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mantoviejo
mantoviejo

Reputation: 168

Android emulator in Eclipse significantly slower

I'm having a recent issue since two days ago. Before that I was running the android emulator (API versions 8 y 15) without any significative delay. But since these two days the starting up of the emulator has turn into unbearable time delay, the fifteen API version lasts around two hours, and the eight API version could delay more than 8 hours.

I have tried to reinstall the SDKs, erasing the AVDs without results. I have enabled the snapshot option, but the mentioned delay keeps the work awfully slow.

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 733

Answers (3)

Bobby
Bobby

Reputation: 744

It's much faster if you run Android on a virtual machine. You can follow my guide on setting it up, here http://www.bobbychanblog.com/2011/07/faster-android-emulator-alternative-using-virtualbox/

Upvotes: 0

Thkru
Thkru

Reputation: 4199

try to use the following:

emulator.exe -cpu-delay 0 -no-boot-anim -avd avd

or to use gfx acceleration

emulator -avd <avd_name> -gpu on

if that wont work, give http://www.android-x86.org/ a chance ;)

As u already enabled the snapshot option, I dont have to name it again.

Furthermore: Can I tweak my android emulator to make it fast? Why is the Android emulator so slow? How can we speed up the Android emulator? Why is the Android emulator slow? Why is the Android emulator so slow? How can we speed up the Android emulator? Unbearably slow android emulator -- is there a fix?

Upvotes: 1

Sparky
Sparky

Reputation: 8477

Your startups are taking hours? Something is seriously wrong. I'd check your development machine to see if it is out of disk or fragmented or thrashing. Maybe check that the AVDs aren't declaring too much virtual SD.

Upvotes: 0

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