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Android

Posted by Guillermo Pereyro
Guillermo Pereyro
Courses Plus Student 79 Points

Android Setup and the Crystal Ball project

I cannot launch the android emulator correctly in spite of the fact that i have done every step as it is shown in the tutorial done by Ben Jakuben. Can it be because my MacBook Pro isnt new?

1 Answer

Victor Miclovich
Victor Miclovich
9,108 Points
Victor Miclovich
Victor Miclovich
9,108 Points

You have to make sure you are using a Macbook Pro with an Intel processor. I'm guessing Macbooks from the mid-2009 era/period should work (I use an old Macbook pro).

If you use the default android emulator be prepared for speed issues; it is ridiculously slow; however you can use Genymotion. The setup will take a while but after that the next time you run things, it will be really fast and possibly working correctly.

https://cloud.genymotion.com/page/doc/

http://developerbits.blogspot.de/2013/06/installing-genymotion-for-mac-os-x.html

Hope this helps.

Guillermo Pereyro
Guillermo Pereyro
Courses Plus Student 79 Points

Thank you for your answer, My Macbook Pro is from 2010 and has an Intel processor. I have already tried with genymotion but i cannot figure out how to launch my AVD neither with the default android emulator nor genymotion.

Victor Miclovich
Victor Miclovich
9,108 Points

Try using a plugin; I use Android studio when writing Android code and they have a nice plugin that lets you start. Sometimes, I trick the system by first running Virtual Box (not starting the Emulator) and then switching over to the IDE and clicking the Genymotion icon to run the app.