My first android app on Xamarin

Preparing installation

Install cross platform mobile options on visual studio setup

Install jdk java 8 for 64 bits

Update sdk android packages to version 25

Configuring environment

Change active jdk to 1.8 on settings on Tools / Options / Xamarin / Android Settings

Creating a project

Create new project selecting cross-platform and Blank Xaml App Xamarin Forms Portable.

Once the project was created, your most select the Droid project as Start Project. When you connect your android phone, it appears on run debug options as show on the example below as Samsung SGH.

Deploying project

Build solution. After that select deploy option.