Mac - start from the command line using sh.Windows - open Start > Surface Duo Emulator and choose Surface Duo Emulator for Visual Studio.First manually start the emulator and once it's running it should appear in the list for deployment and debugging: The current version of the Surface Duo emulator cannot be started by Visual Studio. Troubleshooting Surface Duo emulator does not appear in the Visual Studio device list Open your Project in Visual Studio, build it, and select (Android 10.0 - API 29) (in the list of Running Devices) and deploy.ĭebugging (breakpoints, step into, step over, etc) will all work as usual.

If the emulator is running but does not appear as a deployment option in Visual Studio, close the emulator and re-start, confirming that you are using the script with vs in the name.

The differences are the Android SDK location and the port used for the emulator.

The run scripts are intended for developers using Android Studio and the run_vs scripts are for Visual Studio users. The installation folder contains start-up scripts named run and run_vs.

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