\android-15\skins\WXGA720.
4. Inside this folder you will locate the hardware.ini.
5. Change hw.ramSize=1024 to hw.ramSize=1024MB.

Update: Starting with Android SDK Manager version 21, the solution is to edit C:\Users\.android\avd\.avd\config.ini and change the value

hw.ramSize=1024 to

hw.ramSize=1024MB

OR

hw.ramSize=512MB