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by simmons 5359 days ago
I've been using Android-x86 in a VirtualBox for development for a long time, and totally recommend it if your app is pure Dalvik (i.e. no native ARM code). It's a night and day difference after using the emulator.

One pain point I have, though, is the need to always hit the VirtualBox host key when switching between Eclipse and VirtualBox, since there's no true integration. Sometimes I also get some weird effects with the mouse pointer not being able to move around the entire framebuffer. (Hmm, maybe a VirtualBox integration module for android-x86 would be a good weekend project...)