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Yeni geliştirme ortamımın ilk üyesi Genymotion

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Android e uygulama geliştirmeye başlamak çok kolay. Bunun için developer.android.com üzerinden Android Bundle'ı indirmeniz yeter. Üstelik Android cihazı ihtiyacınız bile yok. PC üzerinde Android ortamını simule edebilirsiniz.

Fakat yıllardır Google tarafından bize sunulan AVD (Android Virtual Device) x86 işlemciler üzerinde çok yavaş çalışmakta. Her ne kadar Intel'in driver çıkarması ve Google ın çalışmaları ile biraz olsun hızlansa da animasyon oyun performans gerektiren uygulamalarda yararsız kalıyor. Bu yüzden sürekli kişisel cihazım ile zimulasyon ve testler yapmaktayımdım.

Geliştirme yaparken sürekli kendi telefonum üzerinde simulasyon yapma durumum Genymotion ile karşılaşınca son buldu. Nexus 4 telefonumdan bile hızlı çalışan bu Android sanal makina Google service leride kullanabiliyor. Windows, Mac, Linux ortamlarında rahatlıkla kurulup kullanıma bağlayabildiğimiz Genymotion sayesinde yazdığım kodları daha hızlı test edebiliyorum. Google ın sunduğu yavaş çalışan ADV'a en iyi alternatif. Bütün geliştiricilere kullanmasını tavsiye ederim.

Kullanması o kadar keyifli ki, ufak problemleri, arada bir kapanması, ekranın açılıp kapanması gibi az rastlanan sorunlar canınızı bile sıkmayacak.

Sinan KOZAK

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