Note that if you use Eclipse, there's a huge difference whether you use the "debug" launch mode or the "run" launch mode. The debug mode can be 2 to 20 times slower depending on the kind of computation done by your application compared to the run mode.
R/ On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 1:03 PM, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Basically, no. There is a simulator, but it is very poorly supported, has > no integration with eclipse, and has pretty poor fidelity with the behavior > of a real system since it does things like run the entire system and > applications in a single process. > > Also the emulator should run with at least the speed of the actual device > (not taking into account things that use hardware acceleration like OpenGL) > on reasonably decent desktop hardware. > > Finally, developing directly on a device is for the most part not much > different than developing for the emulator, so if your machine is too slow > to run the emulator, it is perfectly viable to just do all your development > with the real device as your target. > > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 8:34 AM, a druid <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Just a small newbie question: >> >> I understand, that the Android emulator is by definition and scope >> slower than an I-phone simulator. >> >> However: >> There are apps, which have to run on an emulator in order to emulate >> hte entire HW. >> However for a lot of algorithmic / GUI stuff a simulator would be more >> than enough. >> >> >> Is there any alternative to the emulator, which could be used for >> verifying the GUI / >> algorithmic part or the part, which just interacts with API's, that >> exist also on a >> PC? >> >> >> Basically is there something like a dalvik viewer for linux / windows >> ? >> >> >> thannks ina dvance for any pointers. >> This might help to accelerate development. >> >> On Apr 14, 10:59 am, walterc <[email protected]> wrote: >> > we use emulator in android sdk which emulates the entire hardware >> > stack, down to cpu instructions. iphone sdk uses simulator which does >> > nothing of the sort. >> > >> > On Apr 14, 4:33 pm, "[email protected]" >> > >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > PC is fairly up-to-date spec - AMD Athlon X2 2 GHz, 2 GB's of RAM. >> > >> > > Mac I don't have (yet), but I have been trolling on iPhone forums and >> > > have heard that iPhone emulator is unrealistically fast. >> > >> > > On Apr 14, 9:04 am, "Al Sutton" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > > What are the specs of the PC and Mac you're trying it on? >> > >> > > > Al. >> > >> > > > --- >> > >> > > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://andappstore.com/* >> > >> > > > ====== >> > > > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the >> > > > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, >> > > > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. >> > >> > > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not >> > > > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's >> > > > subsidiaries. >> > >> > > > -----Original Message----- >> > > > From: [email protected] >> > >> > > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> > > > [email protected] >> > > > Sent: 14 April 2009 09:04 >> > > > To: Android Developers >> > > > Subject: [android-developers] emulator speed >> > >> > > > Why is pc android emulator slower than real device but mac iphone >> > > > emulator >> > > > faster than real device? >> > >> > > > I can understand the latter but not the former! >> > >> > >> >> > > > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > 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 [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
