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Fast Android emulator using VirtualBox

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Re: Fast Android emulator using VirtualBox

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Genymotion is a breath of fresh air for Android development, much needed. Recording screencasts is a big win. It was previously too slow using emulators or screen cappers. There are a few Android apps that do it directly on the device, but you have to root it to run them! Also, it's great for co-workers who don't have an Android device. e.g. we're porting to iOS app right now, and the iOS developer can see Android fe…

>Recording screencasts is a big win. It was previously too slow using emulators or screen cappers

But can you use any screen capture software for the emulators?

Re: Fast Android emulator using VirtualBox

#22
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Shouldn't Google acquire them already? It's surprising and quite unnatural to see other companies make faster emulators than Google themselves (which may not be because Google doesn't have the technical expertise to do it, but because they're not that seriously committed to doing that, and they think the current emulator is fast enough ).

It looks like they are working on their tools. I've came across this a few days ago

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1-M-dRek8oKjCT0pq7fFlC7DfFGW...

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