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filip
filip

Reputation: 710

Android Emulator (from Android Studio) lagging

Searched for a solution, didn't find anything helpful.

I have a GTX 970 and an i5 4690k OC 4.2 GHz. The Emulator from Android Studio is lagging as hell and I don't know why.

Intel HAXM is installed, 4G Ram is allocated to the Android Device. I just can't find a solution. Btw. I don't think my processor is too bad since I can run 2 VMs at once and the Emulator works fine on my XPS 15 9560 (i7 7700HQ & GTX 1050)

Does anyone have an idea what to do?

Config:

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Also tried using Software for graphics emulation, much more slower. Btw for reference this runs in the background and doesn't seem to resolve: enter image description here

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CPU Usage:

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Also, I installed the AVD also on the same system on Hackintosh:

CPU: 10% and works smoothly

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Upvotes: 2

Views: 3065

Answers (4)

Khaled
Khaled

Reputation: 2282

Could you try changing the OpenGL ES Renderer to Desktop Native OpenGL And OpenGL ES API Level to Renderer Maximum This made my emulator very responsive, almost 2x faster. Like this picture

Also it might be worth mentioning that I set both my camera's to none.

Upvotes: 1

filip
filip

Reputation: 710

Fixed it! I did a random windows update to Version 1803 and now the emulator works perfectly! Thanks for all your suggestions and answers!

Upvotes: 3

Martin Zeitler
Martin Zeitler

Reputation: 76849

also think that the RAM settings are at fault ...

in particular the heap size matching the total capacity.

the default settings, which should run smooth(er) are:

  • CPU: 4 Cores (while available)
  • RAM: 1536MB
  • Heap: 384MB

also check background processes once, in particular AntiVirus with on-access scanner, etc. (some people have 2-3 of them installed); one of them is enough and if present, disable it once for a test. the emulator ordinary is much less of a memory hog than Android Studio with Gradle can be. if everything fails, the screenshot shows that there is one bank available, which could take 2 DIMM. booting another system from external media might also worth a try, in order to rule out the current OS install. and I also have that "preparing for setup" on one emulator image; that's nothing to worry about.

Upvotes: 1

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1007584

Cut the RAM way back. There is no Android device of note that has 8GB of RAM. Something in the 1-2GB range should be fine.

Cut the VM heap way back. For example, my emulator images use 48-128MB, not 8GB.

If those don't help, experiment with a lower-resolution emulator (e.g., Nexus 4 1280x768) and see if that changes your results.

Upvotes: 4

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