The Getting started with Xamarin and matters Virtual
The main landing that I can’t ever seem to remember to start with is actually here:
Installing and Setting Up Xamarin.Android – Xamarin
Installing and Setting Up Xamarin.Android – Xamarin
How to install and configure Xamarin.Android to work with Visual Studio.
Source: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/android/get-started/installation/
The next important part is when you are setting up HAXM (for intel based chips)
From a cmd window.
sc query intelhaxm (and if it is not already installed go here HAXM Release on GitHub
sc stop intelhaxm – to stop the service
sc start intelhaxm – to start the service
You can also use Hyper-V (sometimes I have issue with this method because it likes to mess about with my wifi/lan connections- that’s sometimes not a pretty sight in Windows 10).