title: "unfortunately API demo has stopped" - PhoneGap unaltered HelloWorld app does not run
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  <p>Note: I am a total Cordova/PhoneGap newbie (former ActionScript programmer)</p>
  
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  <p>Hello. I am trying to run this 101 tutorial:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://docs.phonegap.com/en/3.5.0/guide_platforms_android_index.md.html#Android%20Platform%20Guide" rel="nofollow">http://docs.phonegap.com/en/3.5.0/guide_platforms_android_index.md.html#Android%20Platform%20Guide</a></p>
  
  <p>It works fine until the <strong>Deploy to Emulator</strong> section, where I run this line:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ cordova emulate android
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My emulator opens, but just displays the following message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Unfortunately, API demo has stopped
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have read all the posts here with "unfortunately API demo has stopped" in them, to no avail sadly. Being 100% new to this, I would have absolutely no idea where to start debugging.</p>
  
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  <p>If it helps:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>When the emulator starts, the "phone" shows a screen that reads "Connect your charger" which I get past by clicking the "menu" hardware button, at which point the "Unfortunately..." message appears; and </li>
  <li>there is no HelloWorld.xml file.</li>
  </ol>