how to resolve this emulator: ERROR: unknown skin name 'WVGA800' solution

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Waqleh picture Waqleh · Aug 10, 2012 · Viewed 38.6k times · Source

i am trying to start the android emulator from eclipse classic (juno) and it keeps giving me this error:

ERROR: unknown skin name 'WVGA800'

I developed my software using eclipse indigo, but since I installed eclipse juno and imported the same project it started to give me this error. any idea why? and how to resolve this issue?

Answer

Waqleh picture Waqleh · Nov 29, 2012

My solution was to create a new custom virtual device from the android virtual device manager and use that.

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