Visual Studio Emulator for Android - Project does not Deploy

Question

Windows 8.1

Visual Studio 2015 RC

Android Application API Level 21 (Xamarin.Android v5.0 Support)

I recently had to rebuild a new PC as my old one had major problems. On this new PC, the project compiles and the emulator launches. However, during the emulator OS load screen I receive a message stating:

"This pre-release version of the Visual Studio Emulator for Android will expire in 3 day(s), 13 hour(s). Please upgrade to a newer version."

After I click "OK" the emulator OS finishes loading and I receive the message "2>Emulator launched successfully." in the Visual Studio Output window.

On my previous PC I did not receive the pop during the emulator's load and after the emulator finished loading it would then deploy the application to the emulator and begin debugging. However, after the emulator finishes loading on my new PC, no further output is displayed in Visual Studio and the green load bar in the bottom right corner of Visual Studio sits at about 30%.

I have been unable to find any information online related to the popup message I receive during the emulators load screen. I cannot find any update for the emulator or Visual Studio. I have uninstalled and re-installed Android Studio, Xamarin Studio, and Visual Studio twice with no change.

How do I update to the latest version?

Why would Visual Studio not deploy the project when the debugger begins?

Answer 1

I had the some problem, and I was able to fix it by manually running adb connect emulatorhost:5555 from the command line.

Answer 2

I found that I had to launch Visual Studio with elevated permissions. I changed the properties for the shortcut and checked the field "Run as Administrator" and all is well again.