On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Vedran Rodic <[email protected]> wrote:
> Both things contribute to iPhone development being significantly faster. > I wish google did something like this for Android 3.0. > This requires building the entire platform to run as native code on the host machine, as well as compiling a different version of the app if it has native code to run on the host. This is not going to happen any time soon. In fact you can build a "simulator" version of Android that runs on Linux. Ultimately though this is not very useful for app development because it has low fidelity with the real platform -- it can't use separate processes for each app, etc. Also being able to build a simulator that runs on Windows or Mac would be *extremely* challenging. It is not too bad on a Linux desktop, because Android is based on Linux. However making it run on another kernel would mean introducing a very significant compatibility layer across some large section of user space to allow it to run on these very different kernels. You'll notice that the iPhone simulator only runs on Mac. I don't think the significant effort to get a production quality Android simulator, that ends up only being able to run on Linux, would be anywhere near worth the effort. Also, as has been pointed out, you should only need to boot the emulator once. After that you keep it running and just reinstall your app on it... just like working with a device. -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- 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
