Is there a way to run Android emulator and VmWare Player at the same time on windows 10?

Question

Im using Xamarin in VS2015 on windows 10 to build a cross platform app. And im using VmWare's VMPlayer to run a virtual instance of OS X to run the iOS emulator. VmPlayer doesn't work with Hyper-V turned ON and the Android Emulator doesnt work with Hyper-V turned OFF.

I was wondering if there is a work around that will allow both the VMplayer and the Android emulator to run at the same time without having to go back and forth turning Hyper-V on and off?

Answer 1

You can run the Visual Studio Android Emulator in vmWare (if you virtualize Windows):

• The VM must have at least 2 CPUs assigned
• Change the OS type of the VM to "Hyper-V (unsupported)” in the VM's general setting
• This step was not required for me in vmWare 8: In Windows, edit the c:\\program files (x86)\\Microsoft XDE\\10.0.10240.0\\skus\\android\\xdesku.xml file and remove the following line from the file: GuestDisplayProvider=”VsEmulator.OpenGLGuestDisplay

If your Windows machine is a physical machine, you can run the VS Android Emulator directly there.