Intel HAXM for Android simulators to speed up the problem of slow simulator running _android

Android Simulator has been known for its slow speed, this article describes the use of Intel HAXM technology for the Android simulator to accelerate, so that the simulator is comparable to the real machine, to solve the problem of slow simulator operation.

Intel HAXM (Hardware accelerated Execution Manager) uses hardware acceleration based on Intel (R) Virtualization Technology (VT), so CPU support VT is required, and and limited to Intel CPUs, with AMD CPU, Intel HAXM's described below：
• Use Intel VT technology;
• Provide hardware acceleration for the Android x86 virtual device's analog operation;
• Integration with Android SDK;
hardware requirements are as follows：
• Support for Intel processors for Vt-x, EM64T, and Execute Disable Bit;
• At least 1GB of available memory
Supported operating Systems：
windows 7 (32/64-bit)
Windows Vista (32/64-bit)
Windows XP (32-bit only)
OS X 10.6 or 10.7 (32/64-bit)
Download and install the Intel HAXM extension
Start the Android SDK Manager, at the bottom of the Package list is the Intel HAXM extension that you want to use, tick, download, and do not go to Intel's website, as shown below:

After downloading the HAXM, you need to run Setup to install it, HAXM download the directory is Android-sdk\extras\intel\hardware_accelerated_execution_manager, run IntelHaxm.exe installation, according to the screen prompts, step-by-step installation can be.
Download Android x86 Mirrors
There are already 4.1.2 x86 mirrors in the Android SDK Manager, so select 4.1.2 x86 mirroring, as shown in the following illustration:

Using Android x86 mirroring
Create or edit the Android emulator and set the emulator Cpu/abi to Intel Atom X86, as shown in the following illustration:

If the above steps are not wrong, now the Android simulator can run almost as fast as the real machine, and no longer envy the IOS emulator on the MAC platform.