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Unable to launch the Surface DUO Emulator with Visual Studio
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).
MicrosoftSivaprasad. G after you start the emulator with run_vs.bat, can you do adb devices in the command line and confirm that the Surface Duo emulator shows up there? The Surface Duo emulator might not automatically appear in the Visual Studio menu by default, but if it is shown in the adb devices list, then it should also be available in Visual Studio.
Hi Craig_Dunn ,I am unable to type or paste the "adb devices" on the command line after the emulator start, I tried many times, the run_vs.bat CMD is no more accepting any input once it started. Please advise, Thanks.
Sivaprasad. G No problem, you are welcome to the Surface Duo developer family. 🙂
Craig_Dunn , Thank you so much for your valuable time and support , I successfully connect the emulator to Visual studio. For me, It took around 10 minutes to appear the emulator option in visual studio at first time. Thank you so much tggmbi and tscholze for your valuable suggestion ,
- Craig_Dunn
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).
Hi Craig_Dunn,OK, Surface Duo emulator Is Not shown up in the list. please advise . Thanks
C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb devices
List of devices attached
47f020a5 device
emulator-5578 device- Craig_Dunn
Sivaprasad. G you can start a new command window and use adb devices there - you are correct the one that started the emulator will not accept further input.
