By the end of this article, you will have a working Xamarin.Android installation integrated into Visual Studio for Mac, and you'll be ready to start building your first Xamarin.Android application. Android SDK Setup. Visual Studio includes an Android SDK Manager that replaces Google's standalone Android SDK Manager. From May 2017, you can develop app without MAC. Microsoft Xamarin introduce a Live Player. With Live Player, iOS apps can be deployed directly onto an iPhone or other iDevice from a PC running Visual Studio, where the code can then be tested and debugged. WARNING The Xamarin Live Player Preview has ended. See this video: https. Apr 13, 2017 Unfortunately there is no roadmap for Xamarin's Android Player for the time being. You may want to look into Genymotion as an alternative for the use-case you outlined. I apologize in advance, but the Google emulators are ultimately better and maintained. Xamarin Android Player hasn't been updated for a year or so now.
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-->The topics in this section explain how to install and configureXamarin.Android to work with Visual Studio on Windows and macOS, how touse the Android SDK Manager to download and install Android SDK toolsand components that are required for building and testing your app, howto configure the Android emulator for debugging, and how to connect aphysical Android device to your development computer for debugging andfinal testing your app.
Windows Installation
This guide walks you through the installation steps and configurationdetails required to install Xamarin.Android on Windows. By the end ofthis article, you will have a working Xamarin.Android installationintegrated into Visual Studio, and you'll be ready to start buildingyour first Xamarin.Android application.
Mac Installation
This article walks you through the installation steps and configurationdetails required to install Xamarin.Android on a Mac. By the end ofthis article, you will have a working Xamarin.Android installationintegrated into Visual Studio for Mac, and you'll be ready to startbuilding your first Xamarin.Android application.
Xamarin Install
Android SDK Setup
Visual Studio includes an Android SDK Manager that replaces Google'sstandalone Android SDK Manager. This article explains how to use the SDKManager to download Android SDK tools, platforms, and other componentsthat you need for developing Xamarin.Android apps.
Android Emulator Setup
These articles explain how to setup the Android Emulator fortesting and debugging Xamarin.Android applications.
Mac For Xamarin Development
Android Device Setup
This article explains how to setup a physical Android device andconnect it to a development computer so that the device may be used torun and debug Xamarin.Android applications.
Microsoft Mobile OpenJDK Preview
This guide describes the steps for switching to the preview release of Microsoft's distributionof the OpenJDK. This distribution of the OpenJDK is intended for mobile development.
-->Required Components
To build for Xamarin.iOS, the following are required:
- the latest version of Visual Studio
- the latest iOS SDK
- the latest version of Xcode
- the minimum version of macOS required by Xcode
For specific version requirements, refer to the latest Xamarin.iOS release notes.
The latest version of Xcode can be downloaded from the iOS Developer Center (login required), or via the Mac App Store: Download high sierra on mac.
Mac Installation
For instructions on installing Xamarin.iOS on a Mac, visit the Mac Installation guide.
Windows Installation
Xamarin Forms Mac
For instructions on installing Xamarin.iOS on a Windows machine, visit the Windows Installation guide.
Development and Device Provisioning
Mono Vs Xamarin
Once you have successfully installed Xamarin.iOS, learn how to provision your iOS device so that you can develop and test a Xamarin.iOS application on device.
-->The topics in this section explain how to install and configureXamarin.Android to work with Visual Studio on Windows and macOS, how touse the Android SDK Manager to download and install Android SDK toolsand components that are required for building and testing your app, howto configure the Android emulator for debugging, and how to connect aphysical Android device to your development computer for debugging andfinal testing your app.
Windows Installation
Xamarin Android Player Download
This guide walks you through the installation steps and configurationdetails required to install Xamarin.Android on Windows. By the end ofthis article, you will have a working Xamarin.Android installationintegrated into Visual Studio, and you'll be ready to start buildingyour first Xamarin.Android application.
Xamarin Android Player For Mac
Mac Installation
This article walks you through the installation steps and configurationdetails required to install Xamarin.Android on a Mac. By the end ofthis article, you will have a working Xamarin.Android installationintegrated into Visual Studio for Mac, and you'll be ready to startbuilding your first Xamarin.Android application.
Android SDK Setup
Visual Studio includes an Android SDK Manager that replaces Google'sstandalone Android SDK Manager. This article explains how to use the SDKManager to download Android SDK tools, platforms, and other componentsthat you need for developing Xamarin.Android apps.
Android Emulator Setup
These articles explain how to setup the Android Emulator fortesting and debugging Xamarin.Android applications.
Android Device Setup
This article explains how to setup a physical Android device andconnect it to a development computer so that the device may be used torun and debug Xamarin.Android applications.
Microsoft Mobile OpenJDK Preview
Xamarin Android Player Free Download
This guide describes the steps for switching to the preview release of Microsoft's distributionof the OpenJDK. This distribution of the OpenJDK is intended for mobile development.