If we want a fast Android emulator that works smoothly, we need to enable hardware acceleration. This can be done using either Intel HAXM or Hyper-V. The disadvantage of Intel HAXM is that it can't be used on machines with an Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) processor; we have to use a machine with an Intel processor. We can't use Intel HAXM in parallel with Hyper-V.
Because of this, Hyper-V is the preferred way to hardware-accelerate an Android emulator on a Windows machine. To use Hyper-V with our Android emulator, we need to have the April 2018 update (or later) for Windows and Visual Studio version 15.8 (or later) installed. To enable Hyper-V, we need to take the following steps:
- Open the Start menu and type in Turn Windows features on or off. Click the option that appears to open it, as shown:
- To enable Hyper-V, select the Hyper-V checkbox. Also...
