Working with Android

Common tasks and issues when working with Android

Can't connect to activity manager

Sometime when trying to launch the Android app in the Android emulator, we receive an error "Error 2 - Can't connect to activity manager; is the system running"

There the steps to fix this

This error occurs when your Android emulator is in a bad state. To correct this issue, goto the AVD Manager and wipe the data:

  1. Start AVD Manager from Android Studio
  1. Press wipe button