Cannot connect/deploy Visual Studio Xamarin on Bluestacks

Question

I'm using MSVS2015Pro with Xamarin .

I also installed BlueStacks to get an AVD .

But for some reason the the BlueStacks AVD doesn't appear on the available devices list to debug with.

Check the following image:

[EDIT]

FYI: On the Visual Studio Output window I get the error (I didn't see before):

Emulator name lookup failed for emulator 'emulator-5554'

Any idea on how to solve this?

Answer 1

I had a Xamarin Studio Addin that I used to use for this, but you can manually use adb (Android Debug Bridge) to enable/disable the connection.

Get the ip and port number of the running Bluestack instance via, it is usually 127.0.0.1:5555

adb devices

Once you have that, you can connect and disconnect from it.

Connect:

adb connect {ip:port} 

Disconnect:

adb disconnect {ip:port}

Ref: SushiHangover.BlueStacks.Addin

Answer 2

How to connect Bluestacks (4) Android Emulator with Visual Studio (this case 2019):

Step 1:

Activate ADB-Settings in Bluestacks

Step 2:

In VS go to Tools -> Android -> Android Adb Command Prompt... and insert

adb connect 127.0.0.1:5555

Done!

You should now see the device, which is selected in the Bluestacks Advanced-Settings as Device-Profil