Android emulator by Microsoft | unocero – unocero

One of the problems in developing apps for mobile operating systems are emulators of them. On the one hand, it is clear that the emulator can not do everything that makes the phone (for example, make calls), but for many developments, the power to emulate on the computer where you are developing, how the app that we will behave Writing is certainly a blessing. For some reason, however, Android emulators are perhaps one of the weakest parts in development for this platform. They are slow and inefficient and I wonder a little, because if we emulators of 8088, of a full PC, how little you can not do an emulator for Android that works reasonably well?

With the release of Visual Studio 2015, you receive an Android emulator, written by Microsoft, which can be downloaded as a standalone software product. He works with VS and Eclipse as well. Microsoft’s reasons are unclear to give Android emulator as a downloadable and independent product development platforms. But if for example, using Android Studio, is a good idea to download it and use it (if you work on a machine with Windows). In many ways it is the emulator that Google had wanted to keep and which to date has not. It is even better than it has accelerated emulator HAXM Intel.

There are many reasons why it is better. It can run on HyperV, which means that we should not turn to run it as HyperV when done HAXM. They also work remotely, while this can not be done in HAXM. If these benefits do not seem sufficient, this emulator Microsoft has a number of interesting features. It plays the accelerometer to control panel, network, battery status, camera and the SD card. You can also take “snapshots” if necessary. A computer that supports HyperV is required, which means to be talking about the latest machines. No need to install or configure HyperV. Just download and use the installer. If any items are missing the system itself can not run.

There are problems, however, they may arise. The emulator uses a USB connection to ADT IDE being used. This means that if your computer has installed many USB devices, the emulator may not operate. In some cases there seems to be to remove all USBs connected to work, but apparently it depends on the machine configuration.

The best thing to do is download it and try it. There you will find if it is useful or not. It is the best way to know if the product works

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Download the Visual Studio 2015 emulator

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