# Problems running ionic 2 on Android (5.1.2

**URL:** <https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/problems-running-ionic-2-on-android-5-1-2/51294>\
**Category:** ionic-v3\
**Created:** [May 5, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/problems-running-ionic-2-on-android-5-1-2/51294 "2016-05-05T16:33:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![jufabeck2202](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@jufabeck2202](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/jufabeck2202)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/problems-running-ionic-2-on-android-5-1-2/51294/1 "2016-05-05T16:33:01Z")

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I have a lot of Problems trying to run Ionic 2 on android.  
When i try to run the ionic2 example app on my Android Phone (Android 4.1.2) i get the white screen of death. When i try to run in on the emulater (Android 6.0) it crashes. Where is the problem, and why did it work with Ionic 1?

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**Author:** ![iignatov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/iignatov/32/100112_2.png) [@iignatov](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/iignatov)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/problems-running-ionic-2-on-android-5-1-2/51294/2 "2016-05-05T18:42:03Z")

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> [@jufabeck2202](#):
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> I have a lot of Problems trying to run Ionic 2 on android.

“A lot of problems” is quite vague - could you be more specific?

> [@jufabeck2202](#):
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> i try to run the ionic2 example app on my Android Phone (Android 4.1.2) i get the white screen of death.

If you need to support Android version older than 4.4 then you can use [Crosswalk](https://crosswalk-project.org/):

> [@Anyone with a working Android 4.3 app for Ionic2](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/anyone-with-a-working-android-4-3-app-for-ionic2/50570/2):
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> IonicV2 supports android 4.4 and up. The older browser on pre-4.4 devices do not have the features needed for ionic2 and angular 2 to work. Though this can be fixed with crosswalk.

> [@jufabeck2202](#):
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> When i try to run in on the emulater (Android 6.0) it crashes.

Could you provide some details, e.g. run `ionic info` and paste the output here, error, stack trace?

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**Author:** ![jufabeck2202](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@jufabeck2202](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/jufabeck2202)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 8:04pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/problems-running-ionic-2-on-android-5-1-2/51294/3 "2016-05-05T20:04:29Z")

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THANKS, i did not know that you have to use Crosswalk, i will look into that tomorrow 🙂

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**Author:** ![jufabeck2202](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@jufabeck2202](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/jufabeck2202)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/problems-running-ionic-2-on-android-5-1-2/51294/4 "2016-05-06T08:47:13Z")

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The android 6.0 emulator is now working after i switched it from snapshot to host gpu

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**Author:** ![iignatov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/iignatov/32/100112_2.png) [@iignatov](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/iignatov)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/problems-running-ionic-2-on-android-5-1-2/51294/5 "2016-05-06T09:02:53Z")

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> [@jufabeck2202](#):
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> The android 6.0 emulator is now working after i switched it from snapshot to host gpu

Ok, great, I’m glad you figured it out.