The article below on the Intel Developer Zone goes into more detail about how to setup and create an AVD configuration for running x86 Google API image. We now have standard x86 Google API emulator images available in Android SDK. Until recently we were not able to test Android apps that use Google APIs, as there were no x86 based Google APIs emulator images. Developers can see great productivity gains in their Develop-Debug-Test cycle of app development. The Intel HAXM Android emulator is extremely fast as it uses hardware accelerated virtualization. We will create a sample app to demonstrate how you can use the Google APIs and test them with the HAXM based emulator.
In this article we look at how to install, configure and test the HAXM based emulator with Google APIs. The x86 based Google APIs system image was added to Android SDK recently. Developers have been using the Intel® Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager (Intel® HAXM) based Android* emulator for developing Android* apps, but it had a limitation when it came to testing apps that use Google APIs.
