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Re:Android Needs A Simulator, Not An Emulator by stusmall on Monday June 16, 2014 @04:03PM (#7901160)
It is much much less. I just timed it on my machine. It was 8 seconds for a decent sized(~12M) app. A build and deploy takes much longer, but the long pole isn't the time it takes to install the app on the hardware. If you are having a lot of latency, I don't think a simulator will help.
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Re:Android Needs A Simulator, Not An Emulator by christop on Monday June 16, 2014 @04:29PM (#7901301)
This is still far longer than it should be.

I just built a not-particularly-large app after making a single-line change and it took 16 seconds to compile, dex, package and install on a running x86 emulator. The installation time is appreciable (4 seconds for my 10MB APK), which would be cut to zero for a simulator. Similarly, removing the dexing and packaging would be a great help.

I'm jealous when I see how fast my iOS colleagues can make code tweaks and see them running on a simulator one second later.

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