Android emulator not able to access the internet

Question

I know that similar questions have been asked before, but my problem is new only after installing Android Studio 2.3, the latest version in March 2017. I have several years experience developing Android applications, and I have never encountered this problem before. After upgrading to version 2.3 of Android Studio, my emulator is no longer able to access the internet. I even uninstalled/reinstalled Android Studio 2.3 from scratch and created a new emulator, and I am still getting the same error. This is not an app problem. I can't even access the internet from Chrome, and I wasn't having this problem last week. The message that I get says that the server DNS address could not be found -- DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG. The only thing that has changed on my computer in the last week is the new version of Android plus possibly updates to Windows 10. And yes, my computer has access to the internet. Below is an image of my emulator when I try to use Chrome to search for "Google".

Answer 1

I got a simple and permanent solution for this issue in windows.

Go to network and internet option->

click on Etherenet or wifi(for which you are connected) option ->

Click on change adapter option ->

Right click on the network for which you have connected.

A dialog box will be opened and just click on Internet protocal version (TCP/IPv4) option.

Another dialog box will be opened and there just neglect the first set about the IP address (Keep as it is set) and click radio button of Use the following DNS server addresses: and enter as 8.8.8.8 in Preferred DNS server: and 8.8.4.4 in Alternate DNS server:

Now you can open your emulator whenever and you will get internet in the android emulators.

Answer 2

I was having the same issue and i resolved with below steps:-

Go to emulator setting and then go to

setting->Proxy->Either configure it Manually or use Tick use Android Studio HTTP proxy simulator.

Answer 3

For me the problem was my computer was connected to VPN. Once I disconnected that it started working in emulator.

Answer 4

For me I just change the DNS address of my network to 8.8.8.8 and worked:

How to do it on a MacOSX:

• Open "System Preferences"
• Click on "Network"
• Select the network which your computer is connected and click on "Advanced"
• Select "DNS", Select the "+" button, type "8.8.8.8"
• Select "Ok" and "Apply"

How to do it on Windows & Linux:

https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using

After that close the emulator and start it again.