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Is the emulator in the SDK usable now? Last time I tried Android programming it was slow as hell. Unusable even for a simple Phonegap app.

• sureshv 14y ago
  It's still slow because it literally emulates the phone running on an ARM CPU rather than simulate ala the iPhone simulator which runs an x86 version of IOS.
  • myko 14y ago
    Unless you use the x86 emulator image.
• cageface 14y ago
  If you use the Android x86 system image it's not bad at all. ARM emulation is still slow as molasses.
  • mdwrigh2 14y ago
    Try enabling GPU emulation if you're dealing with ICS. It's much, much faster.