'Emulator can not be opened because of a problem' AVD not working in Android Studio on Mac Yosemite

Question

I have created a few virtual devices in Android Studio, but I'm not able to run any. Here's my error msg:

Here's some things I've tried:

1. Creating a NEXUS 4 AVD (to be able to choose 'Software-GLES 2.0' from 'Emulated performance graphics' in the AVD manager.)

2. Uninstall, then reinstall the Intel x86 HAXM installer.

I will be upgrading my mid-2012 MacBook Pro's OS to Catalina soon, but for now I have to run Yosemite which is supposed to be supported by Android Studio 3.6.1.

Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

I restarted Android Studio and create a new device in AVD MANAGER then I have increased the RAM size of emulator and it works nicely.

Answer 2

An OS upgrade to Catalina did the trick, though the devices are quite slow to load. I managed to run a NEXUS 4 AVD (left it on 'Auto' for the 'Emulated performance graphics' option in the AVD manager.)