Minimum Hardware requirements for Android development [closed]

Answer 1

I use an i5 processor with 4Gb RAM. It works very well. I feel this is the minimum configuration required to run both eclipse and android avd simultaneously. Just an old processor with high RAM is not sufficient.

Answer 2

I did the following experiment at home:

let's compare how 2 computers compile the same android application in eclipse. Here are the competitors:

"the monster" - pentinum i7 - 16 gig RAM - solid state hard drive

"peabody" - pentinum i3 - 4 gig RAM

The results: when I compiled the same application in eclipse, the monster and peabody took exactly the same amount of time to bring up the emulator to the point where you have to slide the button to run the app: 1 minute 12 seconds.

After that point, the monster executed the app 30-40 seconds faster than peabody.

The monster costs about $500 more than the peabody. So the question is, is it really worth it? In my opinion, No. I can wait the extra 30-40 seconds

Answer 3

Hey, I have used the same software on an AMD 3Ghz chip, dual core. had 2gbs of ram at the time, and i noticed the emulator ran at an alright speed, but took a ridiculous amount of time to load. I have not done enough development on Android to tell you if this is a common, or even still existing problem, but it is certainly something I remember from my experience.

Answer 4

I find identically-specced AVDs run and load far better on my home machine (Phenom II x4 945/8GB RAM/Win7 HP 64bit) than they do on my work machine (Core2Duo/3GB RAM/Ubuntu 11.04 32bit).

As you're essentially running a virtual machine, I would personally go for nothing less than a dual core/4GB, though highly recommend a quad/8GB if you can splash out for that.