Are there any solutions for testing android applications other than using the default emulator?

Is there any other solution for testing android applications other than using that slow emulator which comes with 开发者_高级运维the android SDK?

I'm not interested in the testing service providers.

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Perhaps the obvious one, but use an actual, physical device. It's a good idea anyway if you plan on releasing it to the public.

But really - If you intend to make an app of any reasonable quality, you're going to need to test on a device. If you want to distribute it on a wide scale I would really opine that you should test it on several different devices, for that matter.

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You could install Android-x86 in VirtualBox. It runs fast, but there are a lot of restrictions.