VS BlankCordovaApp Won't Run on Emulator - visual-studio-cordova

Question

Recently installed VS 2015 Community Update 3 in Windows 10 Pro 32 bit. For the past couple days I have been playing with Cordova, but can not get it to work correctly.
I tried:
Redirect index.html hack.
Clearing cache in TACO settings
Repaired VS
This text is from the build log / VS / emulator / debug log / me.
Build: Warning: No emulator specified, defaulting to AVD_GalaxyNexus_ToolsForApacheCordova
Build: Failed to create Context 0x3005
VS: There were deployment errors. Continue?
Me: If I click Yes
Build: Debug is starting
Emulator: "The connection to the server was unsuccessful. (file:///android_assset/www/index.html)"
Me: App appears 3 times on emulator
Me: Breakpoints don't work. In the Debug log I see many messages "Cannot find or open the PDB file."
Me: Build log says the app was installed but Deploy failed?
Build:
Installing apk C:/Users/pears/Documents/Visual Studio 2015/Projects/BlankCordovaApp1/platforms/android/build/outputs/apk/android-debug.apk on emulator-5554...
INSTALL SUCCESS
Unlocking screen...
Running command "input keyevent 82" on emulator-5554...
Starting application "io.cordova.myapp6178b0/.MainActivity" on emulator-5554...
Running command "am start -W -a android.intent.action.MAIN -nio.cordova.myapp6178b0/.MainActivity" on emulator-5554...
LAUNCH SUCCESS
Executing "after_run" hook for all plugins.
Warning: No emulator specified, defaulting to AVD_GalaxyNexus_ToolsForApacheCordova
========== Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
========== Deploy: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========
Me: I don't see any errors in the build log.
Update 7.22.2016
I created a new Azure VM (Windows 2012 R2 Datacenter, 64 bit, 2 core Intel 2.2, 7 GB RAM) and installed VS 2015 and Cordova. From the AVD manager, the base emulator started up fine. However, the deploy still failed for a blank Cordova project. I saw the white Cordova screen saying it was connecting to device. Then the same message "The connection to the server was unsuccessful. (file:///android_assset/www/index.html)". Maybe the Redirect index.html hack will help. I didn't try.
Next, I Installed the stand-alone Android Studio in my desktop Windows 10 VM for more options with the AVD and SDK. Immediately, it tells me my CPU doesn't support VT-x. Makes sense - it's an AMD processor. I started the AVD GalaxyNexus ToolsForApacheCordova emulator anyway and it never finished loading. It targets API 19, Android 4.4, and arm CPU. I tried upgrading to API 23 which refused to run and says:
Intel HAXM is required to run this AVD.
Your CPU does not support required features (VT-x or SVM).
Unfortunately, your computer does not support hardware accelerated virtualization.
Here are some of your options:
1) Use a physcal device for testing
2) Develop on a Windows/OSX computer with an Intel processor that supports VT-x and NX
3) Develop on a Linux computer that supports VT-x or SVM
4) Use an Android Virtual Device based on an ARM system image
(This is 10x slower than hardward accelerated virtualization)

Answer 1

It seems like VS failed to create an Android Virtual Device. You can create one in the version of Android Studio that VS installs on your machine. The default location is in "C:\Users[usename]\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\". Click on "Avd Manager" and create a device. Make sure its the only device created--any existing ones may be broken. Then, go back to VS and click "Android -> Build to Google Android emulator".
FYI--if you have Hyper V enabled (you are using a Windows Phone emulator), you should be selecting the ARM system image.