So the question is what is the problem and how can I correct it. I didn't experience the same problem before the last 2 updates of VS. When I say 'the app starts', I mean, the first blue xamarin.forms screen of a blank application. There is about 7 to 8 seconds, from the moment that I see in debug window 'Found device: emulator-5554' up to the moment that the app starts.

The delay is the same with the emulator too. For the best experience, you should use the emulator in Android Studio on a computer with the following specs: 16GB RAM 64-bit Windows, macOS, or Linux operating system 16GB disk space If you don’t have these specs, the emulator might still run, but it probably won’t be smooth. I was always using a physical device to test my apps.Īt one point this delay became very annoying and I thought that maybe I can overcome the issue by installing an emulator.

In the last 2 updates of Visual Studio, I noticed that there is significant delay from building the app to deploying the app to the device (debug configuration) It is for sure that a slow Android Studio is quite painful or frustrating for every Android Developer - and why not, developing an application with a slow IDE is not a cakewalk. The problem is only in Android (physical device and emulator)

I use the latest version of VS 2019 (16.9.1)

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