Fire up your AVD, grab a coffee while it boots, and start coding. The future of Android is here, and it looks delicious.
Notes for graders
ICS is graphics-heavy. When creating your AVD, make sure to check the box for "GPU Emulation" . Without this hardware acceleration enabled, the emulator will run at a snail's pace, and the new UI transitions will look like a slideshow. Setting the RAM to at least 512MB or 1024MB is also highly recommended to prevent crashes on boot. Android 4.0 Emulator
sdkmanager "system-images;android-15;google_apis;x86" Fire up your AVD, grab a coffee while
While Google's AVD is the gold standard, other emulators can run Ice Cream Sandwich, often with different performance profiles. Fire up your AVD