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Android Build a Simple Android App Creating the Screen Layout Getting to Know Our Tools

Posted by zak diriye
zak diriye
42 Points

Android is very slow in my computer and takes to much time to run the applications in emulaor

Android studio is very slow in my computer and takes to much time to run the applications in emulator what i have to do i can't practice any thing .

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

Android studio uses a lot of resources and running the emulator especially. eg. The minimum amount of RAM for using it is, I think, 4GB. I have the same problem, so do as much testing as I can with my phone and just use the emulator for testing for tablets. (I shut down everything else running on my computer that consumes system resources in the hope the bottleneck is other programs or virtual memory. It's probably superstition as much as anything. You can look at stackoverflow or quora as these communities have a lot of actual android developers who might know the finer points of android studios settings).

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Ben Atkinson
Ben Atkinson
6,540 Points
Ben Atkinson
Ben Atkinson
6,540 Points

Android studios runs an emulator not a simulator that's why it is so system intensive. I always start the emulator first, let it do its thing then start to develop. I run it on a I5 with only 4GB of ram and still manage ok, I do find my iMac which is the same but it seems to run it better..