The all new emulator i s now a better alternative than plugins like genymotion.
There is a lot of enhancement in term of performace, UI as well as feature (contol featured as well as new features are added. )
In Google IO 2016, and latest articles they(Google’s Android Platform developer team) have claimed that the new emulator is faster than the physical device.
When running with Android Studio 2.0 or higher on an x86 machine, response time is faster than the previous Android Emulator and you can transfer files from your machine faster than a physical Android device.
For best performance with Android Emulator 2.0, your system should meet the following specifications:
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Windows: Intel® processor with support for Intel® VT-x, Intel® EM64T (Intel® 64), and Execute Disable (XD) Bit functionality. AMD and Intel Atom processors do not support VT-x virtual machine acceleration.
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Linux: Intel® processor with support for Intel® VT-x, Intel® EM64T (Intel® 64), and Execute Disable (XD) Bit functionality or AMD processors with support for AMD Virtualization™ (AMD-V™)
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64-bit Operating Systems.
Latest features include
- multi-finger touch inputs
- rotate the screen, capture screenshots, and zoom in on the display
- drag and drop an APK right on the emulator.
- Change GPS location, battery level, cellular strength and network type.
- Phone Option (call device and send message): very helpful in application development and testing which involve sms service or call functionlaity. Not only this we can change how our application behave under these circumstances.
