I tried this, but the problem is Mono for Android uses an assembly that is ARM-specific, so Android-x86 isn't able to run it. If you can find a way around this, I'd love to see it though!
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 5:44 AM, Miljenko Cvjetko <[email protected] > wrote: > Hi > > Just an idea: > replacing emulator with VirtualBox with Androidx86? > > Though our team tries to do as much as possible testing debugging of > business logic > on other platforms (project types like unit testing etc), we came up > with that idea. > > In search for faster debugging, we have managed to substitute android > emulator with > VirtualBox VM + Androidx86. > OK, deployment crashes (as expected) during "Installing Mono runtime"... > So we are investigating right now how to compile/prepare AndroidX86 for > mono and > integrate it with MonoDroid (Visual Studio). > > First impressions are that it is waaaay faster... > The problem for some might be that AndroidX86 is version 2.2. > > regards > > mel > > On 2011.08.24 19:13, Jonathan Pryor wrote: > > On Aug 24, 2011, at 1:07 PM, andineupert wrote: > >> Any ways to increase speed? > > Shrink the display size to the smallest you can get away with. As per > [0], at about the 40 minute mark, a major reason for the emulator's slowness > (in addition to emulating an ARM CPU) is graphics: the entire video pipeline > is done in software, in ARM, in the emulator. Shrinking the emulator size as > much as possible reduces what needs to be rendered, speeding things up. > > > > Yes, the emulator is slow as balls. Even Google admits to it. > > > > - Jon > > > > [0] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq05KqjXTvs > > _______________________________________________ > > Monodroid mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid > > > -- > Miljenko Cvjetko dipl.ing. ET > Direktor/CEO > Projektant rješenja/Solution Architect > Razvojni programer/Senior developer > Voditelj projekta/Project Manager > > IX južna obala 13 > Kajzerica Zagreb > T: 385 1 7775555 > M: 385 91 557 447 3 > F: 385 1 7779556 > e: [email protected] > w: www.holisticware.net > > _______________________________________________ > Monodroid mailing list > [email protected] > > UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid >
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