'Visual Studio Emulator for Android' devices are not listed in the Android Device Monitor

Question

I can start the VS Emulator devices just fine, but they simply don\'t show up in ADB/Android studio.

I searched and found a similar SO question (same issue, only I i

Answer 1

In my case I didn't have that entry in registry. But all you need to do is just create the key Android SDK Tools that entry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node

Then add the two keys as shown (right click -> New -> String Value). Add the correct path to your Android SDK. Here is what it should look like:

Once you add those entries

adb kill-server adb start-server

Restart the Visual Studio Emulator for Android then run adb devices and hopefully it should just appear.