I have created a new Xamarin portable project in VS 2015 and I'm always getting that error
An error occurred trying to install required android components on Project 'FirstApp.Android'. Project 'FirstApp.Android' requires the following components installed on your machine: Xamarin.Android.Support.Design JavaLibraryReference: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r29.zip-m2repository/com/android/support/design/23.3.0/design-23.3.0.aar-23.3.0.0 AndroidResources: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r29.zip-m2repository/com/android/support/design/23.3.0/design-23.3.0.aar-23.3.0.0 Xamarin.Android.Support.v4 JavaLibraryReference: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r29.zip-m2repository/com/android/support/support-v4/23.3.0/support-v4-23.3.0.aar-23.3.0.0 JavaLibraryReference: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r29.zip-m2repository/com/android/support/support-v4/23.3.0/support-v4-23.3.0.aar-23.3.0.0 AndroidResources: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r29.zip-m2repository/com/android/support/support-v4/23.3.0/support-v4-23.3.0.aar-23.3.0.0 Xamarin.Android.Support.Vector.Drawable JavaLibraryReference: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r29.zip-m2repository/com/android/support/support-vector-drawable/23.3.0/support-vector-drawable-23.3.0.aar-23.3.0.0 AndroidResources: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r29.zip-m2repository/com/android/support/support-vector-drawable/23.3.0/support-vector-drawable-23.3.0.aar-23.3.0.0 Xamarin.Android.Support.Animated.Vector.Drawable JavaLibraryReference: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r29.zip-m2repository/com/android/support/animated-vector-drawable/23.3.0/animated-vector-drawable-23.3.0.aar-23.3.0.0 AndroidResources: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r29.zip-m2repository/com/android/support/animated-vector-drawable/23.3.0/animated-vector-drawable-23.3.0.aar-23.3.0.0 Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.AppCompat JavaLibraryReference: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r29.zip-m2repository/com/android/support/appcompat-v7/23.3.0/appcompat-v7-23.3.0.aar-23.3.0.0 AndroidResources: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r29.zip-m2repository/com/android/support/appcompat-v7/23.3.0/appcompat-v7-23.3.0.aar-23.3.0.0 Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.MediaRouter JavaLibraryReference: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r29.zip-m2repository/com/android/support/mediarouter-v7/23.3.0/mediarouter-v7-23.3.0.aar-23.3.0.0 JavaLibraryReference: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r29.zip-m2repository/com/android/support/mediarouter-v7/23.3.0/mediarouter-v7-23.3.0.aar-23.3.0.0 AndroidResources: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r29.zip-m2repository/com/android/support/mediarouter-v7/23.3.0/mediarouter-v7-23.3.0.aar-23.3.0.0
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Intallation Errors: XA5207 Please install package: 'Xamarin.Android.Support.Design' available in SDK installer. Java library file 'C:\Users\Kareem\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Xamarin.Android.Support.Design\23.3.0.0\content\classes.jar' doesn't exist. XA5207 Please install package: 'Xamarin.Android.Support.v4' available in SDK installer. Java library file 'C:\Users\Kareem\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Xamarin.Android.Support.v4\23.3.0.0\content\classes.jar' doesn't exist. XA5207 Please install package: 'Xamarin.Android.Support.v4' available in SDK installer. Java library file 'C:\Users\Kareem\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Xamarin.Android.Support.v4\23.3.0.0\content\libs/internal_impl-23.3.0.jar' doesn't exist. XA5207 Please install package: 'Xamarin.Android.Support.Vector.Drawable' available in SDK installer. Java library file 'C:\Users\Kareem\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Xamarin.Android.Support.Vector.Drawable\23.3.0.0\content\classes.jar' doesn't exist. XA5207 Please install package: 'Xamarin.Android.Support.Animated.Vector.Drawable' available in SDK installer. Java library file 'C:\Users\Kareem\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Xamarin.Android.Support.Animated.Vector.Drawable\23.3.0.0\content\classes.jar' doesn't exist. XA5207 Please install package: 'Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.AppCompat' available in SDK installer. Java library file 'C:\Users\Kareem\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.AppCompat\23.3.0.0\content\classes.jar' doesn't exist. XA5207 Please install package: 'Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.MediaRouter' available in SDK installer. Java library file 'C:\Users\Kareem\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.MediaRouter\23.3.0.0\content\classes.jar' doesn't exist. XA5207 Please install package: 'Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.MediaRouter' available in SDK installer. Java library file 'C:\Users\Kareem\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.MediaRouter\23.3.0.0\content\libs/internal_impl-23.3.0.jar' doesn't exist. 0
What I have tried
Reinstalling Xamarin.Android.Support.Design
- It started showing me a similar error for the Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.MediaRouter package
- When I tried to reinstall the Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.MediaRouter it started showing the error message for the Xamarin.Android.Support.Design package again
Downloading the missing files
Downloaded the zip file at https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/android_m2repository_r29.zip
Extracted the content of the design folder and copied it to C:\Users\Kareem\AppData\Local\Xamarin\Xamarin.Android.Support.Design\23.0.0\content\
nothing worked and I'm now stuck and couldn't think of anything else to try