My Eclipse plugin for Android Development is updated to 9.0.0 but still I am not able to see any Save to Snapshot option in the launch window.
Please tell me what wrong could I be doing On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Johno Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > I am loving the emulator snapshot feature that is at "Early look" stage in > SDK Tools Revision 9 > > http://developer.android.com/sdk/tools-notes.html# > > This capability is speeding up my development using the emulator > significantly. It took me a while to figure out how to use it so wanted to > share it here : > > >> CREATE AN AVM SNAPSHOT > > * Set the "Snapshot Enabled" checkbox in the SDK Manager > Virtual Devices > > New... > > NOTE : Make sure you upgrade your Eclipse plugin for Android Development to > 9.0.0 or the Snapshot Enabled feature wont show. > > * Start your AVM and enable the `Save to Snapshot` checkbox, then click > Launch button > > * Once the AVM is running. Set it up how you want it to resume later. E.g. > change settings, screen rotation and run the app you want. > > * Close the emulator window (click the close box). The AVM state will be > saved and the window will close. > > RESUME the AVM > > * From the SDK Manager > Virtual Devices select your device and click > Start... > > * This time turn `Launch from Snapshot` ON and `Save to Snapshot` checkbox > OFF then click Launch button. > > * Your AVM should launch in a few seconds and resume to its saved state > like magic. > > * Close the emulator window and the present state will be lost (because we > turned `Save to Snapshot` checkbox OFF). Resume again to the originally > saved snapshot at any time. > > SUMMARY > > Emulator Snapshots - New in API Level 9 > Good > - Instant-On Emulator at a state you decide. > - Saves time (several minutes) > - Configure your AVM settings Once > - Works with older API versions (e.g. Froyo 2.2) > Bad > - Only one snapshot per AVM > - Defaults to standard screen orientation > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- Regards, Mike Johnson, Associate Software Engineer, Astegic. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
