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When I started a new job doing iOS development, I was a bit surprised that Apple provided a simulator and not an emulator for iPhone/iPad development. An emulat
by mtdewcmu 12y ago
When I started a new job doing iOS development, I was a bit surprised that Apple provided a simulator and not an emulator for iPhone/iPad development. An emulator seemed like a better choice, because it would be more realistic. Realism turned out not to be a big issue, at least for the kind of app we were developing, and I guess iOS and Android devices are just too fast to emulate on a desktop with reasonable performance.
- MBCook 12y agoI'm not sure how necessary true emulation really is. The fact that you can easily plug a phone in and run there means that the emulator isn't as valuable so would be if it took 20 minutes of hoops to get your code on a device.
- mtdewcmu 12y agoTrue, and I think Apple's simulator turned out to be the right move.