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K232
K232

Reputation: 1069

How could I add more android emulator devices in Visual Studio for Mac for Xamarin?

I want to add some new virtual devices for Android using Visual Studio for Mac so I could use them with Xamarin. I've followed https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/android/get-started/installation/android-emulator/device-manager?tabs=macos&pivots=macos but surprisingly I only have the Nexus series (One, S, Galaxy, 7, 4, 10) in my Base Devices My Base Devices

while MS Documentation also has Pixel etc. Screenshot from Microsoft Docs

In OS I've APIs 21 to 28 installed.

  1. How could I add more devices there?
  2. Is it possible (next to Pixel) to also get e.g. Samsung Galaxy S3 to S10 into the list so I could easily create an emulator using the Galaxy S10 specs.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 6065

Answers (2)

Anand
Anand

Reputation: 872

I was searching for this as I couldn't add one Android Device Emulator from Visual Studio for Mac / Device manager. I had to go to Android Studio / AVD Manager => Added the hardware profile from there.

Upvotes: 0

lawiluk
lawiluk

Reputation: 599

Just choose whatever device you want and adjust the preferences (size, memory, resolution etc.). Don't forget to change the name of the device so you can easily choose it. You can find info about a specific phone on Google.

If you want to add Samsung S10 open this page and copy values to you VS4Mac

Upvotes: 4

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