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Three months with M1 Macbook Air as a mobile developer

AasharWahla on February 04, 2021

Being a flutter developer almost for three years, I always had to use virtual machines on my windows laptop to test and run flutter applications on...
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zache-fi

Are you using Flutter for developing the Android apps? Also what development enviroment you are using (ie. Android studio or something else) and when you are testing your code are you using android emulator or real device?

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AasharWahla • Edited

Hi,
I am using flutter for both android and ios development. I work on production code for clients and my own projects. I use flutter with VSCode and use Andriod Emulator / iOS Simulator to test my code.
I also occasionally use my android device to test the code.

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Boy Lenssen

That not possible right? You can't run the Android emulator on M1 yet

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AasharWahla

It is possible.
Google launched the emulator at the end of the last year.

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Gustavo Herrera

How memory ram?

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AasharWahla

512 / 8

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Jamey Smith

little late to the party but have you run into any issues with 8gb of ram slowing down your workflow?

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AasharWahla

nah, its working extremely well.

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Alwi Muhammad

Hi, do you facing any swap memory problems? and how about the thermal? I am planning on buy m1 macbook air too, since the pro model cost more. Thanks

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AasharWahla

That's the same reason I got Macbook Air.
And I have not faced any issue. It is working perfectly.

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Benjamin Bialy • Edited

hey man, i’m tossing up between the MacBook Pro and Air for all sorts of software development do you reckon it’s work the extra money for the pro or does the air suffice? cheers

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AasharWahla

I will recommend you getting a MacBook Air - 512 GB - 8 Cores M1 Chip

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Vivek M Nair

Hi, how's the thermals for long work hours with android/ios emulator running?

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AasharWahla

It do get a little hot if used extensively like 5 6 hours session.
Else it works perfectly.