Android Needs A Simulator, Not An Emulator

Re:Android Needs A Simulator, Not An Emulator by mtdewcmu on Monday June 16, 2014 @06:39PM (#7901877)

When I started a new job doing iOS development, I was a bit surprised that Apple provided a simulator and not an emulator for iPhone/iPad development. An emulator seemed like a better choice, because it would be more realistic. Realism turned out not to be a big issue, at least for the kind of app we were developing, and I guess iOS and Android devices are just too fast to emulate on a desktop with reasonable performance.

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Re:Android Needs A Simulator, Not An Emulator by MBCook on Monday June 16, 2014 @10:22PM (#7902550)

I'm not sure how necessary true emulation really is. The fact that you can easily plug a phone in and run there means that the emulator isn't as valuable so would be if it took 20 minutes of hoops to get your code on a device.

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Re:Android Needs A Simulator, Not An Emulator by mtdewcmu on Tuesday June 17, 2014 @12:57PM (#7905506)

True, and I think Apple's simulator turned out to be the right move.

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