Doesn't really matter. I find myself testing on 4 different devices in the emulator - corresponding to different screen sizes. The only time I load into a real device is just before a release, and that's just habit (see what it looks like on real screen) rather than a requirement. The fact is that you have to test on multiple devices, and just because you own a real device as well doesn't help much. The only time I have ever used a real device for something meaningful is to measure frame-rates in games; the emulator on my PC runs at about 1/5th the rate of my HTC Desire 1 Ghz phone for 2D graphics so occassionally its good to see how fast the game runs on real devices. Most apps aren't real-time, and this is a pretty minor use. I would buy an Android phone/tablet if you need a phone or tablet for other reasons, and buy one for those other reasons. The fact is that a real device doesn't actually help you much in developing apps.
On Monday, October 1, 2012 5:54:28 AM UTC+10, Nilashis Dey wrote: > I am new to Android Development and would like to know which phone I > should get to test my apps? Obviously, I would like the phone for which > drivers for all devices are easily available and for which I would find the > most amount of support discussions online - for when I run into problems. -- 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
