Evgeny Zborovsky.NET, Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, Xamarin, Xamarin.Forms November 14, 2017 November 14, 2017 1 Minute Xamarin components are easy to install, all you have to do is to download a zip, extract the content and to reference the dlls in your project.
Xamarin.Forms Updates Microsoft released Xamarin.Forms 3.0 at the Build 2018 conference in May, and more recently made Xamarin.Forms 3.1 available via NuGet. For developers building cross-platform apps with C#, the updates bring amazing new features and significant platform and UI improvements.
On the platform side, performance got a major boost in the form of improved fast renderers, which were introduced with version 2.5 last year. Renderers enable Xamarin.Forms to translate visual elements into native views—work that can get pretty expensive, especially with complex views. Microsoft redesigned the way renderers work in version 3.0 to boost rendering speed and performance. On the UI side, Xamarin.Forms 3.0 introduces a new layout called FlexLayout. It works like a StackLayout, arranging child visual elements vertically or horizontally, while also being able to wrap the child visual elements if there’s not enough space in a single row or column. The following code snippet shows an example of how you can easily use a FlexLayout.
This.Resources.Add(StyleSheet.FromAssemblyResource( IntrospectionExtensions.GetTypeInfo( typeof(Page1)).Assembly, 'Project1.Assets.mystyle.css')); Another extremely useful addition to Xamarin.Forms is the Visual State Manager , which you might already know if you have experience with WPF and UWP. With it, you can make changes to the UI you declared in XAML, based on a view’s state. For example, you can use the Visual State Manager to change the color of a view depending on its state, as shown in the code snippet in Figure 5. With the markup in Figure 5, the Entry will automatically change its background color when its state changes. In this case, you need to set the Entry’s IsEnabled property as False to disable the view and trigger the Disabled state. States must be grouped into objects called VisualStateGroup. Each state is represented by the VisualState object, where you add Setter specifications as you would do with styles, therefore providing the name of the property you want to change and its value.
Of course, you can specify multiple property setters. Xamarin.Forms defines a set of states called common states, such as Normal, Focused and Disabled (see the VisualStateGroup with the CommonState name above); these states are common to each view. Other states might be available only to specific views and not to others.
The Visual State Manager provides an elegant and clean way to control the UI behavior, all in your XAML code. Xamarin.Forms 3.0 also makes it easy to implement right-to-left localization. The Device class now exposes the FlowDirection property, which reads this localization information from the device.
You can then assign its value to the FlowDirection property of a view as follows. Before Xamarin.Forms 3.1, you had to write a custom renderer to get this result.
Similarly, the Slider control allows specifying colors through the ThumbColor, MaximumTrackColor and MinimumTrackColor properties. Other additions are the IsSpellCheckEnabled property for Entry and Editor views, and the control over text-prediction and APIs that allow you to control the shadow over views in iOS. The addition of bindable spans is worth taking a moment to explore, given this feature had been requested many times by the developer community. Put succinctly, the Span class, which you use for more sophisticated string formatting, now inherits from BindableObject, so that all the properties related to text formatting support data binding. A new bindable property called Style has been introduced, so you can use XAML styles defined in the app resources.
The following XAML snippet provides an example. Thanks to the following Microsoft technical experts who reviewed this article: David Britch, Amy Burns Amy Burns is a Boston-based content developer at Microsoft. She has been a writer on the Xamarin documentation team since 2013, with a particular focus on Xamarin.iOS (and iOS provisioning) and Visual Studio for Mac. David Britch works in the Xamarin documentation team at Microsoft.
He has written for a range of software development publications including books, guidance documentation, reference implementations, whitepapers, videos, and instructor-led training courses.
Today we are releasing the following builds as Xcode 10 Beta 3 Web Preview. These versions include preview Xamarin SDK bindings and preview IDE compatibility for Apple’s release. Any bug reports about these preview Xamarin bindings are much appreciated! Products Released. Visual Studio for Mac 7.6.10.23.
Xamarin.iOS 12.1.0.14. Xamarin.Mac 5.1.0.11. Xamarin Profiler 1.6.3.456.
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Mono Framework 5.12.0.311. Preview IDE compatibility package for Visual Studio 2017. Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin 4.11.1.1. for Visual Studio 2017 Installing on Mac.
Select “Visual Studio Check for Updates”. In the “Update channel” combo box, select “Xcode 10.1 Previews” and press the “Switch Channel” button:. Once you switch, the builds will start to download automatically. Once they’re downloaded you’ll be prompted to restart and install the new builds.
To switch back to Stable, Beta, or Alpha builds, simply switch back to the appropriate channel. Installing IDE compatibility for Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8. Ensure that Visual Studio 2017 is up-to-date at version 15.8 and has the Mobile development with.NET workload installed. the combined IDE compatibility.vsix file. If your web browser saves the file with a.zip extension, rename it back to.vsix after download. Double-click the.vsix file to launch the VSIX Installer.
Be sure to select only your non-preview instance of Visual Studio 2017 when prompted. (This.vsix package is based on the Xamarin 15.8 release, so it is not fully compatible with Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 Preview.). Click Install, and wait for the VSIX Installer to download and install the components. Uninstall steps If you wish to switch back from the Xcode 10.1 beta support previews to the default Xamarin versions bundled in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8:.
Navigate to Tools Extensions and Updates Installed. Locate the Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin (Alpha) item. Click the Uninstall button. Close Visual Studio 2017 to allow the VSIX Installer to launch and complete the uninstall process. Today we are releasing the following builds as Xcode 10 GM Web Preview. These versions include preview Xamarin SDK bindings and preview IDE compatibility for Apple’s release. Any bug reports about these preview Xamarin bindings are much appreciated!
Products Released. Xamarin.iOS 12.0.0.10. Xamarin.Mac 4.99.3.740. Visual Studio for Mac 7.6.6.14 Preview IDE compatibility package for Visual Studio 2017. Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin 4.11.0.770. for Visual Studio 2017. Xamarin Remoted iOS Simulator.
for Visual Studio 2017 Installing on Mac With this release, we’re introducing a new way to access the Xcode 10 preview support in Visual Studio for Mac. From now on, you’ll be able to access all the necessary bits for Xcode 10 within the IDE, through an updater channel named “Xcode 10 Preview”. This Xcode channel operates the same way as our current Stable, Beta, and Alpha channels. To try these newest Xcode builds, do the following:. Select “Visual Studio Check for Updates”. In the “Update channel” combo box, select “Xcode 10 Preview” and press the “Switch Channel” button:.
Once you switch, the builds will start to download automatically. Once they’re downloaded you’ll be promted to restart and install the new builds.
To switch back to Stable, Beta, or Alpha builds, simply switch back to the appropriate channel. Today’s release to the Xcode channel contains the builds with support for the Xcode 10 GM seed. To get notified immediately of new builds, make sure to select the “Check Automatically” checkbox.
Installing IDE compatibility for Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 (This package is not yet available. It is in-progress and will be added to this blog post as soon as possible.). Ensure that Visual Studio 2017 is up-to-date at version 15.8 and has the Mobile development with.NET workload installed. the combined IDE compatibility.vsix file. If your web browser saves the file with a.zip extension, rename it back to.vsix after download. Double-click the.vsix file to launch the VSIX Installer. Be sure to select only your non-preview instance of Visual Studio 2017 when prompted.
(This.vsix package is based on the Xamarin 15.8 release, so it is not fully compatible with Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 Preview.). Click Install, and wait for the VSIX Installer to download and install the components.
Uninstall steps If you wish to switch back from the Xcode 10 beta support previews to the default Xamarin versions bundled in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8:. Navigate to Tools Extensions and Updates Installed. Locate the Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin (Alpha) item. Click the Uninstall button. Close Visual Studio 2017 to allow the VSIX Installer to launch and complete the uninstall process. Today we are releasing the following builds as Xcode 10 Beta 6 Web Preview.
These versions include preview Xamarin SDK bindings and preview IDE compatibility for Apple’s release. Any bug reports about these preview Xamarin bindings are much appreciated! Products Released. Visual Studio for Mac 7.6.1.7.
Xamarin.iOS 11.99.3.538. Xamarin.Mac 4.99.3.658. Preview IDE compatibility package for Visual Studio 2017.
Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin 4.11.0.758. for Visual Studio 2017 Installing on Mac With this release, we’re introducing a new way to access the Xcode 10 preview support in Visual Studio for Mac. From now on, you’ll be able to access all the necessary bits for Xcode 10 within the IDE, through an updater channel named “Xcode 10 Preview”. This Xcode channel operates the same way as our current Stable, Beta, and Alpha channels. To try these newest Xcode builds, do the following:.
Select “Visual Studio Check for Updates”. In the “Update channel” combo box, select “Xcode 10 Preview” and press the “Switch Channel” button:. Once you switch, the builds will start to download automatically.
Once they’re downloaded you’ll be promted to restart and install the new builds. To switch back to Stable, Beta, or Alpha builds, simply switch back to the appropriate channel. Today’s release to the Xcode channel contains the builds with support for Xcode 10 Beta 5. We intend to continue to update the builds in this channel as we produce support for any new Xcode 10 betas which Apple may release in the weeks ahead. To get notified immediately of new builds, make sure to select the “Check Automatically” checkbox. Installing IDE compatibility for Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8. Ensure that Visual Studio 2017 is up-to-date at version 15.8 and has the Mobile development with.NET workload installed.
the combined IDE compatibility.vsix file. If your web browser saves the file with a.zip extension, rename it back to.vsix after download. Double-click the.vsix file to launch the VSIX Installer. Be sure to select only your non-preview instance of Visual Studio 2017 when prompted. (This.vsix package is based on the Xamarin 15.8 release, so it is not fully compatible with Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 Preview.). Click Install, and wait for the VSIX Installer to download and install the components.
Uninstall steps If you wish to switch back from the Xcode 10 beta support previews to the default Xamarin versions bundled in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8:. Navigate to Tools Extensions and Updates Installed. Locate the Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin (Alpha) item.
Click the Uninstall button. Close Visual Studio 2017 to allow the VSIX Installer to launch and complete the uninstall process. Today we are releasing the following builds as Xcode 10 Beta 5 Web Preview. These versions include preview Xamarin SDK bindings and preview IDE compatibility for Apple’s release. Any bug reports about these preview Xamarin bindings are much appreciated! Products Released.
Visual Studio for Mac 7.5.4.5. Xamarin.iOS 11.99.2.130. Xamarin.Mac 4.99.2.250. Preview IDE compatibility package for Visual Studio 2017. Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin 4.10.10.9. for Visual Studio 2017 Installing on Mac With this release, we’re introducing a new way to access the Xcode 10 preview support in Visual Studio for Mac.
From now on, you’ll be able to access all the necessary bits for Xcode 10 within the IDE, through an updater channel named “Xcode 10 Preview”. This Xcode channel operates the same way as our current Stable, Beta, and Alpha channels. To try these newest Xcode builds, do the following:.
Select “Visual Studio Check for Updates”. In the “Update channel” combo box, select “Xcode 10 Preview” and press the “Switch Channel” button:. Once you switch, the builds will start to download automatically. Once they’re downloaded you’ll be promted to restart and install the new builds. To switch back to Stable, Beta, or Alpha builds, simply switch back to the appropriate channel. Today’s release to the Xcode channel contains the builds with support for Xcode 10 Beta 5. We intend to continue to update the builds in this channel as we produce support for any new Xcode 10 betas which Apple may release in the weeks ahead.
To get notified immediately of new builds, make sure to select the “Check Automatically” checkbox. Installing IDE compatibility for Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7. Ensure that Visual Studio 2017 is up-to-date at version 15.7 and has the Mobile development with.NET workload installed. the combined IDE compatibility.vsix file. If your web browser saves the file with a.zip extension, rename it back to.vsix after download.
Double-click the.vsix file to launch the VSIX Installer. Be sure to select only your non-preview instance of Visual Studio 2017 when prompted.
(This.vsix package is based on the Xamarin 15.7 release, so it is not fully compatible with Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview.). Click Install, and wait for the VSIX Installer to download and install the components. Uninstall steps If you wish to switch back from the Xcode 10 beta support previews to the default Xamarin versions bundled in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7:.
Navigate to Tools Extensions and Updates Installed. Locate the Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin (Alpha) item.
Click the Uninstall button. Close Visual Studio 2017 to allow the VSIX Installer to launch and complete the uninstall process. Today we are releasing the following builds as Xcode 10 Beta 3 Web Preview. These versions include preview Xamarin SDK bindings and preview IDE compatibility for Apple’s release. Note that these are standalone download links that are not yet published in the Visual Studio for Mac updater channels. As a result, Visual Studio for Mac will offer an “update” back to the current published updater channel versions when you have these versions installed.
You will need to disregard that notification if you wish to keep using this Xcode 10 support preview. The Xcode 10 features will be added to the updater channels in the future, after Apple publishes the first non-preview version of Xcode 10 to the App Store. Any bug reports about these preview Xamarin bindings are much appreciated! Products Released. Xamarin.iOS 11.99.1.44. Xamarin.Mac 4.99.1.164. Preview IDE compatibility packages for Mac and Visual Studio 2017.
Visual Studio for Mac 7.5.4.5. Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin 4.10.10.8. for Visual Studio 2017 Installing on Mac. Ensure you are up-to-date with the current Visual Studio for Mac Stable versions. Ensure you have the Xcode 10 beta version installed from Apple. You can optionally install this beta version alongside your non-beta Xcode. the Xamarin.iOS installer.pkg file and run it.
Uninstall steps Navigate to Visual Studio Check for Updates, and install the current Xamarin.iOS version from the Stable updater channel. Installing IDE compatibility for Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7. Ensure that Visual Studio 2017 is up-to-date at version 15.7 and has the Mobile development with.NET workload installed. the combined IDE compatibility.vsix file.
If your web browser saves the file with a.zip extension, rename it back to.vsix after download. Double-click the.vsix file to launch the VSIX Installer. Be sure to select only your non-preview instance of Visual Studio 2017 when prompted. (This.vsix package is based on the Xamarin 15.7 release, so it is not fully compatible with Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview.). Click Install, and wait for the VSIX Installer to download and install the components.
Uninstall steps If you wish to switch back from the Xcode 10 beta support previews to the default Xamarin versions bundled in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7:. Navigate to Tools Extensions and Updates Installed. Locate the Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin (Alpha) item. Click the Uninstall button. Close Visual Studio 2017 to allow the VSIX Installer to launch and complete the uninstall process.
Today we are releasing the following builds as Xcode 10 Web Preview 1. These versions include preview Xamarin SDK bindings and preview IDE compatibility for Apple’s release. Note that these are standalone download links that are not yet published in the Visual Studio for Mac updater channels. As a result, Visual Studio for Mac will offer an “update” back to the current published updater channel versions when you have these versions installed. You will need to disregard that notification if you wish to keep using this Xcode 10 support preview. The Xcode 10 features will be added to the updater channels in the future, after Apple publishes the first non-preview version of Xcode 10 to the App Store. Any bug reports about these preview Xamarin bindings are much appreciated!
Products Released. Xamarin.iOS 11.99.0.93.
Xamarin.Mac 4.99.0.93. Preview IDE compatibility packages for Mac and Visual Studio 2017. Visual Studio for Mac 7.5.4.3.
Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin 4.10.10.7. for Visual Studio 2017 Installing on Mac. Ensure you are up-to-date with the current Visual Studio for Mac Stable versions.
Ensure you have the Xcode 10 beta version installed from Apple. You can optionally install this beta version alongside your non-beta Xcode. the Xamarin.iOS installer.pkg file and run it. Uninstall steps Navigate to Visual Studio Check for Updates, and install the current Xamarin.iOS version from the Stable updater channel. Installing IDE compatibility for Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7. Ensure that Visual Studio 2017 is up-to-date at version 15.7 and has the Mobile development with.NET workload installed. the combined IDE compatibility.vsix file.
If your web browser saves the file with a.zip extension, rename it back to.vsix after download. Double-click the.vsix file to launch the VSIX Installer. Be sure to select only your non-preview instance of Visual Studio 2017 when prompted. (This.vsix package is based on the Xamarin 15.7 release, so it is not fully compatible with Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview.). Click Install, and wait for the VSIX Installer to download and install the components. Uninstall steps If you wish to switch back from the Xcode 10 beta support previews to the default Xamarin versions bundled in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7:.
Navigate to Tools Extensions and Updates Installed. Locate the Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin (Alpha) item. Click the Uninstall button. Close Visual Studio 2017 to allow the VSIX Installer to launch and complete the uninstall process.
We are releasing the second preview of our next major release, called 15.8. This release aligns with Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview 2 and Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.6 Preview 2. As this is a preview release, there are some known issues and the possibility of new issues being found during testing. Please check out the product release notes to see all the fixes and known issues. Bug reports are welcome.
If you see any new issue with these versions, please Report a Problem. Products Released. Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin. (Windows) (Mac). Xamarin.iOS 11.11.0.331. Xamarin.Mac 4.5.0.331.
Xamarin.Android 8.3.99.12. Xamarin Profiler 1.6.3.400. Mono Framework MDK 5.12.0.260. Installing. Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview –.
Visual Studio 2017 for Mac – You can switch back to the non-preview versions at any time by launching your side-by-side non-preview installation of Visual Studio 2017 and switching to the Stable updater channel in Visual Studio for Mac. 15.8 Release History Preview 2 – This Release Preview 1 –. We are publishing a servicing update for our current major release called 15.7.
This update adds SDK bindings and IDE compatibility for Apple’s Xcode 9.4 Release and addresses top issues from the version 15.7 Release. This release aligns with Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7.3 and Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.5.2. 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 Report a Problem. Products Released.
Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin. (Windows) (Mac). Xamarin.iOS 11.12.0.4.
Xamarin.Mac 4.4.1.193. Xamarin.Android 8.3.3.2. Xamarin Profiler 1.6.2.165. Mono Framework 5.10.1.57. Installing. Visual Studio 2017 for Mac – Previous Versions Using the latest versions is recommended. The previous versions of the Xamarin and Mono packages from the Xamarin 15.7.2 release are listed below for reference.
For Mac the previous versions are:. Xamarin.iOS 11.10.1.178 ( d15-7 branch),. Xamarin.Android 8.3.0.19 ( d15-7 branch),. Xamarin.Mac 4.4.1.178 ( d15-7 branch),. Mono Framework 5.10.1.47,. Xamarin Profiler 1.6.2.162,. For Windows the previous versions are:.
Visual Studio 2017 Tools for Xamarin 4.10.0.448. Xamarin Profiler 1.6.2.162,. (See also ).