Android Device Monitor File Explorer not working with emulator running API 24+

Question

So, just as question states. Android device monitor is not showing anything in the File Explorer view. This is only occuring on Virtual Devices running Android API Level 24

Answer 1

A workaround using the adb command line tool:

root@mypc ~ $ adb kill-server
root@mypc ~ $ adb start-server
root@mypc ~ $ adb root

Now you can browse through the file system using the linux ls command:

root@mypc ~ $ adb shell ls -all /
total 3688
drwxr-xr-x  15 root   root         0 2017-04-21 11:11 .
drwxr-xr-x  15 root   root         0 2017-04-21 11:11 ..
drwxr-xr-x  29 root   root         0 2017-04-21 11:11 acct
drwxrwx---   6 system cache     4096 2017-01-06 12:11 cache
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root        13 1970-01-01 01:00 charger -> /sbin/healthd
...
-rw-r--r--   1 root   root      4853 1970-01-01 01:00 ueventd.rc
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root   root        14 1970-01-01 01:00 vendor -> /system/vendor