Emulator blinking with black \ transparency

Question

Since some recent Android SDK update from the SDK downloader (might be platform tools, or the emulator image), the emulator is working really bad.

It will start, then blink back and forth into a full black screen, or just a transparent screen (with only the home screen background), so I'm unable to develop using it.

1. I tried turning off the "Use host GPU", no help.
2. Also tried different API levels, creating a new AVD, etc.
3. I checked similar answers on SO, no help

I use OS X Mavericks.

Answer 1

I have a suggestion, Try to use Genymotions for testing maps/places app. it is faster than emulator and you can build and check maps application.

www.genymotion.com/‎