title: How can I attach a virtual device/emulator to Visual Studio Xamarin Android project?
body: <p>I created an Android app for Ice Cream Sandwich and added nothing to the default code (except changing the text of the "Hello World" message - I couldn't - or wouldn't - help myself).</p>
  
  <p>I mashed F5.</p>
  
  <p>Nada - no device attached. The dropdown list says "No Devices Attached."</p>
  
  <p>So, I set one up via the "Open Android Emulator Manager" button that the Xamarin install added:</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/79tPa.png" alt="enter image description here"></p>
  
  <p>I mashed F5 again; same problem. It said to pick a device from the dropdown list (I had forgotten to explicitly choose the one I just set up). But...there's nothing in the list. Why not?</p>
  
  <h2>UPDATE</h2>
  
  <p>It's working now; I reckon it was not showing me my device for selection because some Android packages were downloading in the background (via the "Android SDK Manager", also added by Xamarin).</p>
  
  <p>I feel transported back two years, when I was "messing around with" Eclipse/Android/Java.</p>