Android: Fast way to "test" app

Question

i m starting (or at least trying to) developing android application(s) and I m using eclipse for it along the android sdk.

Now I m wondering if there's a faster way to "test" and tryout something newly writen in the code than starting it in the emulator?

I'm wondering because I m running on 8gb ram and q9550 (quadcore) and it takes some time (let's say 20secs) to upload and start the apk and now

I'm wondering if this really is the only way to test since it requires huge amount of time, especially when I'm trying something new which doesn't work and thus I'm always gotta run it like this let's say like 20 times until I figure out what's wrong with my code...

Answer 1

You can connect your android phone using USB debugging mode and debug your code. If you can't do that, you can export an apk file (which is quick) and use dropbox/gmail to send it to your phone. I am not a big fan of emulator :)

Here's how to enable usb debugging

http://www.groovypost.com/howto/mobile/how-to-enable-usb-debugging-android-phone/