title: Android Beginner: Emulator not running app or updating it
body: <pre><code>[2012-02-14 11:57:59 - HarshaBoston] Android Launch!
  [2012-02-14 11:57:59 - HarshaBoston] adb is running normally.
  [2012-02-14 11:57:59 - HarshaBoston] Performing com.boston.harsha.startPoint activity launch
  [2012-02-14 11:57:59 - HarshaBoston] Automatic Target Mode: launching new emulator with compatible AVD 'Droid8'
  [2012-02-14 11:57:59 - HarshaBoston] Launching a new emulator with Virtual Device 'Droid8'
  [2012-02-14 11:58:05 - Emulator] emulator: WARNING: Unable to create sensors port: Unknown error
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Ok so this is what the console is showing. My emulator was working fine until a couple of days ago, then my projects were not updating the changes made to the main.xml file even though the changes were saved.</p>
  
  <p>Now, I wanted to see if a new project would work, but no dice. The emulator runs fine, but my app is not loaded, I have no idea what to do to rectify this.</p>
  
  <p>I'm using API Level 8, with ADT plugin Android SDK on eclipse on Windows XP.</p>
  
  <p>Android beginner here. I was making a Hello World program, which ran fine a couple of days ago, but now nothing runs, and existing projects don't show the changes made to them. Please help! 
     Now when I run the emulator, the emulator runs fine but my app isn't even loaded!</p>
  
  <p>I've already tried reinstalling the ADT, reinstalled the Android SDK,etc. nothing happpened</p>
  
  <p>Also, the emulator doesn't seem to be showing up on the DDMS.</p>
  
  <p><strong>FIXED IT!! SOLUTION FOR ANYONE FACING THIS PROBLEM</strong>
   Apparently a lot of people in here seem to have this problem and only one of the threads had a good solution.</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>Firstly if this is happening to you, check the DDMS to see if the emulator is shown.    This is the a red flag. Apparently the adb server does not refresh or restart every time you restart eclipse. </p></li>
  <li><p>Run the emulator. Chances are your app may not run on the emulator. Now, while the emulator is still running go the DDMS tab and next to the Screen Capture icon there is a dropdown menu with 'Reset ADB', click on it. Now your emulated device should be shown in the DDMS devices. </p></li>
  <li><p>Run your app now. hopefully this solved your problem. Mine did! </p></li>
  </ol>