Sunday, 20 April 2014

Why is the Android emulator so slow, How to speed up Android Emulator on Eclipse

Android emulator so slow
Slow Emulator speed on Eclipse (actually very very slow for debugging)
emulator: Failed to open the HAX device! HAX is not working and emulator runs in emulation mode,  emulator: Open HAX device failed solution
  1. In order to use x86 Android Intel Emulator, download using Android SDK Manager
  2. After this you need to install HAXM as well;
  3. After installing Intel x86 Emulator Accelerator, you need to go installation folder and execute manually  HAXM executable.
  4. Go to the following folder   (D:\Android adt-bundle-windows-x86-20130729\sdk\extras\intel\Hardware_Accelerated_Execution_Manager)
  5. Run IntelHaxm.exe
  6. Press Next
  7. Set RAM size, you can choose default value and click yes
  8. After the installation, you should open command prompt for testing whether HAXM is running on computer try the following command
  9. if you see RUNNING state, HAXM installation is successful.
  10. So in order to use the fastest Intel x86 Emulator, you should define a new emulator in Eclipse by opening Android Virtual Device Manager and setting the following parameters
  11. Under Device Definitions, choose press create AVD
    In this section, choose Intel Atom (x86) for CPU/ABI and this will activate HAXM
    and your emulator will be faster
  12. After completing these steps; by running your application
Enjoy...

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