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SmugWimp Smugger than thou... Posts: 6316 Reg: Nov 07, 2012 Tamuning, GU 81,410	confirm \| cancel 03/03/14 12:50 AM (10 years ago) A Faster Emulator? It's a known fact that an actual hardware 'device' is far better than an emulator, regardless of platform. But even if you have 'an' android device, you still need to test it on all kinds of other devices that we don't own, thus we use an Android Virtual Device, aka 'an Emulator'. Notoriously slow. I found this in class and thought it was worth a share: http://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/speeding-up-the-android-emulator-on-intel-architecture Hope it helps someone. Cheers! -- Smug Title Comments It's a known fact that an actual hardware 'device' is far better than an emulator, regardless of platform. But even if you have 'an' android device, you still need to test it on all kinds of other devices that we don't own, thus we use an Android Virtual Device, aka 'an Emulator'. Notoriously slow. I found this in class and thought it was worth a share: http://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/speeding-up-the-android-emulator-on-intel-architecture Hope it helps someone. Cheers! -- Smug

KennedyE Android Fan Posts: 373 Reg: Dec 07, 2013 PH, Nigeria 3,730	03/03/14 01:13 AM (10 years ago) Thanks for sharing! Comments Thanks for sharing!

ResearchDepartment Aspiring developer Posts: 48 Reg: Dec 27, 2013 São Paulo 11,980	03/03/14 04:33 AM (10 years ago) Yow! I haven't tried it yet, but this looks really good. It looks like it will work on Windows, Linux, and OS X, and Intel says it can speed up the performance of the emulator by an order of magnitude. Thanks, Smug! Comments Yow! I haven't tried it yet, but this looks really good. It looks like it will work on Windows, Linux, and OS X, and Intel says it can speed up the performance of the emulator by an order of magnitude. Thanks, Smug!

Derval Aspiring developer Posts: 364 Reg: Sep 20, 2012 Milan 17,240	03/03/14 07:18 AM (10 years ago) I was at an Intel codefest in Milan just recently and they talked about this. They ran a normal emulator in parallel with an intel one (the x86) and it ran in 5 seconds versus 50 seconds for the usual one... impressive! Here’s a YouTube clip which shows you how to install an Intel emulator http://software.intel.com/en-us/videos/intel-android-tool-series-deploying-to-an-intel-emulator Comments I was at an Intel codefest in Milan just recently and they talked about this. They ran a normal emulator in parallel with an intel one (the x86) and it ran in 5 seconds versus 50 seconds for the usual one... impressive! Here’s a YouTube clip which shows you how to install an Intel emulator http://software.intel.com/en-us/videos/intel-android-tool-series-deploying-to-an-intel-emulator

EdReyes Lost but trying Posts: 574 Reg: Oct 21, 2013 location unknow... 17,640	03/04/14 10:42 AM (10 years ago) @Dervalo, thanks for the video link works like a charm, although my computer is fast already, this will be very helpful for those having slow emulator runs. Comments @Dervalo, thanks for the video link works like a charm, although my computer is fast already, this will be very helpful for those having slow emulator runs.

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