[android-developers] Re: Simulator is slow to start up

2008-08-28 Thread kevinr
Ralf, I would say the Android emulator should have a comparable startup time to the iPhone simulator (which is extremely fast to startup and also to reuse - seconds for each of those actions). Since the emulator can be reused once started, that's very usable. But I think the Android developers

[android-developers] Re: Simulator is slow to start up

2008-08-27 Thread Ralf
Just out of curiosity, how long is long? One, two, five, ten minutes? For me it usually takes one to three minutes to start the emulator. The good news is once it's started, you don't have to close it, eclipse will know how to reuse it for each run. R/ On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:19 PM, kevinr <[E

[android-developers] Re: Simulator is slow to start up

2008-08-27 Thread Romain Guy
Unfortunately the Android SDK contains an emulator, not a simulator. That means the software emulates every CPU instruction and all the hardware you would find in a phone. This requires a lot of host CPU and RAM to work properly. This is not fast but this is as close as it gets from real phones.

[android-developers] Re: Simulator is slow to start up

2008-08-27 Thread kevinr
Thanks Romain, that made things much faster. On Aug 27, 3:12 am, "Romain Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > The startup time highly depends on your host machine. Please note that > you need to start the emulator only once. Once the emulator is > started, simply click the Run button again

[android-developers] Re: Simulator is slow to start up

2008-08-27 Thread Nanard
Still slow start-up on my PC (1.2Ghs, 1.2Go RAM). The 1st version was a lot better. I suppose now, if you don't have a at least 2 core at 2Ghz, you can't work ! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Andro

[android-developers] Re: Simulator is slow to start up

2008-08-27 Thread Romain Guy
Hi, The startup time highly depends on your host machine. Please note that you need to start the emulator only once. Once the emulator is started, simply click the Run button again to redeploy/relaunch your application, without closing the emulator. On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:19 PM, kevinr <[EMAI