Android 4.0 Emulator Page

Modern developers using Android Studio (Flamingo, Giraffe, or newer) will find that Google has buried older system images. You cannot click "create device" and see Ice Cream Sandwich on the main list. You must work a little harder.

Modern phones have 12GB of RAM. The standard Android 4.0 emulator runs with 256MB to 512MB. If your "lightweight" modern app crashes here, you have memory leaks. Testing on ICS is brutal, efficient performance testing. Android 4.0 Emulator

If you are using the Android 4.0 emulator for actual QA, do not just "see if it launches." Run this checklist: If you are using the Android 4

1. Install the SDK Platform

2. Create the Virtual Device

3. Run the Emulator