Visual Studio 2017 Xamarin Android compile warning "fakeLogOpen(/dev/log_security) failed" breaks build

Question

I'm trying to compile an Android app written in C#, using Visual Studio 2017 (and Xamarin), on Windows.

Whenever I try to compile the project and deploy it to the android emulator, I keep receiving this WARNING: "fakeLogOpen(/dev/log_security) failed".

There aren't details explaining the cause.

Why am I getting this error / warning?

Answer 1

Seems they fixed it for the next update:

Jonathan Pryor

Thank you for your feedback! We have fixed the problem in an upcoming release. Thank you for helping us build a better Visual Studio!

See: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/210640/xamarin-android-fakelogopendevlog-crash-failed.html