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I noticed that if I check the "Use host GPU" checkbox when creating a new virtual device with Android 2.3.3 and Intel x86 system image, the emulator just won't run, it shows black screen with no signs of life, aside from errors in logcat. According to some information that I found online, running on host GPU was never intended to work for 2.3.3 images, only 4.0.3+. But then I found this answer where the author claims to successfully run it after installing ironhide. But ironhide, which I've never had a chance to use and don't quite know what it actually is, is only available on Linux.
Is there any way to run 2.3.3 with x86 system image and host GPU enabled on Windows?
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The Android Emulator is very slow. The main reason is because it is emulating the ARM CPU & GPU, unlike the iOS Simulator, which runs x86 code instead of the ARM code that runs on the actual hardware.
In newer versions of Android Studio, this is called "Wipe Data", and it is in the right-click menu for the device in the virtual device manager. This worked for me, thank you. In VS 2019, go to Android Device Manager, right click and, "factory reset". I had a black screen emulator and this resolved the problem for me.
The main reason is that it emulates the ARM CPU and GPU, as opposed to the iOS Simulator, which runs x86 code rather than the ARM code that runs on the actual hardware. This means that the iOS Simulator is very often faster than original hardware, whereas the Android Emulator is slower.
To use the graphics acceleration feature, you must have the following versions of the Android development tools installed: Android SDK Tools, Revision 17 or higher Android SDK Platform API 15, Revision 3 or higher
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