Android Emulator – Physical keyboard input not working
by Riley MacDonald, October 20, 2017

I use the Android Emulator often during development. One day the emulator stopped responding to physical input from my machine keyboard. Apparently a new setting was added requiring you to enable physical keyboard input. To enable this setting go to Android Studio -> Tools -> Android -> AVD Manager. Click on the edit button for the desired emulator.

Click on “Show Advanced Settings”

Scroll to the very bottom of the advanced settings and check “Enable keyboard input”.

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Arthur on 2022-07-18 14:02:23 said:
If the emulator is already running, restart it after checking the box

A on 2022-05-05 11:21:06 said:
Thanksssss!

Jaelson on 2019-04-30 17:55:48 said:
Thanks!