Android emulator not able to access the internet

I know that similar questions have been asked before, but my problem is new only after installing Android Studio 2.3, the latest version in March 2017. I have several years experience developing Android applications, and I have never encountered this problem before. After upgrading to version 2.3 of Android Studio, my emulator is no longer able to access the internet. I even uninstalled/reinstalled Android Studio 2.3 from scratch and created a new emulator, and I am still getting the same error. This is not an app problem. I can't even access the internet from Chrome, and I wasn't having this problem last week. The message that I get says that the server DNS address could not be found -- DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG. The only thing that has changed on my computer in the last week is the new version of Android plus possibly updates to Windows 10. And yes, my computer has access to the internet. Below is an image of my emulator when I try to use Chrome to search for "Google".

Change the DNS address of your network to 8.8.8.8 (Google's DNS) or another of your preference:

MacOSX:

• Open "System Preferences"
• Click on "Network"
• Select the network which your computer is connected and click on "Advanced"
• Select "DNS", Select the "+" button, type "8.8.8.8" (Google's DNS) or if you prefer OpenDNS, "208.67.222.222"
• Select "Ok" and "Apply"

Windows & Linux:

https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using

After that close the emulator and start it again.

After trying many of these solutions, I was going to just delete my current AVD and make it again, but when I clicked the down arrow on the AVD, I noticed "Cold Boot Now".

On a whim I tried that. Lo and behold my emulator has internet connectivity again!

Command-line approach

In case you start Emulator through command, pass -no-snapshot-load option, like:

%ANDROID_HOME%/emulator/emulator.exe -netdelay none -netspeed full -no-snapshot-load -avd Pixel_2_API_28

Or for MacOSX:

$ANDROID_HOME/emulator/emulator -netdelay none -netspeed full -no-snapshot-load -avd Pixel_2_API_28

>Note that you may need to change -avd Pixel_2_API_28 part (with your own Virtual-Device name). > >Also, most tools use ANDROID_HOME environment-variable name, hence define that (if not already), but nowadays ANDROID_ROOT is yet another naming-option.

Decision ^(edit)

Ok, for those saying why not just wipe data and restart. Do you reformat your PC every time you restart it? Wiping data on the emulator is just like doing a factory reset to a phone or reformatting your hard drive on your PC and reinstalling your OS. It is unnecessary unless the data is totally corrupt.

When you shut off the emulator and restart it, it is like putting your PC in hibernate or sleep mode. Memory is not wiped, it is saved.

Doing a cold boot is the same as rebooting your phone or rebooting your PC. It resets memory and lets things reload. This allows the network emulation to start with clean memory and connect properly.

So, don't wipe your data. Just cold boot. If it still doesn't work, then wipe, but save that as a last resort.

I found a temporary solution on an old Stack Overflow thread at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4376553/upgraded-to-sdk-2-3-now-no-emulators-have-connectivity. Note that this thread talks about Android SDK 2.3, not Android Studio 2.3. The problem seems to be that the emulator can't find the DNS my computer is currently using, and the temporary workaround is to start the emulator from the command line and specify the DNS server. Whatever problem occurred back then must have reappeared in the latest version of Android Studio.

The temporary solution outlined below fixes the problem with the emulator accessing the internet. However, it does not fix the problem that occurs when trying to run Android Device Monitor. Doing so will still make the emulator go offline as described above.

Note that there are two files named "emulator.exe" in the sdk -- one under sdk\tools and another under sdk\emulator. Either might work below, but I use the one under sdk\emulator.

The first step is to find where the SDK is located. Assuming a user name of "jdoe" and a default installation of Android Studio on Windows, the SDK is most likely in

C:\Users\jdoe\AppData\Local\Android\sdk

The second step is to determine the name of the AVD (emulator) that you want to run. The command

C:\Users\jdoe\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\emulator\emulator.exe -list-avds

will show the names of your AVDs. On my computer, it shows only one, Nexus_5X_API_25.

To start the emulator from the command line with a specified DNS server, use something like the following:

C:\Users\jdoe\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\emulator\emulator.exe -avd Nexus_5X_API_25 -dns-server 8.8.8.8

In this case, 8.8.8.8 is a Google public domain name server.

The above commands can be shortened if you create appropriate environment variables and edit your PATH environment variable, but I recommend caution when doing so.

[UPDATE 2022] for Mac Users

For NOT Apple Silicon users

1. System Preferences
2. Network
3. WiFi > Select Advanced
4. From Advanced Choose DNS tab
5. Add DNS Server 8.8.8.8
6. Emulator must be restarted after DNS Server has been added (Thanks to @kapusch)

For Apple Silicon users

as per @bourdier-jonathan You can fix the Silicon issue here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67230200/emulator-appearing-offline-on-m1-mac-after-the-last-update-of-arm64-v8a/67261231#67261231

By replacing the AVD system images you have downloaded with the r02 images. Because It appears r03, r04, and r05 all don't work on m1

Updating my WIFI adapter to resolve DNS on 8.8.8.8 solved the issue for me. It started to happen after an Apple update which messed up the DNS address.

Simply open the AVD Manager and wipe the data of that emulator works for me.

Open Android emulator and go to the Extended Controls. Then go to the setting => proxy(Tab), uncheck "Use Android studio HTTP proxy setting" and click "Apply".

macOS: long Story short.. make sure your DNS settings 8.8.8.8 is the first in line, wipe your data and do a cold boot.

I experienced this same issue after upgrade. Upon opening the Chrome browser in the emulator, google.com could no longer be reached.

I found a post on SO that suggested the problem was with the emulator trying to use a disconnected network adapter. For me the problem was occurring when I was connected to a LAN. Disabling the wireless LAN adapter fixed the issue.

To disable the adapter:

1. Navigate to Network connections
2. Find the adapter
3. Right click and choose disable

I've resolved wiping data from AVD Manager

Reminder: the Android Emulator internet connection does not work if you turn on a VPN system on you computer.

I am also facing the same problem, but I am trying to solve the problem using various posts. Today I discovered this problem. Your computer configuration is most likely the problemm, not Android Studio and the Android Emulator.

The problem is coming from your Network setup. Just set the Primary DNS Server to 8.8.8.8, which will solve the problem.

This happend to me when the emulator froze and I had to kill the process. The signal icon always showed the small "x" as in the screenshot and no internet connection was successful.

The only thing that helped was uninstalling and reinstalling the emulator (not the AVD images)

In Android Studio: > Tools-> Android -> SDK Manager Uncheck "Android Emulator" and let it uninstall then check again and let it install again.

I got a simple and permanent solution for this issue in windows.

Go to network and internet option->

click on Etherenet or wifi(for which you are connected) option ->

Click on change adapter option ->

Right click on the network for which you have connected.

A dialog box will be opened and just click on Internet protocal version (TCP/IPv4) option.

Another dialog box will be opened and there just neglect the first set about the IP address (Keep as it is set) and click radio button of Use the following DNS server addresses: and enter as 8.8.8.8 in Preferred DNS server: and 8.8.4.4 in Alternate DNS server:

Now you can open your emulator whenever and you will get internet in the android emulators.

This was a problem for me last time the emulator updated itself and back then disabling other network adapters fixed it. Now it's cropped up again but the only adapter that is enabled is a single wifi one so I have nothing to disable.

The issue only reappeared after I updated via a prompt the emulator tools to 26.1.1. I uninstalled and reinstalled the emulator via the SDK Tools update tab and thankfully the only option when installing again right now is to install 26.0.3 (which seems to be working okay).

Moral of the story is to be very wary of emulator updates.

For me the problem was caused when I took my laptop home without restarting the emulator. From what I have read, when the emulator starts up it reads your PC's DNS settings and uses them. When I was on my home network, my work DNS settings were failing.
So yeah. Just restarting the emulator solved my problem.

I faced this problem after i kept my emulator ON while going from my home to a cafe. "Cold Boot Now" fixed the issue.

After 10 days of trouble, I just deleted everything from C:\Android\.android\ and deleted all created AVDs. Now internet seems to work fine.

closing the emulator and reopening worked for me

OS WINDOWS 10

Just goto AVD manager and Cold Boot Now worked for me

I can make it work after turn off and turn on the wifi on android config

I am on android studio 3.1 and it happened. Solved it by restarting the adb server

$ adb kill-server
$ adb start-server

Hope it helps. Thank you

There was a problem for me too, by disabling the proxy in Android Studio settings, and run the emulator with "Cold Boot Now", the problem was resolved.

Please go through the below link.

https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator-networking

Emulator open, click More ..., and then click Settings and Proxy. From here, you can define your own HTTP proxy settings.

Enter the hostname by following Run > cmd > hostname

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Finally, check the internet access inside the emulator by browsing in chrome or google.

Note: Often wipe data will clear the issue. Please follow all steps

if android browser can access internet you can run emulator from terminal by this command

go to SDK path then > $ /tools/emulator -avd > Nexus_5X_API_23 -netdelay none -netspeed full

it solve your internet problem...

I was having the same issue and i resolved with below steps:-

Go to emulator setting and then go to

setting->Proxy->Either configure it Manually or use Tick use Android Studio HTTP proxy simulator.

please vote, if this works for you

Just recreating the emulator with another target API worked for me

Maybe you set a proxy for Android Studio and the proxy does not work. Try without proxy.

I've faced the very and suddenly same problem on my MAC. After having tried everything, I've finally deleted the folder /Users/Philippe/.android and create a new emulator.

Pro tips: using AVD with dnsmasq on Linux

To understand you to read Set up Android Emulator networking from Android Studio.

The loopback of the emulated device is 127.0.0.1 and the host loopback can be accessed from the emulated device from 10.0.2.2.

At startup, the emulated device set its DNS nameserver by picking those from the host in /etc/resolv.conf.

But the point is, if you are using dnsmasq, you set nameserver 127.0.0.1in/etc/resolv.conf` so the emulated device will hit it's own loopback where nothing is running instead of the host loopback where there is a DNS server running.

To solve that, add -dns-server when running AVD from the CLI.

For example:

• Cloudflare DNS: ~/Android/Sdk/emulator/emulator -avd Nexus_9_API_23 -dns-server 1.1.1.1
• Host's dnsmasq: ~/Android/Sdk/emulator/emulator -avd Nexus_9_API_23 -dns-server 1.0.2.2

I am having visual studio 2017 , and this simple few click has fix internet issue for Android emulator.

1. first:open airplane mode.
2. second:connect to emulator wifi.

Solution for MacOS that does not use a custom DNS for your whole machine

Step 1

Locate the emulator executable Android Studio is using inside the Android SDK and rename it to emulator-original.

Mine is located /usr/local/share/android-sdk/emulator/emulator but it might vary based on individual setups.

Step 2

Add a new file called emulator in the place of the original file containing the following command (or using your DNS server of choice).

#!/bin/bash
$0-original "$@" -dns-server 8.8.8.8

Step 3

Make the new emulator file executable.

chmod +x emulator

Step 4

Restart the emulator using Android Studio.

Try these steps once, they worked for me:

1. Disconnect your PC from the internet
2. Close the emulator while you are still disconnected
3. Again connect to the internet
4. Finally start your emulator again

As pointed by @osama buzdar, the DNS settings the emulator looks first might be specified in /etc/resolv.conf. In my case, as of macOS Catalina 10.15.7, there was 2 addresses in that file: the first one was a IPv6 and the second, IPv4 and for some reason the emulator was probably having trouble with the IPv6.

Then I edited the file (sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf) and moved the IPv4 up to be the first entry of the file, before the IPv6. Restarted the emulator and it worked.

I had this also and I solved it by creating new android emulator virtual device and chosen Nexus 4 api 27. Before I was creating Pixel device api 28, and it was not working even after recreating device. So I tried totally different configuration and Android Emulator has internet connection as is expected. Other solutions did not work for me but I did no try it all.

For me the problem was my computer was connected to VPN. Once I disconnected that it started working in emulator.

For me on OSX, it was because of using a 3rd party VPN solution...it installs some sort of network hook that AVDs and Genymotion couldn't route through. Had to uninstall it for it work properly. Worked fine on some networks and not on others...was very weird..

I had the same problem on Windows 10. I just went to the Network & internet settings> Change adapter options> right-click on Wi-Fi and chose properties> Chose Internet protocol version 4 in the list and clicked properties> Turned on the "Use the following DNS server addresses" and filled the first part with "8.8.8.8" address. Problem solved!

If you are behind a proxy, the following might be useful:

adb shell settings put global global_http_proxy_port YOUR_PROXY_PORT

adb shell settings put global global_http_proxy_host YOUR_PROXY_IP

reboot

set DNS 8.8.4.4 and run emulator -avd react-native-device -dns-server 8.8.4.4

this work for me

The Mobile data setting requires to be turned on. Did a cold boot it didn't work but after I turned on Mobile Data it worked

On Latest Mac with Jio IP6 Configuration issue ,it block internet on android simulator ,so from Android Virtual Device Manager simulator list Actions column dropdown select the option "Cold Boot Now" fixed the issue.I faced this problem after i kept same its working for me.

None of these answers worked for me. I was able to get it working though by downloading the canary build "android-studio-2021.1.1.8-mac_arm". No extra steps were needed after that.

1-set no proxy

2-invalidate caches

3-remove old emulators and add new one

Had the same issue with my emulator,did everything above but nothing worked. Changing the Default gateway in my Control Panel -> Network and Sharing Center -> Local area connection settings from: 192.168.1.119 to 192.168.1.1 worked from me. I don't have much idea about how this IP Address works,but maybe it will save someone's time and frustation.

Same Network Connectivity issue for me in android emulator V 7.1.1, Then I have decreased the Android Version below 7.1.1 in my Android Emulator then its work fine.

Emulators w Android 9+ worked for me but Android 7 would not connect to the internet.

My office uses Little Snitch application firewall. I turned it off and Android 7 worked. Probably a good idea to check your firewalls.

In my case it was the Charles proxy app. Even closing the app the emulator still can not access the internet. Needed to stop listening for network in Charles.

I know this is old. But it helped me a bit. I encountered the same problem in Xamarin.Forms application. My emulator was unable a connect to a public api.

I fixed the problem by starting the emulator with factory defaults in Android Device manager.

What I have observed is that when you switch wifi connections when the android emulator is running. It isn't able to connect to new wifi.

A simple solution is to restart the android emulator.

If you have PiHole on your network, make sure that your Pi is working and you can access the PiHole's web UI. Every single time, when my Emulator all the sudden not getting internet connection is because something is up with either one of them.

The Cold boot option works for me

Windows DNS settings are specified in the TCP/IP Properties window for the selected network connection.

Example: Changing DNS server settings on Windows 10

Go to the Control Panel. Click Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center > Change adapter settings. Select the connection for which you want to configure Google Public DNS. For example:

To change the settings for an Ethernet connection, right-click the Ethernet interface and select Properties. To change the settings for a wireless connection, right-click the Wi-Fi interface and select Properties. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

Select the Networking tab. Under This connection uses the following items, select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) or Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) and then click Properties.

Click Advanced and select the DNS tab. If there are any DNS server IP addresses listed there, write them down for future reference, and remove them from this window.

Click OK.

Select Use the following DNS server addresses. If there are any IP addresses listed in the Preferred DNS server or Alternate DNS server, write them down for future reference.

Replace those addresses with the IP addresses of the Google DNS servers:

For IPv4: 8.8.8.8 and/or 8.8.4.4. For IPv6: 2001:4860:4860::8888 and/or 2001:4860:4860::8844. For IPv6-only: you can use Google Public DNS64 instead of the IPv6 addresses in the previous point. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Test your new settings.

Repeat the procedure for additional network connections you want to change.

macOS DNS settings are specified in the Network window.

Example: Changing DNS server settings on macOS 10.15

Click Apple menu > System Preferences > Network. If the lock icon in the lower left-hand corner of the window is locked, click the icon to make changes, and when prompted to authenticate, enter your password. Select the connection for which you want to configure Google Public DNS. For example: To change the settings for a Wi-Fi connection, select Wi-Fi, and click Advanced. To change the settings for an Ethernet connection, select Built-In Ethernet, and click Advanced. Select the DNS tab. Click + to replace any listed addresses with, or add, the Google IP addresses at the top of the list: For IPv4: 8.8.8.8 and/or 8.8.4.4. For IPv6: 2001:4860:4860::8888 and/or 2001:4860:4860::8844. For IPv6-only: you can use Google Public DNS64 instead of the IPv6 addresses in the previous point. Click OK > Apply. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Test your new settings. Repeat the procedure for additional network connections you want to change.

Linux In most modern Linux distributions, DNS settings are configured through Network Manager.

Example: Changing DNS server settings on Ubuntu

Click System > Preferences > Network Connections. Select the connection for which you want to configure Google Public DNS. For example: To change the settings for an Ethernet connection, select the Wired tab, then select your network interface in the list. It is usually called eth0. To change the settings for a wireless connection, select the Wireless tab, then select the appropriate wireless network. Click Edit, and in the window that appears, select the IPv4 Settings or IPv6 Settings tab. If the selected method is Automatic (DHCP), open the dropdown and select Automatic (DHCP) addresses only instead. If the method is set to something else, do not change it. In the DNS servers field, enter the Google Public DNS IP addresses, separated by a comma: For IPv4: 8.8.8.8 and/or 8.8.4.4. For IPv6: 2001:4860:4860::8888 and/or 2001:4860:4860::8844. For IPv6-only: you can use Google Public DNS64 instead of the IPv6 addresses in the previous point. Click Apply to save the change. If you are prompted for a password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. Test that your setup is working correctly; see Test your new settings. Repeat the procedure for additional network connections you want to change. If your distribution doesn't use Network Manager, your DNS settings are specified in /etc/resolv.conf.

Example: Changing DNS server settings on a Debian server Edit /etc/resolv.conf:

sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf

If any nameserver lines appear, write down the IP addresses for future reference.

Replace the nameserver lines with, or add, the following lines:

For IPv4:

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

For IPv6:

nameserver 2001:4860:4860::8888
nameserver 2001:4860:4860::8844

For IPv6-only, you can use Google Public DNS64 instead of the above IPv6 addresses.

Save and exit.

Restart any Internet clients you are using.

Test that your setup is working correctly; see Test your new settings.

For Apple MacBook M1 users

Working as of 1 Feb 2022

1. Open Android emulator
2. Go to Extended Controls.
3. Then go to setting under proxy ( Tab ),
4. uncheck Use Android studio HTTP proxy setting
5. click Apply
6. Restart / cold boot your emulator.

This should fix the internet connectivity issue on your emulator.

I don't know if this could help anyone, what worked for me was to set the date and time on the android settings of the emulator to the correct (current) date and time, looks weird.

I've been having this issue for the past 8 hours, figuring out a way to solve it. It happened after my house had a power outage. My emulator would not longer connect to my pc's internet. I tried every solution here. The changing DNS to 8.8.8.8 worked, but I didn't want to route all my traffic through google.

What FINALLY worked was. I know this is insane, but unplugging my wifi router/modem. One quick unplug and replug fixed this issue. I TRIED EVERYTHING on this SO question and 5 other questions. I even redownloaded Android Studio and the Emulators. None of it worked. Try unplugging your router/modem.

Finally, I had to delete the .android folder and create new one. It seems that the files got corrupted

I solved this after 8 or 9 days. Just uninstall android emulator SDK(from SDK manager) and then reinstall android emulator SDK. in 8 or 9 days i tried :

1.new windows setup
2.uninstall and install android studio
3.change windows sharing setting
4.change DNS server addresses
5.delete and create some AVDs
6.delete .android folder and create new one etc.

go to your adapter setting and change the dns to 8.8.8.8 which is google's and it will work,it worked for me