While it's inconvenient the first time, it's not something you have to do time and time again while developing. I don't find it to be an issue at all.
-- Chris Stewart http://chriswstewart.com Fantasy Football<http://chriswstewart.com/android-applications/fantasy-football/>- Android app for MFL fantasy football owners Fantasy Football Insider<http://chriswstewart.com/android-applications/fantasy-football-insider/>- Android app for all fantasy football fanatics Social Updater<http://chriswstewart.com/android-applications/social-updater/>- An easy way to send your status blast to multiple social networks On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Vedran Rodic <[email protected]> wrote: > AFAIK, iPhone SDK includes a simulator not an emulator, which means it > uses native x86 code and not an ARM emulator. > > Additionally, iPhone simulator probably doesn't need to start the > vritualized kernel, but uses hosts kernel features to create a sandbox > for testing iPhone apps. > > Both things contribute to iPhone development being significantly faster. > > I wish google did something like this for Android 3.0. > > Vedran > > > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 10:00 PM, Sari <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a fairly fast machine, and I boot into Windows 7 or Mac OS > > depending on which work I need to do. > > > > When I start the Android emulator it takes around 2-3 minutes and its > > sluggish when its ready. However, the iPhone emulator in Mac OS takes > > around 10 seconds at most and its very smooth when its ready. > > > > Why is that? Is it something we will continue to see in the future or > > will this be resolved in the future? > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
