Android Question the path is not of a legal form

[Carlos Urbina]

Totally newbie, I have not written a single line of b4a code (though 20+ years on VB).
Trying to get thru the first tutorial, and make a Hello World on simulator before trying it on my Samsung phone.
I am on Windows XP.
When I attempt to Run AVD Manager I get the following message
"An error occurred. The path is not of a legal form."
what am I missing??
I searched the website for this seemingly common message and could not find anything
Thanks.

 

[Erel]

Does your Windows user name include any non-ASCII character? This may cause this error.

However I recommend you to use a real device instead of fighting with Android emulator...

 

[Carlos Urbina]

thanks, Erel, for the timely reply and for your suggestions.
my xp machine full Windows User Name is sw460018-bta\curbin
the dash and the backslash should be an ok ASCII character, right?
Nevertheless, I will try to follow your suggestion and bypass the emulator.

 

[Erel]

The slash is probably the source of this error. You can set an environment variable to fix it. However a real device is faster and more reliable.

 

[Pavan Krishna Mulpur]

The slash is probably the source of this error. You can set an environment variable to fix it. However a real device is faster and more reliable.

Hi Erel,

I'm also getting the same message like Carlos got. I am learning to program from the book B4A: Rapid Android App Development using BASIC.

1. How do I identify and remove the non ASCII character?

2. Also how do I use the real device instead of a simulator. I've connected B4A on my Android phone and learning on B4A trial version. Am I using the real device? if not please advise how to use one?

Thank you.

Regards,

Pavan.

 

[Erel]

Don't use the emulator at all.

Use a real device with B4A-Bridge: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...w-way-to-connect-to-your-device.7978/#content

 

[Pavan Krishna Mulpur]

Thank you Erel. But I am using a real device "My one plus one" mobile. And I am connecting to the device using my ip address as explained under Getting started with B4A-Bridge.

But still I am getting this error.

 

[Erel]

Can you post a screenshot?

 

[Pavan Krishna Mulpur]

Hi Erel,

PFA the screen shot that I am getting when I click on Tools -> Run AVD Manager.

KIndly assist.

regards.

Pavan.

 

[Erel]

I see. Have you installed Android SDK and set the path under Tools - Configure Paths?