{"id":437,"date":"2026-10-26T13:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/glossary\/android-emulator\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T13:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:42:08","slug":"android-emulator","status":"publish","type":"gl_glossary","link":"https:\/\/landing-geelark.huy.lat\/vi\/glossary\/android-emulator\/","title":{"rendered":"Android emulator"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An Android emulator is software that imitates an Android phone on a desktop computer. Developers use emulators to test apps, and some people use them to run mobile apps on a bigger screen.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strengths and limits<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Strengths:<\/strong> free or low cost, quick to set up, good for testing.<\/li><li><strong>Limits:<\/strong> each instance uses your computer&#8217;s memory and CPU; they stop when the computer sleeps; some apps behave differently on emulated hardware.<\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Emulator or cloud phone?<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a couple of accounts or app testing, an emulator is often enough. When you need many devices running at once, shared with a team and available around the clock, cloud phones scale more easily.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related terms<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list gl-related-terms\"><li><a href=\"\/vi\/glossary\/cloud-phone\/\">\u0110i\u1ec7n tho\u1ea1i \u0111\u00e1m m\u00e2y<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/vi\/glossary\/apk\/\">APK (Android Package Kit)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/vi\/glossary\/android-debug-bridge\/\">Android Debug Bridge (ADB)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Software that runs a virtual Android device on your computer.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_geelark_seo_title":"Android emulator: definition and meaning","_geelark_seo_description":"Software that runs a virtual Android device on your computer."},"class_list":["post-437","gl_glossary","type-gl_glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/landing-geelark.huy.lat\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gl_glossary\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/landing-geelark.huy.lat\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gl_glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/landing-geelark.huy.lat\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gl_glossary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/landing-geelark.huy.lat\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}