Run android emulator faster - nexus 4 configuration

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I found some ideas how to run android emulator faster, but for Nexus 4 configuration still it doesn't work correctly.

My PC: AMD Phenom II X4 955 (4 x 3,20Ghz) 4 GB ram memory ATI 5750 Windows 7 64bit

Virtual Device Configuration: Name: Nexus 4 ;) Device: 4.65" 720p (720 x 1280: xhdpi) Target: Android 4.2.2 Skin: Display a skin with hardware control - checked RAM: 756 VM Heap: 64 Internal Storage: 200MiB

PC is very fast updated but without SP1 - because after SP1 some games and application were working slower for me then before SP1.

So, main issue is: emulator works all the time with 'lag'. For ex: I clicked 'menu' button and then I was waiting 3s to see list of apps. And everything on emulator is working like this. It is very tiring to make good tests.

Do you have some ideas how can I improve it?

Best Mob86.

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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The emulator runs at a usable speed with top end machines, but has a slight delay on older ones. There is no need to run the AVD on a Virtual Machine. But it seems to be faster that way. The emulator takes long to startup but you don't have to close it after testing, the reason for this is it is starting up the android OS, much like booting windows.

What you can do?

Disable boot animation (speeds up boot time)
Use Host GPU (use with nvidia cards, renders with your GPU)
Snapshot (boots up from snapshot of previous boot)

Further info can be found here.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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answered Apr 15 '13 at 08:52

string.Empty

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Good answer, also look at using the other images that use HAX which run a lot faster, depending on your hardware and without the Google apis. – Graham Smith Apr 15 '13 at 08:56
This link could also be useful if you want to use an alternative to the AVD: http://android-er.blogspot.com/2012/05/debug-android-app-to-bluestacks-app.html – string.Empty Apr 15 '13 at 09:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 16 '13 at 14:00

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I am using: http://www.genymotion.com/ this is virtual android device based on VirtualBox and run faster than nexus 4.

answered Sep 16 '13 at 14:00

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 02 '15 at 11:02

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Start the emulator using this cmd line

emulator -no-boot-anim @your_emulator

It reduce 50% boot time..

answered Mar 02 '15 at 11:02

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Run android emulator faster - nexus 4 configuration

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