Noob explorations - Android Studio

Anchises

Hi,

I downloaded Android Studio and am trying to learn a little about it

On a simple test app, to add two numbers and display a total, it stops
before completion.
I suspect running out of resources.

Basically I was following this youtube tutorial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iAm_YyOk9o

The display of the Emulator to readiness takes ages too!

Presumably attaching a real android device would be faster ?

My PC is a 2.5gh Intel duo , with 4 Gig Ram, Win 7.

What minimum spec would you recommend for Android App development ?

A.

00sully

yes try a physical device the emulators run terrible on even high spec machines. I don't think 4gb ram will cut it for the emulator. There is a way to speed it up using some intel accelerator but I haven't tried this myself http://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/speeding-up-the-android-emulator-on-intel-architecture

you can syphon 2gb of Ram for the emulator but win7 probably needs more than 2 itself so I would say you should use a physical device - better in the long run anyway

I have 8gb ram 2.8ghz Core i7 and eclipse runs pretty laggy sometimes for me. Have briefly tried Android Studio but I don't like the gradle build stuff in there

Anchises

Thanks for that

I'll try with a real android device and see.

Will look at the other option you suggested too.

A.

Atomic Pineapple

I have used the Intel HAXM and it doesn't make a noticeable difference so I wouldn't bother with it especially if you have a real device.

Anchises

Thanks.

That's very helpful

A.

driveshark

I found Android Studio very slow when building (due to the gradle build sequence). If you want to speed up development on a slow machine I'd recommend using Eclipse and as for an emulator, just don't use the standard Android emulator, try Genymotion . It's fast, free and easier to use in my opinion. Any questions just shout!