speeding up android emulator

Question

as an android developer I have experienced a lot of troubles due to the lack of speed in the android emulator. in some instances I had had to wait about three minutes in order to get a response. so is there any way to speed up the android emulator as it took much of development time which in most cases quite valuable.

Answer 1

You can try using GenyMotion as an alternative.

Answer 2

Instead of using the native emulator, try using the Android OS in a virtual machine. http://www.bobbychanblog.com/2011/07/faster-android-emulator-alternative-using-virtualbox/. Hope it helps.

Answer 3

Have you tried the Genymotion third-party Android emulator? The stock one is notoriously slow.

http://www.genymotion.com/

Answer 4

you can use Bluestacks or GenyMotion as alternative.