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I just installed Xamarin Android Player and installed some of the devices as you can see on the following image but I get the error: "Failed to initialize device..." when I try to launch some of the virtual devices.

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Any idea on how to solve this?

nightclub
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    XAP is no longer supported. You should use the Google Emulator, Genymotion, or the VS2015 emulator. – Jason Nov 04 '16 at 16:18
  • Are the VS2015 emulators installed by default?. On the emulators list (on VS2015) I think I see the ones I installed with the Android SDK Manager, but not sure. What is the most convenient free option? – nightclub Nov 04 '16 at 16:28
  • the Google x86 emulators are now pretty good. But Genymotion is probably easier to setup and use. I haven't used the VS2015 one – Jason Nov 04 '16 at 16:30
  • But Genymotion is a paid emulator right?, I'm looking for a free one (with no trials). I think I got some warning about Google x86 – nightclub Nov 04 '16 at 19:33
  • Genymotion is free for personal use – Jason Nov 04 '16 at 19:34
  • ups, then I don't know why on every page I see the: "Buy" button and not a download link. Do you have a download link? – nightclub Nov 04 '16 at 19:36
  • I believe you can create an account and login to download the personal version – Jason Nov 04 '16 at 19:41

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Xamarin Android Player is good, but it is discontinued. Your issue could be with the version of VirtualBox or a broken android image. Check do you use VirtualBox 5.0.4. You could also try to re-download the android image for the problematic device.

But you have alternatives.

Genymotion is good, but it's paid. There is a free personal version, but if used by a professional, this violates the licence:

"This license is granted to the end user only and exclusively in connection with personal use, the end user is an individual, and not a professional, who downloads the application for personal and private needs, excluding commercial and professional environment."

Visual Studio Android Emulator plays very nice. And allows you run both Android and Windows 10 Mobile apps with full hardware acceleration without any tricky solutions.

Visual Studio Emulator for Android is a component of the cross-platform tools available in Visual Studio and will be installed during a custom Visual Studio setup when you select Cross-Platform Mobile Development, then Common Tools and Software Development Kits, and then Visual Studio Emulator for Android.

kalitsov
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  • just use the native Android Emulators or real devices. It works much more better nowadays (2017Feb) – Long Dao Feb 16 '17 at 23:08
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I had the same problem and solved it using the following steps:

  1. Install a newer version of virtual box.
  2. go to virtual box choose your device (nexus 10 in my case).
  3. go to settings > system > motherboard > base memory.
  4. make base memory lower than 2 gigabytes. [1]
  5. start xamarin android player after that and it worked for me.
Omal Perera
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