Unbearably slow android emulator -- is there a fix?

Question

I know that the topic was discussed here last year, but I am hoping that someone has since found a fix. The emulator is simply not working for me anymore. It took 15 minutes or so to load hello world a few days ago, and now i cant get it to load a simple MapsDemo from the api samples no matter how long I wait.

Im using eclipse with the android plugin (sdk and avd manager). my pc is 2.31ghz quadcore with 8gb ram and windows 7 x64. Nothing is being logged in LogCat apparently.

Are there any alternatives or certain fixes I can try before buying a phone? Id just upgrade my phone to an htc incredible and debug from the phone, but verizon wont have any for at least a month and id really like to have my app out by then. thanks!

Answer 1

Delete all your AVDs & re-install the SDK in a new directory. This should clear out any lurking config settings or AVD based issues which could be causing the slowdown.

Also try shutting down any virus/spyware scanner you may have running because you can then see if your AV app is trying to scan the AVD and or SD card images which could slow things down.

(btw, I'm running the emulator on a Quad Core Q6600 with 4gb RAM & Win 7 x64 and it starts in less than 1 min, so I doubt it's a compatibility issue).

Answer 2

I usually start it then after I see the "ANDROID" screen close it and restart it and it works and starts up a lot faster the second time.

Answer 3

I have the same problem. There are 5-6 threads here discussing the slow emulator issue, but none of them provides a solution. If there is any of course... I have a 1.8ghz core2duo with 2gb of ram and the emulator is extremely slow. It loads fine, but the lag is awful. Basically no real development can be done on that.

I will be very appreciative if a solution is found.

Regards