Android studio emulator keep starting up and nothing happen

Question

I try to learn flutter using android studio version hedghog(2023) but I can't run emulator and I don't know why because there is no error. after clicking on start for emulator it keep stuck on starting up. I try every solution that I found on the internet:

1. re-installing android studio
2. re-installing sdk
3. try new sdk
4. re-installing emulator
5. make new virtual devices

none of those help me

Answer 1

Every time this happens to me I fix it by going to the three dotted menu, then "Show on Disk".

Then, once in that folder, I delete all files which name ends in .lock.

It works for me always.

(note: you might need to show hidden files in the explorer)

Answer 2

In my experience this usually happens if your emulator is set to Quick boot. I think there's a bug with this feature. For now, delete the device, create new emulator and in emulator options set the Boot option to Cold boot.

If you face this issue again, the best thing to do is kill the process. Check this answer for how to do that:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/60665011/1886484