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

I tried all the previous answers, including the accepted one about running the install_zip.sh shell script, but nothing worked right for me for VS emulators of Android Lollipop (5.1) and Marshmallow (6). The problem seems to be also that Gapps has now some native code, processor specific, and most Gapps packets available for download are compiled for ARM processors. I tried OpenGapps which does have processor specific packages, but their complex installation scripts didn't work for me in VS emulators.

I finally found a Gapps package prepared for ASUS Zenphone 2, which does have an Intel processor - specifically I downloaded the package recommended here, and that installed fine with just drag and drop on Visual Studio emulator for Android 5.1