I realize that the article was about the VS for Windows integration, but I figured I'd describe the Mac experience too. If I instead shut down the emulator by pressing and holding the emulated power button, nothing is saved - I guess that makes sense, since the emulator's state is 'powered off.' I can't terminate that process, and have to Force Quit VS for Mac or wait long enough and it will report 'Execution Failed' at which point i can keep using VS for Mac, just without that AVD.Īs long as I shut down the emulator using the QEMU (MacOS) application's Quit menu item, the state is saved and quick boot works the next time that I boot. If the AVD is not started, Visual Studio for Mac will try to start it, but it will not complete - it just notes that up in the bar of the VS for Mac app, a progress spinner animates, and nothing happens. If I start it from Android Studio, then Visual Studio for Mac will deploy to it. Looks like I can create an AVD from Android Studio on my Mac.
