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I wanted to create an app for android in visual studio community 2022, and all of the tutorials on youtube or internet talks about the template of native activity app or opengl-es app. Although i have installed mobile development with c++ but i cant see any of these templates in my template list. Has it been removed or i need to install something more for that?
or if there is any alternative for that.
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visual studio 2022 dropped support of ant scripts (on which most of the templates were based), so only gradle based projects are left.
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Unfortunately, the respective page (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/cross-platform/create-an-android-native-activity-app?view=msvc-170) still refers to the Native Activity App (Android) template.
I have submitted an issue (https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/t/gradleproperties-is-neither-added-nor-u/10836917#T-ND10899671) about the subject of keeping the Android development support up-to-date.
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Hi @Sudhanshu Kr. Suman ,
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!
Is your VS installed on a virtual machine or native hardware?
From the requirements of creating an Android Native Activity App, Android emulator is required to install.
But for Android emulator, it must be installed locally.
Before you create an Android Native Activity app, please make sure that you have met all installation requirements.
Sincerely,
Anna
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I have the same problem, and I have installed the emulator via the visual studio installer (checked the (Google Emulator (local install) ) ) box.
Do I need to install android studio separately?
I have the same problem: I cannot see the project templates. Here is what I have installed:
Visual Studio Professional 2022, 17.5.0. Computer has been restarted.
Is there anything missing?
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Same problem I am on 17.10.4 and thought "today - I'll do some android dev " - following a youtube tutorial that shows native activity (android) in 17.0.1 here :-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM2AchoAtls&ab_channel=Hacked
now its gone ? ( I have installed the components mentioned - it just doesn't appear in the project wizard anymore )
Also - in the reply above - following the links is a mess- leads you to links several years old.
Is there a clear list of how this is supposed to work with Visual Studio 2022 from 17.10.x "can some one take this ugly bag of snakes, and lay them out straight for me" :) ?
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Does it mean that because the Windows Subsystem for Android isn't available anymore after March 5, 2025 this option is gone ?