diff --git a/src/api-wrappers/AXUIElement.swift b/src/api-wrappers/AXUIElement.swift
index 2d7ebd51..18195fcb 100644
--- a/src/api-wrappers/AXUIElement.swift
+++ b/src/api-wrappers/AXUIElement.swift
@@ -145,14 +145,7 @@ extension AXUIElement {
 
     private func androidEmulator(_ runningApp: NSRunningApplication, _ title: String?) -> Bool {
         // android emulator small vertical menu is a "window" with empty title; we exclude it
-        if title != "",
-           // NSRunningApplication provides no way to identify the emulator; we pattern match on its KERN_PROCARGS
-           runningApp.bundleIdentifier == nil,
-           let executablePath = Sysctl.run([CTL_KERN, KERN_PROCARGS, runningApp.processIdentifier]) {
-            // example path: ~/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/qemu/darwin-x86_64/qemu-system-x86_64
-            return executablePath.range(of: "qemu-system[^/]*$", options: .regularExpression, range: nil, locale: nil) != nil
-        }
-        return false
+        return title != "" && Applications.isAndroidEmulator(runningApp)
     }
 
     func isOnNormalLevel(_ wid: CGWindowID) -> Bool {
diff --git a/src/logic/Application.swift b/src/logic/Application.swift
index 3a69666e..74ded6f4 100644
--- a/src/logic/Application.swift
+++ b/src/logic/Application.swift
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ class Application: NSObject {
                             let subrole = try $0.subrole()
                             let role = try $0.role()
                             let isOnNormalLevel = $0.isOnNormalLevel(wid)
-                            debugPrint(self.runningApplication.bundleIdentifier, wid, isOnNormalLevel, title, subrole, role)
                             if $0.isActualWindow(self.runningApplication, wid, isOnNormalLevel, title, subrole, role) {
                                 return ($0, wid, title, try $0.isFullscreen(), try $0.isMinimized(), try $0.position())
                             }
diff --git a/src/logic/Applications.swift b/src/logic/Applications.swift
index 547621ac..e55e39ab 100644
--- a/src/logic/Applications.swift
+++ b/src/logic/Applications.swift
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class Applications {
 
     private static func isActualApplication(_ app: NSRunningApplication) -> Bool {
         // an app can be both activationPolicy == .accessory and XPC (e.g. com.apple.dock.etci)
-        return app.activationPolicy != .prohibited && isNotXpc(app) && !app.processIdentifier.isZombie()
+        return (app.activationPolicy != .prohibited || isAndroidEmulator(app)) && isNotXpc(app) && !app.processIdentifier.isZombie()
     }
 
     private static func isNotXpc(_ app: NSRunningApplication) -> Bool {
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ class Applications {
         GetProcessForPID(app.processIdentifier, &psn)
         var info = ProcessInfoRec()
         GetProcessInformation(&psn, &info)
-        debugPrint(app.bundleIdentifier, String(info.processType))
         return String(info.processType) != "XPC!"
     }
 
@@ -120,4 +119,14 @@ class Applications {
     private static func notAltTab(_ app: NSRunningApplication) -> Bool {
         return app.processIdentifier != ProcessInfo.processInfo.processIdentifier
     }
+
+    static func isAndroidEmulator(_ app: NSRunningApplication) -> Bool {
+        // NSRunningApplication provides no way to identify the emulator; we pattern match on its KERN_PROCARGS
+        if app.bundleIdentifier == nil,
+           let executablePath = Sysctl.run([CTL_KERN, KERN_PROCARGS, app.processIdentifier]) {
+            // example path: ~/Library/Android/sdk/emulator/qemu/darwin-x86_64/qemu-system-x86_64
+            return executablePath.range(of: "qemu-system[^/]*$", options: .regularExpression, range: nil, locale: nil) != nil
+        }
+        return false
+    }
 }