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it's not the "android studio emulator" it is the "android emulator" that you are using. you can run it completely outside of android studio.

the android emulator is SSSSSSOOOOOOOO TERRIBLE! it's just god awful. it takes like 5-10 minutes to boot up sometimes, then the response time on it is just so bad.

i ended up buying a nexus 7 tablet last year for that reason. i always used the emulator to test out my apps, but i created a game and i didnt even attempt to run it on the emulator after the first time.

it's pathetic too because the iOS simulator is fantastic. it actually runs BETTER than the actual phone devices so sometimes it's not good to only test it out on the simulator. like you will get better performance out of the simulator than the actual device on iOS so just be weary of that.

as for android, i'd strongly recommend just purchasing a device. i got my tablet for like $150 from microcenter, and i've saved more than $150 in time alone with that thing since. no more waiting 10 minutes for the emulator to start up and slow performance.
 
purbeast0 said:
the android emulator is SSSSSSOOOOOOOO TERRIBLE! it's just god awful. it takes like 5-10 minutes to boot up sometimes, then the response time on it is just so bad.
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You need to install the correct virtualization drivers (from Intel, IIRC) so that the emulator doesn't have to emulate everything. That upgrades its performance from abysmal to bad.
 
Merad said:
You need to install the correct virtualization drivers (from Intel, IIRC) so that the emulator doesn't have to emulate everything. That upgrades its performance from abysmal to bad.
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yeah i don't know if i did any of that. i've ran them on my windows 7 machine and on osx, and they both run like complete ass. i'll just stick to the tablet for most of it. sometimes i'll load up my apps on the emulator just to see the layout.
 
load it up once, then never exit from that thing, it should reuse the running device. that way you avoid the horrible boot-up times.

but yeah, it's really slooooooooooooooooooow.
 
Avoid the Andy OS Emulator like the plague if you have VMWare Workstation installed. Their brain dead install program will "update" it by uninstalling the program and replacing it with VMWare Player 6. And, NO, it doesn't ask first. It just does it. Bastards.
 
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