An Alternative Emulator

The speed of the Android emulator has improved significantly over time and it is a reasonable way to run the code that you write in this book.

As an alternative, Genymotion is a popular, third-party Android emulator. You will occasionally see references to the Genymotion emulator in this book. For more information on Genymotion, visit http://​genymotion.com/.

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