title: Why Android Emulator (AVD) is so slow?
body: <p>I'm having a hard time developing android applications. My AVD takes ages to boot up, besides it lacks of performance. Touches have a delay or lag and it doesn't look as professional as the Xcode simulator. Is there something I can do?</p>
  
  <p>I am getting this error when running my app:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>The connection to adb is down, and a severe error has occured.</li>
  <li>You must restart adb and Eclipse.</li>
  <li>Please ensure that adb is correctly located at '/Users/<strong>**</strong>/android-sdks/platform-tools/adb' and can be executed</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>What am I doing wrong?</p>