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Unable to launch the Surface DUO Emulator with Visual Studio
Dear Team, I have been facing issues with the Duo Emulator launch with the Visual Studio 2019, as the emulator not shows in visual studio build option(<build> (Android 10.0 - API 29) ). I have followed the official instruction . So far I didn’t find any solution. Below am giving the details.
Problems
- Unable to launch the emulator directly after modified run.bat file: When I click the Surface Duo Desktop Icon a command prompt launch and suddenly go to crash.
- <build> (Android 10.0 - API 29) : emulator not appear in VS-Xamarin 2019 build option
Things I done
- Followed the official Doc instruction : installation (VS 2019- Xamarin , Surface Duo emulator, Xamarin Android SDK Manager Emulator option checked ), run.bat file modification, Hyper V enabled.
- Installed the Android Studio
Things that works (before modifying run.bat )
The emulator successfully launch with the Android SDK (run_androidstudio.bat😞 I have already installed VS 2019 with Xamarin. And once I installed the Surface Duo emulator, I try to directly launch the emulator by clicking emulator icon, however its not respond, then I installed the android studio and tried again, and it was successfully launched.
Please advise, Thanks.
Sivaprasad. G if you see the Surface Duo emulator, check the port showing in the title bar (it will say something like "Android Emulator - <build>:5556").
That should match the post listed by adb devices, even though the rest of the name may not match exactly. I've attached a screenshot of how it looks for me.
I'll add that whenever I use the Visual Studio batch file (run_vs.bat), I get a low-numbered port (like 5554 or 5556). I notice in your list it's 5578. Check that your batch file does not specify the -ports parameter (and also confirm the ANDROID_SDK_LOCATION is the one in C:\Program Files (x86\Android\android-sdk).
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Hi Sivaprasad. G ,
When I tried this I didn't hit your error but still I wasn't able to successfully connect the emulator to Visual studio.
what finally enabled me is to change the ANDROID_SDK_LOCATION in the Xamarin version from:
set ANDROID_SDK_LOCATION=C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk (the line copied from the instructions to the same line I used when connecting the emulator to Android Studio:
set ANDROID_SDK_LOCATION=%LOCALAPPDATA%\Android\Sdk
if you changed this line to enable the emulator on android studio, please use the same location with the Xamarin script.
I have attached the version that worked for me (note that this site doesn't allow attaching txt or bat files so I pasted it into a word doc 🙂
please let me know if this helps.
Meir
Hello tggmbi ,
Thank you for your prompt reply, I went through your solution and changed the ANDROID_SDK_LOCATION location as you mentioned,(same location which work with android studio) but still I wasn't able to successfully connect the emulator to Visual studio.
Sivaprasad. GI am sorry that didn't work...
can you attach the script you are running and the script that works for you in android studio?
thanx,
Meir
