How do I disable quick boot in Xamarin's new "Android Device Manager"?

Question

I created a new virtual Android device and now face the "Guest hasn't come online in 7 seconds" problem. It appears to be a well-known problem and the solution seems to be to turn of "quick boot":

• Android Studio guest hasnt come online in 7 seconds
• Android Emulator warning guest is not online - how to turn off new quick boot feature?

Unfortunately, the "AVD manager" mentioned in those Q&As has been deprecated, and while Microsoft claims that Xamarin's Android Device Manager is "functionally equivalent" to the old AVD manager tool, I cannot find the option to disable quick boot there:

Where do I find this option in the new Android Device Manager?

Answer 1

The quick boot setting is in a different ini-based file than the one that Xamarin's AVD manager is editing:

quickbootChoice.ini

The only entry is boolean saveOnExit:

saveOnExit = false

saveOnExit = true

You can create the file yourself since Xamarin AVD manager is lacking the ability (it goes in the same AVD directory as the config.ini|hardware-qemu.ini|... files.

Or once your emulator is running, use the emulator's extended settings dialog to enable/disable it (thus creating/changing the quickbootChoice.ini file)