If you don't have a device to deploy to, you'll need to set up an Android emulator or use a device. If you've already done this, you can skip this step.
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If this if your first time building a Xamarin application, you'll need to create a new Android Emulator. You'll see 'Android Emulator' in the debug menu. Click it to start the creation process.
This brings up a UAC prompt to be accepted and then the emulator creation process. The options are automatically populated for a base emulator. If required, change any options and then select Create.
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At this point, you may be prompted to agree to the license agreement for the Android emulator. Read through and select Accept to continue the process. This will download the emulator images and finalize the creation of the emulator for use in Visual Studio.
Once the emulator has been created, you'll see a button that says Start. Click it.
You may receive prompt to enable Windows Hypervisor Platform. Follow the documentation to enable this feature for optimal performance.
The Android emulator will launch. Wait for it to fully finish starting and you'll see it displayed in the Visual Studio debug menu. This may take some time if you aren't using hardware acceleration.
Your Android emulator has now been created and is ready to use. Next time you run Visual Studio, the emulator will appear directly in the debug target window and will start when you select it. If you ran into any issues or have performance issues with the emulator, read through the full setup documentation.
Xamarin Studio For Windows
For this tutorial, we'll focus on setting up and deploying to Android. To deploy to the application to iOS, you'll need to configure the Remoted iOS Simulator for Windows or configure a device for deployment with Hot Restart.
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Installing Xamarin on Windows
Step-by-step instructions
Club international mag. Xamarin can be installed as part of a new Visual Studio 2019 installation, with the following steps:
Download Visual Studio 2019 Community, Visual Studio Professional, orVisual Studio Enterprise from theVisual Studio page (downloadlinks are provided at the bottom).
Double-click the downloaded package to start installation.
Select the Mobile development with .NET workload from theinstallation screen:
When you are ready to begin Visual Studio 2019 installation, click theInstall button in the lower right-hand corner:
Use the progress bars to monitor the installation:
When Visual Studio 2019 installation has completed, click the Launchbutton to start Visual Studio:
Adding Xamarin to Visual Studio 2019
If Visual Studio 2019 is already installed, add Xamarin byre-running the Visual Studio 2019 installer to modify workloads (seeModify Visual Studiofor details). Next, follow the steps listed above to install Xamarin.
For more information about downloading and installing Visual Studio2019, see Install Visual Studio 2019.
Installing Xamarin on Windows
Step-by-step instructions
Xamarin can be installed as part of a new Visual Studio 2017 installation, with the following steps:
Download Visual Studio 2017 Community, Visual Studio Professional, orVisual Studio Enterprise from theVisual Studio page (downloadlinks are provided at the bottom).
Double-click the downloaded package to start installation.
Select the Mobile development with .NET workload from theinstallation screen:
While Mobile development with .NET is selected, have a look atthe Installation details panel on the right. Here, you can deselectmobile development options that you do not want to install.
When you are ready to begin Visual Studio 2017 installation, click theInstall button in the lower right-hand corner:
Depending on which edition of Visual Studio 2017 you are installing, theinstallation process can take a long time to complete. You can usethe progress bars to monitor the installation:
When Visual Studio 2017 installation has completed, click the Launchbutton to start Visual Studio:
Adding Xamarin to Visual Studio 2017
If Visual Studio 2017 is already installed, add Xamarin byre-running the Visual Studio 2017 installer to modify workloads (seeModify Visual Studiofor details). Next, follow the steps listed above to install Xamarin.
For more information about downloading and installing Visual Studio2017, see Install Visual Studio 2017.
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Installing Xamarin on macOS
Step-by-step instructions
Xamarin Studio Linux
In addition to this video, there is a step-by-step installation guidethat covers Visual Studio for Mac and Xamarin.
Xamarin Studio Download For Mac
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