I am trying to learn to develop Android apps. I followed the steps at http://developer.android.com to get my eclipse environment set up for android. I am able to launch android apps and the emulator comes up and loads the app.
It is taking over 30 seconds every time though. I thought it was supposed to take a while the first time but be fine after that. Is this normal?
When it first loads 2-3 command prompt boxes appear and disappear very quickly. Then it says “A N D R O I D _” with the underscore blinking for a while, then is shows the word android again but in a fancy font. then the application finally loads.
I am using Win7x64 if it matters.
It sounds like you’re closing the emulator after each run. If you leave the emulator open the loading time should be reduced as you expected. However, do bear in mind the emulator is generally very slow.