Yes, it may be "*extremely* challenging", but someone has overcome this difficulty. Check this video out - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAV4Jbmuhc4. It is on Windows and runs apps. Looks like it's fast.
On Aug 24, 2:41 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Vedran Rodic <vro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Both things contribute to iPhone development being significantly faster. > > I wish google did something like this for Android 3.0. > > This requires building the entire platform to run as native code on the host > machine, as well as compiling a different version of the app if it has > native code to run on the host. > > This is not going to happen any time soon. > > In fact you can build a "simulator" version of Android that runs on Linux. > Ultimately though this is not very useful for app development because it > has low fidelity with the real platform -- it can't use separate processes > for each app, etc. > > Also being able to build a simulator that runs on Windows or Mac would be > *extremely* challenging. It is not too bad on a Linux desktop, because > Android is based on Linux. However making it run on another kernel would > mean introducing a very significant compatibility layer across some large > section of user space to allow it to run on these very different kernels. > > You'll notice that the iPhone simulator only runs on Mac. > > I don't think the significant effort to get a production quality Android > simulator, that ends up only being able to run on Linux, would be anywhere > near worth the effort. > > Also, as has been pointed out, you should only need to boot the emulator > once. After that you keep it running and just reinstall your app on it... > just like working with a device. > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
