Visual Studio Emulator for Android - Install Gapps (Google Play Services)

Question

I\'m using the new VS Android Emulator with Android Studio:

https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/features/msft-android-emulator-vs.aspx

It doesn\'t have Google

Answer 1

It seems that the emulator hangs trying to install files if it cannot find adb.exe.

1. Ensure you have the Android SDK installed

2. If you run regedit.exe and look at the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Android SDK Tools reg key, there is a Path string value that points to a location on disk. Double check to make sure that there is a copy of adb.exe located in the platform-tools directory under that path.

Hope this helps.