This behaviour is absolutely not normal, especially if this freezes your desktop (on a quad-core machine !). Are you sure there is not another problem on this machine ? What does the Window process manager shows when you start the emulator ?
On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Matt <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been trying to get into android development lately, and I have > had a few issues using the 2.0.1 and up emulators. > > I've been trying to do some of the simple Hello World type > applications to ensure that I know at least the basics function on my > machine. I downloaded the SDK Installer and installed SDK versions > 1.5, 1.6, 2.0.1 and 2.1. I have been successful in making the Hello > World app on 1.5 and 1.6 and having it run on the emulator. When I > create apps on 2.0.1 or 2.1 I and try to start the emulator (either > start it separate to the app, or start it when "Debug As -> android > app" the emulator starts up, gets to the main unlock screen, and > within a minute essentially freezes and restarts (Goes back to ANDROID > loading screen and never gets back beyond it. > > The effective results is that I can't use the Android v2 emulators at > all. On top of that, they also cause my computer to practically freeze > and become unusable while starting up. This occurs whether I start the > emulator while the Eclipse SDK is up, or whether it's close and I > simply start is via the normal windows tools. Is this a common issue > that there is a simple solution for or am I just an anomaly? > > Also, the 1.5 version emulator seems to run alright, but I'd rather > not be developing around a year+ old version even if Android is > supposed to be nicely backwards compatible. The 1.5 emulator will at > least start, and allow me to interact with the OS and try my app, so > if it's 1.5 compliant, it works fine. > > > My machine basics: > Windows 7, 64bit version > QuadCore i7 920 > 6GB ram > > > Let me know if you need more information on my runtime specs, or if > you have a clue what might be wrong. > > -Thanks. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
