android emulator in android studio is too slow and can't use it fully

Question

Android studio is too slow and I am not able to use back, home, option keys. And I am also not able to rotate emulator.How can I improve the performance of the emulator and can use the all keys and rotation feature???

Answer 1

For the speed, it is kind've dependent on your system specs, but give this a try http://jolicode.com/blog/speed-up-your-android-emulator

As for rotation, try these:

Mac: ctrl + fn + f12

Windows: left ctrl + f12

Linux: ctrl + f12

Answer 2

You can use Genymotion too.

https://www.genymotion.com/#!/

It runs using Virtual Box. Should be fast enough.

Answer 3

Android Studio and Emulator are different tools. You can use each other independent of one another.

Emulator is slow and most of the times unusable. See a post by Jake Wharton on emulators Android needs a simulator.

For the time being you can use Genymotion or use your own device to debug.