Is it possible to use the Visual studio emulator for android as a stand alone android emulator without Visual studio IDE.
I am having trouble getting it up and running.
Facing issues such as these:
Visual studio (2015) emulator for android not working - XDE.exe - Exit Code 3
Visual studio emulator for android Stuck at Copying .vhd files
you can download standalone install here and find more information on its from : https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/msft-android-emulator/
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I use Visual Studio 2015 and I'm confused about the Android Emulators in my Xamarin Forms Project. Android Studio and Visual Studio (-> Tools -> Android -> Android Emulator Manager) show 4 Emulators, but in the dropdown list I don't see them but 4 others. These others are available in Visual Studio -> Tools -> Visual Studio Emulator for Android..... ?
Screenshots are available here.
Many thanks in advance!
Good afternoon!
Each program has its own emulators. Visual Studio recognizes machines(android devices) created on visual studio emulator. To make those available in AVD (Android virtual device manager) appear in VS dropdown, try to start them in AVD first, then run your application in it
Trying to get started with app development (again). Have Visual Studio 2015 Pro and installed and up-to-date Android SDK (in case it matters, here is exactly what is installed).
On creating a basic Android app from the Visual Studio templates, Visual Studio crashes. Debugging the instance (with another Visual Studio instance) shows:
What's wrong? How do I fix it?
Again, the problem is that Visual Studio is crashing. This has nothing to do with debugging my application, which I haven't written yet. It also has nothing to do with C# or Xamarin.
I'm getting this error while running AVD in Android Studio:
Cannot launch AVD in emulator.
Exec format error
How can I fix this?
Launch the Android SDK Manager and check whether all items are not broken. Try to reinstall Android SDK Tools and Platform Tools.
Don't use Default Emulator it has several bugs especially android 4.4 emulator use Genymotion emulator for fast development. It has plugin for android studio to debug. works in windows,ubuntu,mac
go to link and download genymotion Individual
The android emulator in Visual Studio 2015 CTP 6 will not start. If I try to start a debug session with any native android c++ project on any android emulator (KitKat or Lollipop, phone or tablet) I'll get the error message:
"The device '' is invalid or not running. Please switch to another device, or use the Android Virtual Device (AVD) Manager to start a compatible emulator, or connect a compatible Android device."
I repaired and reinstalled Visual Studio and the Visual Studio android emulator already several times.
You should be seeing a Hyper-V entry for the emulator.
It looks like you're using the CTP6 version of the Visual Studio Emulator for Android (which has support for KitKat and Lollipop).
The CTP6 version of the emulator requires the matching CTP6 version of Visual Studio 2015. The first thing to try is to install the CTP6 version of Visual Studio here: http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/visual-studio-2015-ctp-vs.aspx
After installing VS CTP6, confirm that the version number of the emulator is still 1.0.50219.2 in Add Remove Programs (Control Panel).
According to the documentation here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2014/11/12/introducing-visual-studio-s-emulator-for-android.aspx
The Visual Studio Emulator for Android installs either with the Visual Studio 2015 Preview or the Cordova Tools, both of which I have installed.
However when I open my Cordova Tools created app I don't see the Visual Studio Android Emulator in the options. Hyper-V is enabled and running but there's no VS Android Emulator image.
Just to be sure I reinstalled the Cordova Tools for VS 2013, which took forever, but still no change in emulators.
What am I missing?
As it is stated in this thread - Visual Studio Preview 2015 is missing "VS Emulator Android Phone", the Visual Studio Emulator for Android is installed with a separate installer after the main VS 2015 installed ends with the rest of the tools.
Please also notice that the Visual Studio Emulator for Android uses Hyper-V and therefore is not supported on Windows 7 or earlier. This could also be part of the problem.
To install it