android 4.0 unable to find a 'userdata.img' file for ABI armeabi to copy into the

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Android 4.0 is now released. I have just updated my ADT plugin and downloaded the 4.0 SDK. But when I try to create an AVD for Android 4.0, Eclipse tells me 'Unable to find a 'userdata.img' file for ABI armeabi to copy into the AVD folder'.

I found d:\android-sdk-windows\platforms\android-14 missing the 'images' folder which other versions have. This folder may have 'userdata.img' that create an AVD should have.

Where should I to get 'userdata.img', and how do I create an AVD for Android 4.0?

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Peter Mortensen
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asked Oct 19 '11 at 5:46

cheng bo
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I just did the same. If you look in the "Android SDK Manager" in the "Android 4.0 (API 14)" section you'll see a few packages. One of these is named "ARM EABI v7a System Image".

This is what you need to download in order to create an Android 4.0 virtual device:

The Android SDK download system

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Peter Mortensen
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answered Oct 19 '11 at 5:53

Matthew Rudy
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That's reslove my problem, thank you @Matthew. The new image folder is now at D:\android\android-sdk-windows\system-images\android-14. – cheng bo Oct 19 '11 at 6:48

I'm just going to add a additional point that I ran into. Even if you download the AVD Manager that is external to eclipse and says you have it installed, you have to go into eclipse with the AVD Plugin and re-install it as well. Have to 2 it twice. I ran into this error when going through the setup steps even though I had the ARM EABI installed external from eclipse. – haju Dec 1 '11 at 0:34

My issue was the same as @haju my external SDK had the ARM v7a System image installed but the one in Eclipse did not. Thanks @haju! – Jeremy Battle Dec 26 '11 at 18:36

Every time I update or install the Android SDK, there is some problem. You would think that Google would have figured out how to iron out the install process by now. Then again, it's not like installing MS's or Apple's tools is that much better. – rhooligan Dec 30 '11 at 14:50

damn! i skipped only that package. – Rakesh Juyal Dec 31 '11 at 15:02

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