Re:An iOS Developer Takes on Android
by stonemetal on Monday August 01, 2011 @12:57PM
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My guess is people are down voting for tone, and the fact that he didn't even read what he quoted.
> and the fact that he didn't even read what he quoted.
Of course I did. An Android emulator can only mean Android running on top of an ARM emulator, otherwise it's a simulator (like the iOS simulator). Emulators are always about hardware unless otherwise specified.
Re:An iOS Developer Takes on Android
by stonemetal on Tuesday August 02, 2011 @12:05PM
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An Android emulator can only mean Android running on top of an ARM emulator How so? Android supports both x86 and ARM. I would have thought x86 on x86 would be the way to go since it has been done before with good performance. Heck they wouldn't even have to write anything just ship a customized virtual box or QEmu.
The current emulator _is_ QEmu. However, the current problem is not arm emulation, but moving pixels in software. You will notice, that the more you increase resolution, the more the performance drops.
The Google IO talk linked in this thread addresses this point, so hopefully in Autumn the emulator will be usable (especially at tablet resolutions).
The iOS Simulator is specifically refereed to as a simulator NOT an emulator. It simulates the iOS on top of OS X and makes no attempt to be an emulator. It is a decent simulator.