Xamarin Android Emulator not showing virtual devices in debugger list

Question

I am new to Xamarin. Everything was going fine, until my debugger list got 'bugged' and now it is not showing the virtual devices in the list -

The device is running fine, but it is not appearing in the list.

NOTE:

1. This probably happened after I enabled my Hypervisor platform and Windows Machine Platform.
2. I got some pop-up windows with errors like - ADB binary is obsolete, Could not get AVD of emulator
3. In 'Build' output, it showed "The debug was canceled. Please create a device emulator to start debugging."

I have tried :

1. Re-creating my project
2. Re-creating the device
3. Re-installing the 'MOBILE DEVELOPMENT WITH .NET'
4. Disabling the Hypervisor and Machine Platform
5. Updating SDK
6. Repairing Visual Studio

Help would be highly appreciated.

Answer 1

Hello,​

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Hi, gagrim808-4020. Do you change the adb installed location? Please make sure the Android SDK can connect the emulators. To verify emulator connectivity, you could refer to this doc: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/android/get-started/installation/android-emulator/troubleshooting?pivots=windows#deployment-errors

You could also try restarting the adb server: Tools > Android > Restart Adb Server.

Best Regards,

Jarvan Zhang

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