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I have installed Visual Studio Enterprise 2019 version 16.1.3 with mobile development features. I am using AMD processor with Windows 10 with Virtualization Technology enabled in BIOS. Have also enabled hyper-v and Windows hypervisor platform. I have attached here all the images of my installation settings and error. Eagerly looking out for solutions and ideas.
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The android device manager worked by running the Visual Studio in administrator mode and by setting the path for ANDROID_HOME and ANDROID_SDK_ROOT as the default SDK path( C:\Program File (x86)\Android\android-sdk ).
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Hello KarthikSankaran,
Thank you for sharing images with me, I noticed that you set the Android SDK Location as C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Android\Sdk. This isn’t the default location of Android SDK, of course, you can customize it but please note, there are some incompatibilities with the Android SDK set by Visual Studio 2019 and Android Studio.
Not sure if you have installed Android Studio and set the Android SDK under this directory: C:\Users\..... I recommend you go to this directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk and copy the related folders and files(Android SDK) from the customized directory to this default directory (or you can change to another customized directory) then set the Android SDK Location to C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk from Tools > Options... > Xamarin > Android Settings and try to open Android device manager again.
Feel free to let me know the result.
Sincerely,
Tianyu
Thanks Tianyu for your response. I am sharing the Android SDK set by Android Studio with Visual Studio, that's why my path location for SDK was not in the default location. I have already installed the SDK platforms and tools in the default location. When I change the SDK location to default location, the SDK manager is not detecting any tools or platforms. It is just empty. The components are updated only when I change repository to Google and then back to Microsoft. This change didn't resolve the Android device manager problem. Hoping for a solution from your side for this.
Hi KarthikSankaran, please try to uninstall and reinstall “Mobile development with .NET” workload by using Visual Studio Installer > find Visual Studio 2019 > More > Modify > Workloads > uncheck the “Mobile development with .NET” workload > Modify, after finishing modifying, perform the same actions and check the “Mobile development with .NET” workload this time.
Hi TianyuSun, I uninstalled and then reinstalled "Mobile development with .Net" workload. The SDK manager is still not getting updated if I use the default location for SDK manager. It is getting updated only on switching repositories. The problem with Android device manager is also not resolved. Awaiting your reply.
Hi KarthikSankaran, thank you for the reply. So after you reinstalled the workload, was the default location of SDK still empty? To narrow down this issue, please try to update Visual Studio to the latest version from VS Installer, and try to start VS by right-clicking VS > run as administrator.
Hi TianyuSun, thank you for your suggestion. I am not able to update Visual Studio using VS Installer. It is showing me the installed version is up to date. I ran Visual Studio as administrator. Now I am able to open Android device manager and create emulator. But I am not able to run the emulator as it is showing me the following error.
I have also set path for ANDROID_SDK_ROOT in environment variables as in the android settings for Xamarin.
Awaiting your reply.
Hi KarthikSankaran, if you also set ANDROID_HOME in Environment Variables, please kindly check if the ANDROID_SDK_ROOT and the ANDROID_HOME values are using the same system path value ( C:\Program File (x86)\Android\android-sdk ). There may be some conflicts if you set them with the different paths. Please also check this document Android SDK environment variables.
Thank you TianyuSun. The path was different for both. Now the emulator is working.
@Karthik Sankaran Hi Karthik, I am really glad to hear that your issue is solved. If possible, you can accept the useful answer so that other forum members who have similar issues can refer to this thread and get more help. Have a nice day : )
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I realised that I had this problem and it cost me 2 days to solve it.
I went to
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Xamarin\AndroidDevices.exe_Url_vad3ja0bqgjyvgyibkftpvyz0n12l5ed\17.6.0.76
and deleted the user.config file (it was empty), then i opened android device manager, it opened ok and it created a new user.config file.
What happened in the first place:
I try to start android device manager, bsod and then android device manager didn't start, instead it returned in console output:
"Xamarin - 17.6.0.251-d17-6+318364c
No Android SDK instance matching the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk' path"
Countless tries of repair/reinstalling xamarin etc etc didn't work
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Even i m facing the issue in Android SDK.
PFB:
Pls help.
Thanks in advance