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Elijah Parkhurst
Elijah Parkhurst
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Posted by Elijah Parkhurst
Elijah Parkhurst
4,776 Points

Is Genymotion still the best emulator option?

So the Android tools course has me downloading Genymotion but a lot of the features that Ben talks about have since been incorporated into the standard emulator that comes with android studio. I also noticed that the free version seems to come with less than it did when the video was made. It does not come with a java API. Is that a problem? I just don't want to download something that is no longer necessary or the best current option.

Jeff Janes
Jeff Janes
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Jeff Janes
Jeff Janes
8,033 Points

I still use Genymotion as it seems to still outperform the standard emulator. I love the extra features as well!

2 Answers

Harry James
Harry James
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Harry James
Harry James
14,780 Points

Hey Elijah!

I do believe that Genymotion is the best option still. I don't believe that they have made any features paid-only though, I think they've only added extra features that are paid-only. For what most developers use it for, Genymotion works perfectly fine and is waaaay faster than the default emulator! I've been using it for a while now and still love it!

The Java API is not required for these courses and is only used for making changes to the emulator as the code runs (For testing). For example, you could have a line of code that would set the battery level in Genymotion to 80% if you wanted. It's used for apps that are a lot more complex and where testing like this would greatly benefit the app but, for most or even any projects you'll work on, you may never need testing like this.

Hope it helps and if you have any more questions, give me a shout :)

Elijah Parkhurst
Elijah Parkhurst
4,776 Points
Elijah Parkhurst
Elijah Parkhurst
4,776 Points

Thanks guys. You've convinced me