[android-developers] Re: Android 3.1 is too slow

2011-06-11 Thread String
On Friday, June 10, 2011 11:34:13 PM UTC+1, Glenn Maynard wrote:

Saying "use a real device" isn't very helpful or realistic.  Android 
> apps need to be tested in many screen configurations and in every 
> supported SDK level.  If the cost of entry to Android development is 
> thousands of dollars of test devices, that's just too high. 
>

I agree with you 100%. Unfortunately, that doesn't change the fact that the 
Honeycomb emulator is just not usable. 

But looking on the bright side, the pre-Honeycomb emulators are mostly not 
too bad. Gingerbread has a few specific issues, and sure, they are a lot 
slower than a real device, but they are generally usable.

String

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Re: [android-developers] Re: Android 3.1 is too slow

2011-06-11 Thread Chris Stewart
"Use a real device" is a good answer, especially when it comes to Honeycomb
as the market stands today.  It will likely fragment some over time but I
highly doubt it will turn into what the phone market has.

Frankly, I'd rather pay $400 for a tablet than even fire up the emulator
once. If you expect to release your app and support the platform in a
first-class way, you'll need one eventually anyway.

Chris Stewart
http://locomolabs.com
On Jun 11, 2011 1:40 PM, "Glenn Maynard"  wrote:
> Saying "use a real device" isn't very helpful or realistic. Android
> apps need to be tested in many screen configurations and in every
> supported SDK level. If the cost of entry to Android development is
> thousands of dollars of test devices, that's just too high.
>
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[android-developers] Re: Android 3.1 is too slow

2011-06-11 Thread Glenn Maynard
Saying "use a real device" isn't very helpful or realistic.  Android
apps need to be tested in many screen configurations and in every
supported SDK level.  If the cost of entry to Android development is
thousands of dollars of test devices, that's just too high.

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[android-developers] Re: Android 3.1 is too slow

2011-06-10 Thread Streets Of Boston
Hope is on the horizon :-)
I've seen some preliminary work at Google IO being done by Google engineers 
to use PC's hardware acceleration for the emulator's screen. It wasn't quite 
stable yet, but the performance shown was great!

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[android-developers] Re: Android 3.1 is too slow

2011-06-10 Thread ThaMe90
I only use the emulator to test screen configurations on different
devices... Specs are available on the internet, so you can change your
Emulator easily enough to use those specs. For real testing, like say
if the application actually works and performance testing, I use a
real device.

On 10 jun, 12:30, String  wrote:
> On Friday, June 10, 2011 5:32:50 AM UTC+1, Raja Nagendra Kumar wrote:
>
> How does others manage to use it for development..
>
>
>
> Nobody does. The 3.x emulator is worse than useless; it's not possible to
> develop for Honeycomb without a real device.
>
> [*Worse* than useless? Definitely. If it simply didn't run, that'd be
> useless. But as it is, it can suck up huge blocks of your time *trying* to
> use it. It's really that bad.]
>
> String

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[android-developers] Re: Android 3.1 is too slow

2011-06-10 Thread String
On Friday, June 10, 2011 5:32:50 AM UTC+1, Raja Nagendra Kumar wrote:

How does others manage to use it for development.. 
>

Nobody does. The 3.x emulator is worse than useless; it's not possible to 
develop for Honeycomb without a real device.

[*Worse* than useless? Definitely. If it simply didn't run, that'd be 
useless. But as it is, it can suck up huge blocks of your time *trying* to 
use it. It's really that bad.]

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[android-developers] Re: Android 3.1 is too slow

2011-06-09 Thread Thomas
You either:
1.  Accept its slow and continue to use it
2.  Develop on a real device

You should test it on a real device before deploying it anyway.

On Jun 9, 9:32 pm, Raja Nagendra Kumar 
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Android SDK simulators are dead slow even on i7 machines with 16 GB
> ram..
>
> How does others manage to use it for development..
>
> Are there any tweeks and tricks..
>
> Regards,
> Raja Nagendra Kumar,
> C.T.Owww.tejasoft.com

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[android-developers] Re: Android 3.1 is too slow

2011-06-09 Thread Chris
No, no tweaks or tricks.  They're working on hardware acceleration on the 
graphics, which should probably help out.  But for now, you're sol.

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