Some Tips About the ICS Emulator
Some tips about the ICS emulator;
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Don’t expect it to run well on any machine with less than 3GB of RAM. It can be done, but don’t rely on it :).
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There is a list of know issues in the emulator at http://tools.android.com/knownissues (from @ediTLJ on twitter)
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Increase the default RAM for your AVDs to 1024MB (yup, 1GB)
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If the emulator has crashed try deleting the AVD you used. If you’re told the AVD is in use then you’ll need to create a new AVD.
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If you’ve hit problems with Snapshot set to Enabled on the AVD then turn it off.
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Try setting the Max VM application heap size to 40MB or more (from Reuben Scratton )
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If your first boot appears to lock up it could be your contacts database. Try exiting the emulator and re-starting it (from Reuben Scratton )
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The screen resolution for the Nexus Prime is listed as WXGA720 in the AVD settings.
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If you want to see what ICS will look like on a tablet use WSVGA or WXGA800 as the resolution.
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The software buttons for Home, Back, etc. don’t appear to be in the ICS image for some resolutions. Resolutions known to support the soft buttons are WSVGA and WXGA800.
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You should recreate any new snapshots in the new emulator. The emulator snapshot format has changed and the emulator doesn’t fail gracefully if it encounters a format it can’t use (from Xavier Ducrohet )