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Why does Installing Wear OS Intel x86 Atom System Image v2 fail

I am using Visual Studio and Xamarin's Android SDK Manager to try to install Wear OS Intel x86 Atom System Image for Android 9.0.

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After I click Apply Changles, the download finishes and the install is attempted. After, I see a message that says Installing Wear OS Intel x86 Atom System Image v2 failed with no additional information about why.

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How can I solve this problem, or how can I diagnose why the installation might be failing?

Edit: I do have Android Wear Intel x86 Atom System Image for Android 8.0 already installed, in case that helps provides any useful information.

Solution

  • Cause:

    Actually, Microsoft maintained its own repository, the purpose is that before the Microsoft maintained its own repository, there were often times when Google would push updates that broke Xamarin.Android. Microsoft maintaining its own repository for the SDK mitigates this issue since new pushes from Google can be vetted by XA team.

    Solution:

    By default, the Android SDK Manager downloads platform components and tools from a Microsoft-managed repository. If you need access to experimental alpha/beta platforms and tools that are not yet available in the Microsoft repository, you can switch the SDK Manager to use Google's repository. To make this switch, click the gear icon in the lower right-hand corner and select Repository > Google (Unsupported).

    Open Android SDK Manager -> Click the gear icon at the right of Apply Changes --> Repository --> Select Google.

    And then, you can install Wear OS Intel x86 Atom System Image.

    You can refer: respository-selection.