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0 pointsyjftsjthsd-h1y ago0 comments

> At this point, an x86 Android image will be better and more reliable. Somewhat just as fast.

You mean a full VM?

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No, merely using the standard Android emulator, as well as the x86_64 images that have been available for a while (or the ARM64 ones if you're on an M1 and others). With hardware acceleration properly setup, it's a nice experience. https://developer.android.com/studio/run/emulator-commandlin...

It does tend to be very unhappy when the system gets under load though, and might be sluggish if you're running a dozen IDEs on the side.

(Which, as comment under says, is technically a VM. But QEMU gets a pass at pretending not to be a VM and rather just black wizardry that makes bytes happy)

NoahKAndrews1y ago

The Android Emulator is a full VM under the hood. Waydroid is a lighter-weight alternative that uses the Binder implementation in the Linux kernel.

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sigh_again1y ago

It does tend to be very unhappy when the system gets under load though, and might be sluggish if you're running a dozen IDEs on the side.

(Which, as comment under says, is technically a VM. But QEMU gets a pass at pretending not to be a VM and rather just black wizardry that makes bytes happy)

NoahKAndrews1y ago

The Android Emulator is a full VM under the hood. Waydroid is a lighter-weight alternative that uses the Binder implementation in the Linux kernel.

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