XDE.exe using > 35% CPU all of the time - is this expected behaviour? (VS Android Emulator)
<p>I have an Android Marshmallow device in the Visual Studio Android Emulator (April 2016 release), and it starts fine and seems to work. However, while running, the <code>XDE.exe</code> process is killing my CPU (35-40%+) while Hyper-V is only using ~8-10% max.</p>

<p>Is this normal and expected behavior? If not, how can I fix it?</p>

<p>I was able to track the high CPU usage down to the following DLL:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
  XDE\10.0.10586.0\Plugins\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Emulator.XdePlugin.dll</p>
</blockquote>

<p>... and the following thread that runs this method, which is a loop:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Microsoft.VisualStudio.Emulator.StatusCallback.XdeDeviceStatusCallbackService.StatusCallbackThreadProc()</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I do not see such high CPU usage of XDE when running the Windows 10 mobile emulator images.</p>