Visual Studio will prompt you to prepare your Mac to be the Xamarin build host: On the Mac, open System Preferences and select Sharing. Turn on Remote Login. Change Allow access to Only these users and add a user that has access to Xamarin and Xcode on the Mac. Dismiss the instructions and return to your Windows computer. Mac: So things are a bit trickier here. My current setup is the latest version of xamarin.studio (alpha), Mac OSX 10.7.5, XCode 4.6.1. 1.) The biggest issue is that the PCL files that Visual Studio references aren’t actually on your mac or installed when you install Xamarin Studio. You can read about the problem here. 2.) So let’s move them.
The just-released second Visual Studio 2017 15.6 preview continues to ease the previously cumbersome experience of hooking up to Mac machines for iOS development using Xamarin. While Microsoft has shipped the Visual Studio for Mac IDE, it also has steadily been trying to improve the iOS/Xamarin development process in Visual Studio on Windows with tools such as. It lets coders continuously deploy, test and debug apps using just Visual Studio and an iOS or Android device.
For example, at a recent Visual Studio Live! Conference, Microsoft's Matthew Soucoup demonstrated pairing his Visual Studio project to an iPhone for live debugging. This prompted several audience questions about whether a Mac really was required for iOS development. The ultimate answer was 'Yes.' It's still required when it comes time for App Store deployment.
'You always will need a Mac,' Soucoup told the audience. 'Will it get better? I would hope so.' The senior cloud developer advocate said he hopes the workflow and tools will eventually reach a point where everything can be done on a Windows machine. That point isn't here yet, but the process is getting easier. In the, Microsoft has automated the Mac provisioning process. 'Rather than manually maintaining a Mac build machine, all you need to do is connect to the Mac, and we’ll handle the heavy lifting of installing and configuring your build machine with the correct Xamarin.iOS and Mono bits, all from Visual Studio,' Microsoft's Pierce Boggan said in a Xamarin blog Wednesday.
Another iOS-centric enhancement related to Xamarin Live Player allows for live XAML previewing with the built-in iOS Simulator. Visual Studio 2017 15.5 - which last month - provided the ability to preview real-time XAML changes directly in the Android emulator with no recompile or redeploy.
Now, in the second 15.6 preview, that functionality has been added to the Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows, which lets developers test and debug iOS apps entirely from the Visual Studio IDE on Windows. That Remoted iOS Simulator now comes with all editions of Visual Studio (as of version 15.5), even the free Community Edition. Furthermore, iOS developers will welcome the capability to deploy their iOS apps over the network via WiFi, obviating the need for more pesky cables. Coders need only set up a wireless device in the Xcode IDE on a Mac, after which it will appear in Visual Studio like any other deployment target.
We are publishing a servicing release for our current major release called 15.5. Please check out the product release notes to see all the fixes and known issues for this release. Bug reports are welcome. If you see any new issue with these versions, please file a report. Products Released. Visual Studio for Mac 7.3.2.12. Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin 4.8.0.756.
Xamarin.Android 8.1.0.25. Included Fixes This release focuses on a few issues from the Xamarin 15.5 release:. Xamarin.Android – “error while writing anim: obj Debug android bin classes android support design R$anim.class (The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process)” build error due to locked file when attempting to build. Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin (fix for certain scenarios) – “The ‘MonoAndroidDesignerPackage’ package did not load correctly” Visual Studio extension initialization error dialog when attempting to use the Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin. The fix in this release addresses scenarios where the problem occurred when the designer extension was being loaded before other Xamarin extensions.
Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin – The new Android SDK Manager shows a blank location although the Android SDK is installed. Visual Studio 2017 installer with the Xamarin workload – “Android SDK setup (API level 25)” and “Google Android Emulator (API Level 25)” components get uninstalled in certain update scenarios due to a switch from being marked as required to optional. The components have been set back to required for now. Visual Studio for Mac Tools for Xamarin – Xamarin.Forms F# template project references an earlier version of the Xamarin.Forms package. Installing. Visual Studio 2017 –.
Visual Studio 2017 for Mac –. Visual Studio 2015 Tools for Xamarin – Previous Versions Using the latest versions is recommended. The previous versions of the Xamarin packages from the are listed below for reference. For Mac the previous versions are:.
Visual Studio for Mac 7.3.0.799. Xamarin.Android 8.1.0.24. For Windows the previous versions are:. Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin 4.8.0.754. (See also ).
We are publishing an update for our current major release called 15.5. This update adds SDK bindings and IDE compatibility for. This release aligns with a new version of Visual Studio 2017 for Mac and Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5.1. Please check out the product release notes to see all the fixes and known issues for this release. If you notice an error in this blog post or have trouble downloading one of the installer packages, please let us know in the corresponding forum thread. Forum Thread – Bug reports are also welcome.
If you see any suspicious behavior that you wish to report, please file a quick bug. Products Released. Xamarin.iOS 11.6.1.2. Visual Studio for Mac 7.3.0.799.
Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin 4.8.0.754. Xamarin Remoted iOS Simulator 1.2.2.32 Installing.
Visual Studio 2017 –. Visual Studio 2017 for Mac –.
Visual Studio 2015 Tools for Xamarin – Previous Versions Using the latest versions is recommended. The previous versions of the Xamarin packages from the are listed below for reference. For Mac the previous versions are:. Xamarin.iOS 11.4.0.214. Xamarin Remoted iOS Simulator 1.2.0.32. For Windows the previous versions are:. Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin 4.8.0.752.
(See also ). We are publishing our next major release, called 15.5. This release aligns with a new version of Visual Studio 2017 for Mac and Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5.
Please check out the product release notes to see all the fixes and known issues for this release. If you notice an error in this blog post or have trouble downloading one of the installer packages, please let us know in the corresponding forum thread. Forum Thread – Bug reports are also welcome. If you see any suspicious behavior that you wish to report, please file a quick bug. We are releasing an updated preview of our next major release, called 15.5. This release aligns with a new Visual Studio 2017 for Mac Preview. As this is a preview release, there are some known issues and the possibility of new issues being found during testing.
Of course, additional bug reports are still welcome. If you see any suspicious behavior that you wish to report, please file a quick bug. If you notice an error in this blog post or have trouble downloading one of the installer packages, please let us know in the corresponding forum thread.
Forum Thread – Please check out the product release notes to see all the fixes and known issues for this release. We are releasing an updated preview of our next major release, called 15.5. This release aligns with a new Visual Studio 2017 for Mac Preview and the Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 Preview. As this is a preview release, there are some known issues and the possibility of new issues being found during testing. Of course, additional bug reports are still welcome.
If you see any suspicious behavior that you wish to report, please file a quick bug. If you notice an error in this blog post or have trouble downloading one of the installer packages, please let us know in the corresponding forum thread.
Forum Thread – Please check out the product release notes to see all the fixes and known issues for this release. The release notes for some products are not yet available, but they will be published as soon as possible.
We are publishing an update for our current major release called 15.4. This update adds SDK bindings and IDE compatibility for. Please check out the product release notes to see all the fixes and known issues for this release.
If you notice an error in this blog post or have trouble downloading one of the installer packages, please let us know in the corresponding forum thread. Forum Thread – Bug reports are also welcome. If you see any suspicious behavior that you wish to report, please file a quick bug. Products Released. Xamarin.iOS 11.3.0.47. Visual Studio for Mac 7.2.2.11.
Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin 4.7.10.38 Installing. Visual Studio 2017 –. Visual Studio 2017 for Mac –. Visual Studio 2015 Tools for Xamarin – Previous Versions Using the latest versions is recommended. The previous versions of the Xamarin packages from the are listed below for reference.
For Mac the previous versions and download locations are:. Xamarin.iOS 11.2.1.0.
For Windows the previous versions and download locations are:. Visual Studio 2015 Tools for Xamarin 4.7.10.33,. We are releasing an updated preview of our next major release, called 15.5. This release aligns with a new Visual Studio 2017 for Mac Preview and the Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 Preview. As this is a preview release, there are some known issues and the possibility of new issues being found during testing. Of course, additional bug reports are still welcome. If you see any suspicious behavior that you wish to report, please file a quick bug.
If you notice an error in this blog post or have trouble downloading one of the installer packages, please let us know in the corresponding forum thread. Forum Thread – Please check out the product release notes to see all the fixes and known issues for this release.
The release notes for some products are not yet available, but they will be published as soon as possible. We are publishing a servicing release for our current major release called 15.4. Please check out the product release notes to see all the fixes and known issues for this release. If you notice an error in this blog post or have trouble downloading one of the installer packages, please let us know in the corresponding forum thread. Forum Thread – Bug reports are also welcome. If you see any suspicious behavior that you wish to report, please file a quick bug. Products Released.
Visual Studio for Mac 7.2.2.7. Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin 4.7.10.33. Xamarin.iOS 11.2.1.0. Xamarin.Android 8.0.2.1.
Xamarin.Mac 3.8.1.0. Mono Framework 5.4.1.6.
Xamarin Remoted iOS Simulator 1.1.3.108 Included Fixes This release focuses on a few issues from the Xamarin 15.4 release:. Xamarin.Android, Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin – Hang (pause, freeze) when opening or working on a solution that contains an Android project, during background Xamarin.Android “GetAdditionalResourcesFromAssemblies” Task. Xamarin.Android – Build.getSerial is not bound in Android API 26, causes conflict with Build.Serial, which is now deprecated. Visual Studio for Mac Tools for Xamarin, Xamarin.iOS – Blank dialog shown for Project Options iOS Bundle Signing if Xamarin.Mac is not installed.
Mono Framework, Xamarin.UITest – Xamarin.UITest 2.1.3 with Mono 5.4 is throwing exception “Length cannot be less than zero”. Xamarin.Android – “The “LinkAssemblies” task failed unexpectedly” when attempting to build an F# Android project that references a.NET Standard library. Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin, Xamarin.iOS – “AssetCatalogFlavoredProject Could not load asset catalogs” when trying to edit asset catalogs. Visual Studio for Mac Tools for Xamarin, Xamarin.Android – “Error registering with Google Play” when attempting to use Preferences Publishing Google Play Accounts Register Account. and Mono Framework – “Assertion at dynamic-image.c:209, condition `prev MONOHANDLERAW (obj)’ not met”, when running IronPython scripts on desktop Mono for example. Installing.
Visual Studio 2017 –. Visual Studio 2017 for Mac –. Visual Studio 2015 Tools for Xamarin – Previous Versions Using the latest versions is recommended. The previous versions of the Xamarin and Mono packages from the are listed below for reference. For Mac the previous versions and download locations are:.
Xamarin.iOS 11.2.0.11. Xamarin.Android 8.0.0-33. Xamarin.Mac 3.8.0.49. Mono Framework 5.4.0.201,. For Windows the previous versions and download locations are:. Visual Studio 2015 Tools for Xamarin 4.7.10.22Posts navigation.