Visual Studio 2015 CTP 6 android emulator invalid device

Question

The android emulator in Visual Studio 2015 CTP 6 will not start. If I try to start a debug session with any native android c++ project on any android emulator (KitKat or Lollipop, phone or tablet) I'll get the error message:

"The device '' is invalid or not running.  Please switch to another device,  or use the Android Virtual Device (AVD) Manager to start a compatible emulator, or connect a compatible Android device."

I repaired and reinstalled Visual Studio and the Visual Studio android emulator already several times.

Answer 1

You should be seeing a Hyper-V entry for the emulator.

It looks like you're using the CTP6 version of the Visual Studio Emulator for Android (which has support for KitKat and Lollipop).

The CTP6 version of the emulator requires the matching CTP6 version of Visual Studio 2015. The first thing to try is to install the CTP6 version of Visual Studio here: http://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/downloads/visual-studio-2015-ctp-vs.aspx

After installing VS CTP6, confirm that the version number of the emulator is still 1.0.50219.2 in Add Remove Programs (Control Panel).