android emulator stuck on android screen mac

This time the emulator just hung during the deployment process.

I tried switching between VS2017 and VS2019 and found that when I try to debug my app for the first time from either VS2017 or VS2019 the emulator does a Cold Boot.

When it does a Cold Boot my app is successfully deployed and run in the emulator.

However, on all succeeding debug attempts with the same version of VS the emulator doesnt do a Cold Boot but restores state from, I presume, the previous session.

There is, apparently, no way to force the emulator to do a Cold Boot each time it runs other than switching between VS2017 and VS2019.

I also tried uninstalling the app from the emulator before finishing the debugging session but this made no difference to succeeding debug attempts - the emulator still just hung.

This situation, for me at least, makes Xamarin development virtually unusable.

Another tip you may want to try with the emulator is to keep the emulator in an operational state before sending your project.

You also do not have to close the emulator between separate run attempts from Visual Studio.

First off, my edition of VS2019 doesnt have a google emulator manager in the Tools menu.

It does have an Android Device Manager option as shown in the following screenshot.

Then try right clicking the device in the manager and seeing if Factory Reset shows up.

I tried out your suggestion of doing a Factory Reset on the device and it seems to work but not quite as I expected.

Firstly, I was a bit worried that doing a Factory Reset would set my altered memory settings back to their original values, however, the Factory Reset didnt touch the memory setting (Hooray).

This time it failed to run with the following error messages.

Additionally, check Build-Configuration Manager to ensure this project is set to Deploy for this configuration.

You can see more details in Xamarin Diagnostic output and the full exception on logs.

Each time I ran the app from VS2019 it deployed and ran without problems.

I was a bit worried that I might have to uninstall the app after each run but VS2019 deploys a new version each time so I didnt have to.

I can now do Xamarin development and testing without any of the grief I was getting before.

I wish your advice have been incorporated into the official documentation, it would have saved me a lot of stress and frustration.

Android Emulator Stuck On Android Screen Mac