Visual Studio 2015 Android Emulator issue

Question

I downloaded \"Visual Studio 2015 Preview\" with \"Visual Studio Emulator for Android\".

Emulator is working good with Apache Cordova App (that can be created from

Answer 1

make sure HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Android SDK Tools\Path is correct

Answer 2

Do you see any error message in the beginning regarding ADB? Considering that it is working on cordova, try rebooting once to make sure there is no one-off problems. If that doesn't work, you can manually connect adb using

adb connect <ip>:5555

And then try the project again.

Also, make sure you have all the pre-requisite installed in your machine. When you create a new project, it will open a web page listing the pre-requisites.

Answer 3

You can update the registry manually:

1. In regedit, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node.
2. Create a new key named Android SDK Tools.
3. Navigate to that key.
4. Create a new string value named Path. Set its value to the location of your Android SDK, which will be like C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Local\Android\sdk.
5. then restart the emulator.

Now, You will see VS emulator by using "adb devices".