Visual studio (2015) emulator for android not working - XDE.exe - Exit Code 3
I have created a new Blank App (Xamarin.Forms Portable) project in Visual Studio 2015.
When I try to run Droid project in Visual Studio Emulator for Android, I just get a generic error message:
An error occured while creating 'VS Emulator 5" KitKat (4.4) XXHDPI Phone' device.
So I looked into Tools->Visual Studio Emulator for Android, and tried to run emulator manually. After a while it fails and log says:
24.7.2015 16:22:52: [Informational] Reinitializing installed profiles.
24.7.2015 16:22:52: [Informational] Installed profiles initialized. Devices: 2 Platforms: 1
24.7.2015 16:22:52: [Informational] Reinitializing installable profiles.
24.7.2015 16:22:52: [Informational] Installable profiles initialized. Devices: 30 Platforms: 4
24.7.2015 16:22:56: [Informational] Waiting to launch device...
24.7.2015 16:22:56: [Informational] Launching Device: 5" KitKat (4.4) XXHDPI Phone
24.7.2015 16:22:56: [Informational] Validating emulator arguments...
24.7.2015 16:22:56: [Informational] Determining if emulator is already running...
24.7.2015 16:22:56: [Informational] Preparing virtual machine...
24.7.2015 16:22:58: [Critical] An error occured while creating 'VS Emulator 5" KitKat (4.4) XXHDPI Phone' device.
24.7.2015 16:22:58: [Critical] XDE Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XDE\10.0.10240.0\xde.exe
24.7.2015 16:22:58: [Critical] XDE Arguments: /sku Android /displayName "VS Emulator 5\" KitKat (4.4) XXHDPI Phone" /memSize 2048 /diagonalSize 5 /video "1080x1920" /vhd "C:\Users\lacike\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudioEmulator\Android\Containers\Local\Devices\vhd\5_KitKat_(4.4)_XXHDPI_Phone\image.vhd" /name "VS Emulator 5-inch KitKat (4.4) XXHDPI Phone.lacike" /noStart /silent
24.7.2015 16:22:58: [Critical] XDE Exit Code: 3
However when I run WinPhone project in Windows Phone emulator, it works. It uses XDE.exe like Android Emulator, so Hyper-V network is working.
Any ideas?
UPDATE:
When I tried to install a new device profile, I run to this same issue:
Visual Studio 2015 RC Emulator for Android doesn't start
The process is stuck on "Copying .vhd files and creating virtual machine".
UPDATE 2:
When I open a command prompt and then run xde.exe with following xde arguments:
xde.exe /sku Android /displayName "VS Emulator 5\" KitKat (4.4) XXHDPI Phone" /memSize 2048 /diagonalSize 5 /video "1080x1920" /vhd "C:\Users\lacike\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudioEmulator\Android\Containers\Local\Devices\vhd\5_KitKat_(4.4)_XXHDPI_Phone\image.vhd" /name "VS Emulator 5-inch KitKat (4.4) XXHDPI Phone.lacike
I get following error:
Solution 1:
After hours and hours of research, and applying following steps I finally get it working:
1) Repair Android SDK - go to Programs and Features > Microsoft Visual Studio Emulator for Android > Change and hit "Repair"
2) Remove All Hyper-V virtual switches - go to Hyper-V > Virtual switch manager > Remove all virtual switches
3) Run XdeCleanup.exe - In my case: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft XDE\10.0.10240.0"
4) In my case I had configured Internet connection sharing on Ethernet adapter before so I had to disable it
Solution 2:
Usually, the System.ServiceModel.ServiceHost error means there is some residue from a botched installation.
First, go to Task Manager and kill any running XDE processes. If that doesn't fix it, go to Programs and Features > Microsoft Visual Studio Emulator for Android > Change and hit "Repair"
Solution 3:
I have found the following to work for me:
- Disable your WiFi connection.
- Launch your app.
- Observe Emulator gets loaded
- Re-enable WiFi.
- Note how restarting your app should not be an issue anymore as long as the emulator is initially loaded.
Solution 4:
I ran into the same problem. However, I have managed to get the emulator running by doing the following. Browse to the xde.exe directory and open a command prompt then run xde.exe with the xde arguments in your log minus the /nostart /silent commands. So in your case:
xde.exe /sku Android /displayName "VS Emulator 5\" KitKat (4.4) XXHDPI Phone" /memSize 2048 /diagonalSize 5 /video "1080x1920" /vhd "C:\Users\lacike\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudioEmulator\Android\Containers\Local\Devices\vhd\5_KitKat_(4.4)_XXHDPI_Phone\image.vhd" /name "VS Emulator 5-inch KitKat (4.4) XXHDPI Phone.lacike"
It's probably also worth opening task manager first and end all running xde.exe processes first.
However I don't have Xamarin, so I'm not able to confirm that this will then let you deploy to the emulator.
Solution 5:
Just thought I'd add the solution that solved my problem.
After some digging around I realized that, for some reason, Hypervisor wasn't started with my computer. I have an vague feeling that the VirtualBox setup might be responsible for this, but that is not confirmed.
Anyhow, for me the solution was to enable hypervisor startup at boot time using BCDEDIT.
In an admin console enter:
BCDEDIT /Set {current} hypervisorlaunchtype auto
and restart the computer.