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So for me the emulator never works. And I don't want to USB debug. So my development cycle involves packaging a new apk for edits I make in Eclipse, and sending it to my phone through dropbox and installing and running the apk from there, noting the errors, and repeating the cycle.
I want to know if there are any other emulators or easier ways for testing an apk. Thanks.
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Other Android Emulator Options AMIDuOS – Easy to switch between Windows and Android environments, no dual boot. Remix OS Player – Free Android OS with basic Android features for Mac and Windows users. Leapdroid – Fast Android O emulation for Windows that is free to use.
In my testing Genymotion is definitely faster than the AVD Manager, with almost instant boot times and no lag. In general, a virtual device is much slower than a real device, Google has worked with Intel in an attempt to bring a better experience using a kind of virtual machine.
http://androvm.org/ is promising, it seems to work as well as the emulator does if not better but you have to do a little bit more configuration.
Androvm has now turned into http://www.genymotion.com/ which is even easier to use than every other alternative. I expect that this is what you will want to use.
The other option is adb over wifi, which will let you use your phone without doing the dropbox step http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1685736. For this to work you will need root though.
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I followed Cyril Mottier's advice
http://cyrilmottier.com/2013/06/27/a-productive-android-development-environment/
and downloaded Genymotion wich works with VirtualBox.
There is no comparison between AVD and GenyMotion. Genymotion uses virtualization instead of emulation, giving us incredible performances.
You can download it here :
http://www.genymotion.com/
The only downside is that all available virtual machines run on API 16+ for now.
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