android emulators for xamarin forms

Issue

I'm having trouble getting any android emulator other than "Xamarin Android Player" to work (only with older versions of android).

What kind of virtual device/settings/properties should I use so that I can test newer versions of android and not have to wait 15 minutes for the emulator to startup?

is there a "Go-to" virtual device/emulator setup that doesn't take 15+ minutes to load?

(using windows 10/Visual Studio 17/2015)

Solution

The Xamarin android player has been discontinued for a while. As a visual studio user you should probably be moving onto the Visual Studio Android Emulator. There is a guide here on setup

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/android/get-started/installation/android-emulator/

it is also available with visual studio 2017, and if i remember correctly is an option available in the Vs2017 installer.

Answered By - App Pack