Android Studio Emulator seems incomplete?

Issue

I have installed the latest Version of Android Studio. Now I like to set up an Emulator. I had used the SDK Manager to load the Intel Atom Image, and set up an AVD.
I think I have done this like in all other Examples but if I start the Emulator, all what I can se is an empty home screen without any other icons or setting. I thought the emulator would be like an real device, or quite close to it.
Maybe I think wrong? But I had seen videos where the emulator is like an real phone. What can i do to get my emulator to an pretty phone? :)

Thanks all.

Solution

Check if in your emulator parameters the "hardware buttons" are checked. However, sometimes android studio emulators are giving some errors. You can try download Genymotion emulators for android, if you don't lack ram it will work out pretty well for you.

Answered By - Menelaos Kotsollaris