There are various options, such as the Android Emulator from the Android SDK in combination with HAXM (Intel Hardware Accelerated Execution Manager), the Xamarin Android Player (XAP) and others. I tried using various emulators to run my Xamarin.Droid project. While deploying and debugging code on a real device worked, I always had issues with emulators. One of the biggest pain-points was the use of emulators. From the first day that I have been using Xamarin for cross-platform development, it was a struggle.
