Xamarin Android Player unable to find VirtualBox - How do I fix it?

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I have created a Windows Phone 7 app using XNA 4.0 that I now want to port over to Android MonoGame. I am currently using a trial edition of Xamarin Business and I want to use an emulator to test the game as I do not currently have access to a physical Android phone. I have downloaded both Xamarin Android Player and Oracle VM VirtualBox 5.0.4 (I think that's the version I've installed, at least). When I open Xamarin Android Player, I'm just presented with the message:

Unable to find VirtualBox

Error when attempting to find VirtualBox please check it's installed and try again.

Xamarin Android Player will now exit.

No version of Visual Studio or VirtualBox is open and running when I'm opening Android Player. Does anyone know how to fix this issue so that I can the emulator running and test the MonoGame version of the app?

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Have you tried with a different emulator as the docs here: developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/getting_started/… state The Xamarin Android Player is currently in preview. During the preview period it is only available to users with a valid Xamarin subscription. – Morrison Chang
Are there any particular Android emulators you'd recommend? – Ben
Try the Intel HAXM from the Android SDK. – Morrison Chang
Possible duplicate of Xamarin Android Player Error when attempting to find VirtualBox – patridge

2 Answers

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After installing the latest preview release, v0.6.5.0 as of writing this, I ran into the same issue. It appears that Xamarin Android Player is expecting VirtualBox to be registered with the %PATH% environment variable, but it doesn't happen during the install process by default.

In this case, you just add C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox to PATH and you should be able to restart the Android Player just fine to begin downloading emulator images.

Here is a command-line approach to append this location to the existing PATH variable.

setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox"

You can also do the same edit through the Environment Variables screen found under the System Properties screen.

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Just run as admin (Right hand click)