In order to make the Android emulator run faster and is more responsive, you can configure it to take advantage of Hardwar e acceleration, using a combination of configuration options, specific Android system images and hardware drivers.
Using SDK Manager to Download/install x86 system image
1. Configuring Graphics Acceleration
Graphics acceleration for the emulator takes advantage of your development computer ' s graphics hardware, specifically it Graphics processing Unit (GPU), to make screen drawing faster.
SDK Tool version >= 17
SDK Platform API version >= (i.e. >= Android 4.0.3)
In AVD, specify ' useHost GPU ', note not to specify snapshot
Plus, you can specify the use of GPU acceleration (specify "-gpu on" in Target's additional emulator command line options) at Runtime
2. Configuring Virtual Machine Acceleration
Caution: As of SDK Tools Revision, the Virtual machine Acceleration feature for the emulator is experimental; Be alert for incompatibilities and errors when using the This feature.
Many modern CPUs provide extensions for running virtual machines (VMs) more efficiently. Taking advantage of these extensions with the Android emulator requires some additional configuration of your development System, but can significantly improve the executionspeed. Before attempting to use this type of acceleration, you should first determine if your development system ' s CPU supports O NE of the following virtualization extensions technologies:
Intel Virtualization Technology (VT, vt-x, VMX) extensions
AMD Virtualization (amd-v, SVM) extensions (only supported for Linux)
Note:retina MAC book Pro (I7-3635QM) supports VT
Note: virtualization extensions is typically enabled through your computer ' s BIOS and is frequently turned off by default . Check the documentation for your system's motherboard to find out how to enable virtualization extensions.
To use virtual machine acceleration with the emulator, you need the following version of Android development tools. Use the Android SDK Manager to install these components:
Virtual machine acceleration on a MAC requires the installation of the Intel Hardware Accelerated execution Manager (Intel HAXM) kernel extension to allow the Android emulator to make use of the CPU virtualization extensions.
Android Emulator setting & Configuation