Xamarin - Visual Studio stuck at zipalign.exe

Question

When trying to deploy an app in Android Device, VS is stuck here:

1>C:\\Users\\George\\AppData\\Local\\Android\\android-sdk\\build-tools\\23.0.1\\zipalign

Answer 1

I came across the same issue in Visual Studio 2015 using any emulator. In my case, it turned out that I had to change a packaging option to get rid of the problem.

1. Go to your project settings.
2. Select Android Options.
3. Choose the tab Packaging.
4. Deselect the Use Fast Deployment option as shown in the screenshot.
5. Hit the F5 key and there you go :-)

The deployment appears to be a touch slower, however, the emulator executes the software much faster. Enjoy!