I have just installed Visual Studio 2017 community addition. Furthermore, i have installed Xamarin Community edition. Initially i thought i would have to use Xamarin Studio in order to create cross platform apps. But later on, i figured it out from the internet that Xamarin Studio is only installed in MAC OS. In windows, Xamarin is installed in form of Visual Studio's extension instead. After completely installing Xamarin on my Windows 10, i opened Visual Studio and i didn't saw "BlankApp (Xamarin.Forms Portable)" under Visual C#/Cross-Platform tab. Instead there were only couple of Class Libraries and a UI Test App there.
How can i figure out the way to create Xamarin Cross-Platform on my visual studio 2017 community edition? Am i missing some extensions, or is there any update required ? Please help.
File > New > Project > Installed > Templates > Visual C# > Cross-Platform
Select Cross-Platform
Select Cross Platform App (Xamarin.Forms or Native)
New App Dialog Opens
For template select "Blank App"
For Code Sharing Strategy Select "Portable Class Library (PCL)"
Click OK, and you are good to go
Please, try this site in section "Creating your first app".
More information in:
http://motzcod.es/post/158155898027/setting-up-vs-2017-for-xamarin-dev
THIS IS NOT A DIRECT ANSWER, I tried lots of options from installing, uninstalling, modifying but I can't find "bank app xamarin forms".
SO WHAT I DID, Installed visual studio 2015 and found "that bank app xamarin forms" there.
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The issue occurred on Visual Studio Community 2019 version 16.9.1.
The VS version mentioned above was just downloaded. I am trying to develop a mobile app, but the Xamarin Forms Previewer is missing and I can not enable it from the Option Tools.
For more information, please see the attached files.
Can you help me with a solution?
Thank you in advance!
The XAML Previewer has been deprecated in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8 and Visual Studio for Mac version 8.8, and replaced by the XAML Hot Reload feature in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 and Visual Studio for Mac version 8.9.
For now, it use the Hot Reload insead and provide a live visual tree to receive a real-time view of your running XAML code. It shows a tree view of the UI elements of your running Xamarin.Forms application.
When you debug you project, by default, it appears on the IDE's left. If you don't see it, use Debug > Windows > Live Visual Tree to show it.
I also face the same problem today in visual studio 16.9.1. I am also not able to enable it from anywhere in Visual Studio
I'm learning how to design a Windows Forms Application in Visual Studio 2017. The tutorial asks me to create a new project using the File -> New -> Project option and selecting 'Windows Forms Application' in the new project dialog box.
However, when I explore this option in Visual Basic, my New Project dialog window only has three options, and the Windows Forms Application is not one of them (see screenshot - attached).
Just wondered if anyone might be able to suggest how to get this option to appear? I have tried looking for the correct option in the Visual Studio installer, but I cannot find it their either.
Screenshot attached.
Because you need to install it.
Go to Visual Studio Installer from the start and check the checkbox .NET Desktop Development.
After that restart the VS 2017.
Open Visual Studio Installer, ‘Modify’ your installation and install the ‘.Net Desktop Development’ workload.
Add "Universal Windows Platform development" to your work load
Visual studio community
I want to develop Android apps using C# with Xamarin in Visual Studio.
However, they provide an installer which will download required files only. How can I download a full offline (incl. its requirements) installer?
I have the following software already installed:
- Java 8u101
- Java SE Development Kit 8u91
- .NET Framework 4.6 with SDK
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Express (I don't know if Xamarin will work with this - please let me know)
- Android SDK (installed earlier for Android Studio)
If you know where I can download an offline installer for Xamarin.Android, please let me know. I cannot download through the Universal Installer since I have a poor connection.
I apologize if I have posted in the wrong place.
Thank you
Update: i have VS 2015 ENTERPRISE EDITION
If you log in to your Xamarin account page and go to the downloads section [1].
You'll be able to get everything you need for an offline install if you click the "Show all versions" link underneath the large blue button.
Grab the Xamarin.iOS or Xamarin.Android Windows installer (they're the same thing) - that's it!
Seeing as you need Visual Studio 2015 (as you have 2010 and Xamarin is not compatible with 2010 anymore), you can also grab a copy of the VS 2015 Community ISO [2].
[1] https://store.xamarin.com/account/my/subscription/downloads
[2] https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48146
If You want to install it by Visual Studio installer:
Try download it manually. View file Catalog.json at installation root. Find string containing "Xamarin.VisualStudio":
{"id":"Xamarin.VisualStudio","version":"4.6.3.4","type":"Vsix","payloads":[{"fileName":"Xamarin.VisualStudio.vsix","sha256":"c082f47bc00da4420cd1e90f167ad4285688b5c5df1d115c5dda1f1ec2aa1ffb","size":492545242,"url":"https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/11327837/d68d54e233c956ff79799fdf63753c54/Xamarin.VisualStudio.vsix"}],"vsixId":"Xamarin.VisualStudio",
here
4.6.3.4 - version of Xamarin;
https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/11327837/d68d54e233c956ff79799fdf63753c54/Xamarin.VisualStudio.vsix - try download this file, then check file size and checksum, here sha256.
If all ok, change file name to "Xamarin.VisualStudio.vsix" and put it to folder at root of instalation, and name it using id and version, here :
Xamarin.VisualStudio,version=4.6.3.4
Please check here
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/quick-start-tutorial-manual-or-quick-way-of-xamarin-and-simulator-installation/
No Idea Microsoft Visual studio 2010 express is support Instead of use
Visual Studio Community 2015 its free
I am experiencing a frustrating behaviour of VS2015 Community under Windows 10.
When I create a simple Universal Blank App C# after launching and testing the code the Store menu to create the app packages and launch the certification kit is missing. I checked that my developer account is signed in, enabled developer mode on the machine, reinstalled VS checking to install Universal App development and Windows 10 SDK. Nothing enables this menu. No more options to create apps are present, just Blank App, I had more templates available under VS2013.
It is also weird that when I select to edit appmanifest it never displays the editor, just the XML, it seems like the whole app store environment is disabled. The project is not being recognized as an app.
Another big problem is that the designer does not display the XAML files to see the graphical elements. I get an error screen with tons of errors about null exceptions.
I need to port some 8.1 apps to Win10 Universal and these set of problems are driving me crazy.
Any help more than appreciated.
Possible Fix 1: "Change" the installation to make sure the VS extensions are installed
In certain situations, the Xamarin installer might automatically un-check the install options for the Visual Studio extensions. If that's the cause of the problem in your case, you can install the missing Visual Studio extensions using the installer's "Change" command. For example, if you wanted to install the extensions for Visual Studio 2013:
Open the Windows "Programs and Features" Control Panel.
Right click the "Xamarin" entry, and select "Change".
Click "Next", then "Change".
Make sure the "Xamarin for Visual Studio 2013" option is set to install:
Enable Xamarin for Visual Studio 2013 installation option
Proceed through the rest of the installer wizard.
Possible Fix 2: Ask Visual Studio to set up the extensions again
Check if the Xamarin extensions have been copied into the Visual Studio extensions folder:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Xamarin\Xamarin\3.1.228.0"
If the extensions are properly installed (for version 3.1.228), there will be 60 items in the folder:
List of 'Xamarin\3.1.228.0' folder contents in Explorer
After you have confirmed that this folder looks correct, tell Visual Studio to try setting up the extensions again:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /setup
Possible Fix 3: Try a fresh reinstall of Xamarin
From the Windows Control Panel, uninstall any of the following that are present:
Xamarin
Xamarin for Windows
Xamarin.Android
Xamarin.iOS
Xamarin for Visual Studio
In Explorer, delete any remaining files from the Xamarin Visual Studio extension folders (all versions, including both Program Files and Program Files (x86)):
C:\Program Files*\Microsoft Visual Studio 1*.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Xamarin
Also check in the "VirtualStore" directory to see if there might be any "overlay" copies of any of the extension directories:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
Open the registry editor (regedit).
Look for this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SharedDlls
Find and delete any entries that match this pattern:
C:\Program Files*\Microsoft Visual Studio 1*.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Xamarin
Look for this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\1*.0\ExtensionManager\PendingDeletions
Delete any entries that look like they might be related to Xamarin. For example, here's one that used to cause trouble in older versions of Xamarin:
Mono.VisualStudio.Shell,1.0
Reboot.
Reinstall the current stable version of Xamarin using the individual installer (.msi) download link under Xamarin.iOS -> Windows or Xamarin.Android -> Windows on http://store.xamarin.com/account/my/subscription/downloads.
Possible Fix 4: Repair Visual Studio installation
Open the Windows "Programs and Features" Control Panel.
Right click the relevant Microsoft Visual Studio entry, and select "Change"
Click the "Repair" button in the Visual Studio dialog that opens.
link : https://kb.xamarin.com/customer/portal/articles/1643349-missing-visual-studio-extensions-after-installation
After finishing my C# application I had to make an installer. After seeing that the default installer projects are gone, i searched for a replacement.
I found the Visual Studio Installer Projects. I downloaded the file from here: https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/9abe329c-9bba-44a1-be59-0fbf6151054d.
When i restarted Visual Studio, opened my project, clicked "add new project" and here is what I got:
Problem is that I cant find the setup project. I have tried repairing the install. I restarted Visual Studio several times.
My Question:
How can I find the installer project and why it's not working for me.
If I cant make it work, are there any alternatives ? (except InstallShield)
Additional info:
Visual Studio 2013 Community with update 4
Windows 8.1 64-bit
You could try Tools > Extensions and Updates and search for it:
Visual Studio setup projects no longer ship with Visual Studio
However, you can download them here.
Or use a third party library like WiX.
I had the same problem and it turns out that visual studio removed the support for installer projects in 2010.
but still you can download and install it in your version
VS2013
VS2015
VS2017