Visual Studio 2015 Apache Cordovo Not Running In Emulator With Blank App Project Template

after initiating the Apache cordova Blank application project template using both under Javascript and typescript. When clicking the debug/run in android device emulator, an error

Solution 1:

As mentioned in the comments, this error was solved by re-installing the Android SDK.

Regarding the second question about how to tell Visual Studio to show different emulators in the emulator list - there currently isn't a way to do that. The default Android SDK emulator is a hardcoded choice, and the Visual Studio Emulator for Andoird is also an option if installed. It is possibly to run on other emulators, such as Genymotion, by loading the emulator and then deploying to the Device target (without a device plugged in).