How to fix “Emulator command not recognized”

Hi,

To fix the “Emulator command not recognized” error in Windows command line, follow these steps:

1. Add Android SDK’s emulator location to your system PATH:

setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\emulator"

2. Also add platform-tools to PATH:

setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\platform-tools"

3. Close and reopen your command prompt, then verify the installation:

emulator -list-avds

If you still can’t run the emulator, you can use the full path:

C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk\emulator\emulator -avd [device_name]

Alternative solution: Use Android Studio to launch emulators:

1. Open Android Studio
2. Click on “Tools” → “Device Manager”
3. Click the play button next to your virtual device
   Make sure you have:

• Android SDK installed
• At least one Android Virtual Device (AVD) created
• Android Studio or the command line tools installed properly

That’s it.