Xamarin - VS2015 emulator not working

Question

I've been doing some research on this, but it seems like I couldn't find anything yet. So, I'm new to Xamarin and I've been building some small apps for fun. I cannot, however, use the VS Android emulator, as it is pretty heavy for my machine. Is there a way to use another emulator to run the apps?

Thanks a lot! :)

Answer 1

Provide more details about your problem so we can find a solution and make the VS Android Work.

You can use other Emulators like :

• Xamarin Android Player
• Genymotion
• Andy OS

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Refer : Visual Studio Android Emulator

Answer 2

If you have an Android Phone or Tablet my best advice would be to debug on that. If not (and you're not looking at investing in a new computer any time soon) my advice would be to look on eBay for a cheap, older Android phone (which is what I did as I like to use an iPhone) and debug on that. This proved to be an ideal solution for me as all I wanted to do was play about.

Answer 3

There are a lot of options with visual studio emulators for android. You can use devices from 1-3 RAM. You can also create devices with Android Virtual Device and configure the RAM there.