Visual Studio does not show "Android Local Devices" menu

Question

I'm using visual studio 2022 and MAUI to develop a Android APP, but I can't find the menu for selecting my local Android Device. I already connected my device with my desktop computer via USB, and setted USB debug mode. Screenshot:

You can see there are Android Emulators menu, iOS local devices menu and so on, but there isn't Android Emulators button. How can I add it manually? I already tried restart VS.

Answer 1

Try disabling then re-enabling USB Debugging on your Android device.

Answer 2

Verify that you don't have any notifications on your connected phone that needs to be acknowledged once you connect.

In my case, I needed to acknowledge that my phone connection would be used for file transfer. Once I did that, the device showed up in visual studio.

You probably already figured it out, but I am adding this answer incase someone else runs into the same issue.