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Enable VT-x On My Macbook Pro (Android Studio)


I am a new flutter dev and my emulator would only work once I enable Vt-x on my Bios settings. Still, I can't find where to enable it. I use a MacBook Pro 10.10.5 Yosemite. enter image description here


Solution

  • There could be several reasons that the emulator is not working. Vt-x should be enabled by default on MacOS AFAIK. I think your problem is, that you don't have HAXM installed.

    In Android Studio go to

    - Preferences
    - Appearance & Behavior
    - System Settings
    - Android SDK
    Go to tab SDK Tools
    -> Check if Intel X86 Emulator Accelerator (HAXM installer) is installed (on the bottom)
    

    By default it is not.

    Additional info about how to install it can be found on: https://github.com/intel/haxm/wiki/Installation-Instructions-on-macOS