How to get rid of slow android emulator during app development?

We know that Android emulator starts even slower than the PC itself. But a simple solution to get rid of slower booting of droid emulator is -

Solution when emulator is running -

Do not close the emulator until you are done with all build testings :-)

Simply run your android project and never close the emulator window until you are done with your work for the time, i am working with Eclipse and retest app builds as fast as we do with J2ME. All work the IDE has to do is upload/update the apk instead of relaunching of the emulator window again and again.


Solution #2 - Use Android-x86 in VirtualBox (or VMWare etc).

I don't want to write same thing which someone has already done. Please read the process in this page how to setup android in VirtualBox and use it for development.

http://www.andreybutov.com/2011/10/14/how-to-set-up-a-faster-android-emulator/


Now, most probably you will encounter "where is Host-Only adapter" option?
For that, Go to
File -> Preferences -> Network -> Add new Host-Only Network -> vboxnet0

Now upon selecting host-only network will show vboxnet0 instead of "no item selected".


Happy Droidevelopment :-)