Learning Android Development
Is Android Development good in M1 MacBook Pro?
Published in · 5 min read · Apr 13, 2021
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Late last year, Apple came up with its own Apple M1 Chip MacBook Pro. It’s so exciting as even with the 13.3" device, it seems to outperform much better than its previous generation better devices.
Does it mean I should jump onto it for Android Development?
Below is my first glance of it…
By default, the M1 MacBook Pro came with
- 8 core-GPU
- 8GB of RAM
- 256 GB of Storage
However, we can configure the RAM to 16 GB, and with much larger storage e.g. 512 GB, which to me, is good enough for Android Development.
Besides, I like the real ESC key that is now back on the keyboard.
One down side is, there’s only 2 USB-C ports available on the left side. That’s limiting if we have few peripherals we want to connect to. e.g. You need a power, a monitor and a keyboard…. ops, that needs 3 USB-C ports 😟
Note, M1 Chip is not an Intel Processor. What does that mean? When we install Android Studio, we’ll see the below.
What this means is, the default emulator your Android Studio has will not be able to run well, if not able to run at all! 😱
The good news is…
Google is making progress on providing the Android Emulator for M1.
