[ANDROID EMULATOR ERROR] [UNKNOWN SKIN NAME] and [THIS AVD'S configuration is missing a kernel file]

If you are a newbie or not from RD background, you probably would run into the same problems as i did using ANDROID EMULATOR.

My target platform: android 4.0.3:

Here are 2 major errors I spent quite some time to figure how to get rid of the error messages.

1. ERROR: unknown skin name 'XXXXX' 
2. ERROR: This AVD's configuration is missing a kernel file!

let's take a look of what the hack is going on in so called "Configuration"

In Win7, try to locate:

C:\Users\YOU\.android\avd\YOUR.avd

then open up the Config file in text editor:

See? i have marked 2 places you have to pay attentions to.

take a look this folder: 

1. C:\Android\android-sdk\system-images 
2. C:\Android\android-sdk\platforms

you will find there are no such folder called "android-15"

guess the SDK manager made mistakes here....

so the solution is quite straight forward for us,  you just rename the folders or modified the config files.

Good luck.