How to start an android emulator in ubuntu 16.04?
For Ubuntu 16.04 you need to download few things first.
After installing Android Studio.
Goto Tools > Android > AVD Manager > Create new virtual device
follow standard installation for new virtual device.
After Creating virtual device
Goto Tools > Android > SDK Manager > SDK Tools and check Android emulator
Give it a try,if it still doesn't work you need add few libraries.
Goto terminal and execute below commands
sudo apt-get install lib64stdc++6:i386
sudo apt-get install mesa-utils
cd YOURPATH/Android/Sdk/emulator/lib64
mv libstdc++/ libstdc++.bak
ln -s /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6 libstdc++
This should start your emulator.
Run
~/android-sdk-linux/tools/android avd
to start in AVD manager mode.
Copy the name of the device that you want to run and then:
cd ~/Android/Sdk/tools && ./emulator -avd NAME_OF_YOUR_DEVICE
In my case:
cd ~/Android/Sdk/tools && ./emulator -avd Nexus_5X_API_23