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> Android development is painful unless you have an physical device to develop with. Does anybody develop a serious Android application without testing it on a
by mwcampbell 10y ago
> Android development is painful unless you have an physical device to develop with.
Does anybody develop a serious Android application without testing it on an actual device?
- m_fayer 10y agoI do a huge chunk of my development with physical devices. It would just be nice to have a quick and reliable emulator as a fallback for those times when you don't want to carry a development device, or when attaching it to your machine would be awkward, risky, or horrifically dorky looking.
- vetinari 10y agoNot testing, developing. The IDE talks to the emulator via ADB. It does not have to talk just to the emulator, though. You can replace it with a physical device, the IDE doesn't care. When you replace the emulator with a physical device, it gets much better.
- matwood 10y agoTesting no. Develop yes. The people with Android phones in the office can add entire features to our iOS application using only the simulator and then test on a device once they are almost done. Trying to do the same on Android is an exercise in frustration.