Why emulator is very slow in Android Studio?

Question

I just setup Android Studio on my PC, which is new launch to develop Android application.

My problem is that, when I try to run my small app in emulator, it take to

Answer 1

Aside from what everyone has already said about HAXM and other configuration settings as solutions for this problem, my solution had nothing to do with software configuration or processor limitations.

I setup Android studio on an older HDD and I had Visual Studio running an android emulator on an SSD. My bottleneck was the old HDD - the SSD I had resulted in more speed.

The solution - albeit not the best for you - is to look in installing an SSD. This is not a very feasible solution in 90% of the cases but for me the root cause was linked to my hardware - not my software config.

Hope this helps another person facing a similar problem!