Please note that the Xamarin Android Player is now discontinued. See our blog post and our documentation page for more information.

Released: November 4th, 2015

• Windows (64bit) - Xamarin Android Player x64.exe
• Windows (32bit) - Xamarin Android Player x32.exe
• Mac - Xamarin Android Player.dmg

• VirtualBox updated to 5.0.4.
• Android M preview images.

• Fixes related to adb shell escaping changes that prevented devices from launching in XS/VS correctly.
• Setting longitude and bearing now works as expected (0.5.5 regression).
• [Mac] UI fixes in preparation of El Capitan.
• [Win] Catch exception when failing to find suitable adb binary.
• [Mac] XAP no longer downloads 101% of updates.
• [Win] If an instance of adb is already running, use that.
• Prevent device deletion resulting in inaccessible VMs.
• VMs being inaccessible could crash the device manager.
• Battery having a fixed value of 0 on some machines.

Released: September 22nd, 2015

• VirtualBox updated to 5.0.4.

• Fixes related to adb shell escaping changes that prevented devices from launching in XS/VS correctly.
• Changing longitude no longer changes latitude instead (0.5.5 regression).
• [Mac] UI fixes in preparation of El Capitan.
• [Win] Catch exception when failing to find suitable adb binary.
• [Mac] XAP no longer downloads 101% of updates.
• [Win] If an instance of adb is already running, use that.

• [Win] Add full path to powershell.exe for systems that don't have it on PATH.
• [Win] Windows 10 host-only network creation.
• UTC and TimeZone will now mirror the host on boot.
• Calls to VBoxManage now make use of device UUIDs instead of names.
• [Mac] Reduce delay of IPC between the device manager and player instances.
• [Win] Fix InvalidOperationException when resizing before OpenGL has been initialized.
• Starting and stopping of devices is a lot less error prone.
• Failure to get/set/clear device IP no longer throws an exception.
• [Win] Pop up message when a player instance is already running.
• Devices are now created with the number of cores
• [Win] Logs moved to AppData.
• [Mac] Hide Clear button when textbox is empty.
• [Mac] Add count to device list headers.
• GPS values now persist on device power off.
• [Mac] Hide Installed Devices header when section empty.
• [Win] Check vboxdrv state at startup.
• [Mac] Repeated firewall acceptance request during player launch.
• [Mac] Enable cancel button in device creation dialog.
• [Win] Fix bug where no GL was displayed after restoring from minimized.

• Only requires downloading each API level once to install different devices
• Multiple new device form factors supported
• Log gathering tool for bug reporting
• VirtualBox updated to 4.3.28

• XAP is now compatible with installed versions of VirtualBox 5.0
• Prevent invalid device names
• No alert when device name is duplicated
• Certain non-US keyboard characters were unsupported
• Support character input using Alt key
• Visual issues on rotation when maximized
• Inverted touch input when rotated anti-clockwise on OS X
• Inverted touch input when closed and relaunched in landscape mode
• Prevent rotation before device is ready
• Ensure orientation is correct on startup
• Support for UNC paths
• No devices shown when disk space is low
• Fall to GetDiskFreeSpaceEx if DriveInfo fails
• Screenshots saved to incorrect location on localised versions of Windows
• "Do not display" option for Hyper-V warning
• Unsupported CodePage error on zip extraction
• Support touch scrolling in the device manager on touchscreen devices
• Screenshot typo
• Windows graphical improvements
• Prevent failed single instance loading of device manager
• Lollipop devices fail to load if Hyper-V is enabled
• Updated launcher in Lollipop devices
• Display on screen keyboard in Lollipop devices by default
• Prevent repeated "Optimizing applications" process in Lollipop devices
• Use snapshots for factory reset on OSX
• DPI values were incorrect for some devices
• Improvements to host-only network setup
• Prevent crash and alert user if VirtualBox is not installed or inaccessible
• Cleanup and refactoring
• Threads without IsBackground set to true preventing application exit
• Installing multiple devices simultaneously could result in only one being added to installeddevices.json
• Adapter mask explicitly set to 255.255.255.0

• VT-x & AMD-V hardware accelerated virtualization
• OpenGL ES 2.0
• Android Lollipop 5.1.0 (API 22)
• Android KitKat 4.4.2 (API 19)
• Android Jellybean 4.4.1 (API 16)
• Battery & GPS settings simulation
• Screenshot function
• Drag & drop apk installation
• Device auto-connects with adb
• Native user interface on both Windows and Mac
• Error diagnostic tool

• Cannot be run inside most Virtual Machines, or over RDP
• Camera not supported
• With certain video cards, suspending and resuming PC or changing monitor configuration may crash the Player

• Cannot be run inside most Virtual Machines, or over RDP
• Camera not supported

• Changelog

• VT-x & AMD-V hardware accelerated virtualization
• OpenGL ES 2.0
• Android Lollipop 5.1.0 (API 21)
• Android KitKat 4.4.2 (API 19)
• Android Jellybean 4.4.1 (API 16)
• Battery & GPS settings simulation
• Screenshot function
• Drag & drop apk installation
• Device auto-connects with adb
• Native user interface on both Windows and Mac

• Cannot be run inside most Virtual Machines, or over RDP
• Camera not supported
• Landscape screenshots are saved in portrait
• With certain video cards, suspending and resuming PC or changing monitor configuration may crash the Player
• Can currently only be run by the user who installed it

• Cannot be run inside most Virtual Machines, or over RDP
• Camera not supported
• Landscape screenshots are saved in portrait
• Can only be run by the user who installed it