xamarin - XAP failed to initialize device and virtualbox manager does not open

Question

I updated windows recently.I also updated xamarin studio 6.1.1 and now not able to initialize the device. Everything was working perfectly before updates. I keep getting error: failed to initialize device. VBoxManage command failed.See log for further details. As I read on other threads, I was trying to open virtual boxmanager window and delete device. I was not able to open virtual boxmanager window. so uninstalled virtual box, installed new version. then uninstalled xap and reinstalled. still getting error. Which log should I check for details.? checked VT-x in the BIOS. it is enabed. Not able to open virtual boxmanager. Also tried diabling and enabling virtualbox NDIS6 bridged networking driver.

Answer 1

Xamarin Android Player has been deprecated since June 8, 2016.

Ref: https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/deployment,_testing,_and_metrics/debug-on-emulator/

Note that the Xamarin Android Player has been deprecated. For more information, see the announcement in this blog post.

Ref: https://blog.xamarin.com/live-from-dotnetconf-cycle-7-xamarin-studio-6-and-more/