Running Android emulator on computer with AMD processor

Question

Is there anyway to run Android virtual devices through Eclipse while operating with AMD processor? I had Genymotion for a while and despite it worked, it was too much of a kerfuffle to dabble with it.

Answer 1

For AMD processor, create a new Virtual Device and while selecting the system Image select the ABI as armeabi instead of the default x86 one.

Answer 2

You don't need an Intel processor to run the emulator, it's just so much faster with the HAXM technology which obviously is not available to you. I recommend buying a cheap Android device for testing, as none of the emulations provided with the ADK are particularly fast.

With developer mode enabled on your Android device, you'll find the debugging and all other useful features that Eclipse provides work very well (but note that developer features are now quite hidden: http://www.theandroidsoul.com/android-4-2-developer-mode-is-a-tricky-thing-heres-how-its-done/ ).

Answer 3

Use Genymotion insted of default one. It is way faster than the default one. And yaa the emulator is compatible with both Intel and AMD. Genymotion just uses Virtualbox to run Android in VM.

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