avd - Android emulator shows nothing but blank screen

Question

I am a complete nOOb to Android programming and trying my hands at it for the first time by going through the tutorials. The problem is that I have created multiple emulators using android 4.4.2 API and none of them show anything but blank screen..I tried an AVD with Google API 19..thats not working either..Can anyone please guide me figuring out what's wrong with it..Thanks in advance

Answer 1

I had the same problem, running on a Mac Book Pro bought in 2011.

I solved it by selecting "Use Host GPU" as the emulation option at the bottom of the "Create..." screen.