xamarin.android - How to develop android apps with xamarin without hyper v and emulator

Question

I am using windows 10 home and visual studio 2017. I want to develop android apps with xamarin. Hyper-V feature is not available on windows 10 home and I can not afford pro version, So emulator is not installing without hyper-v.

What should I do to develop android app?

Have anybody idea to deploy android app without using emulator and hyper-v?

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

It's possible to develop Xamarin app without using the emulators. But in that case you'll need to have an Android device to deploy your app on.

• Setup Android SDK Manager on your system. Although Xamarin includes a SDK Manager, you can download it from the following link. Android SDK Manager download

• Setup the ADB (Android Debug Bridge) on your system (install Google USB Drivers)

• Connect your Android device to the system after you enable USB Debugging(Developer options) on it. Once the device is connected it will give you a prompt to enable debugging. Tap yes and you'll see the option to build to your device as shown in image.