I am trying to debug the Xamarin.iOS application in Visual Studio 2017 professional, where I want to see the simulator/output on my windows machine which I am not able to see.
I have checked for the option Enable remote simulator to windows in VS by going below path
Tools => Options => Xamarin => iOS Settings
but here the option is not available.
As per the below links this option is enabled in all VS editions starting from VS 2017 version 15.5.and my VS 2017 version is 15.5.3, still the option is not visible.
https://xamarin.uservoice.com/forums/144858-xamarin-platform-suggestions/suggestions/17194163-allow-use-of-remoted-ios-simulator-from-all-editio
https://blog.xamarin.com/whats-new-visual-studio-2017-version-15-5/
Am i missing anything here ?
Any help on this appreciated !
If the option is not available, it is possible that the remote simulator isn't installed on your PC. You can download the installer from Xamarin Documentation website here.
You can also install it via the Visual Studio Installer, by clicking Modify on your VS installation, selecting Individual Components and then checking the checkbox next to Xamarin Remoted Simulator in the Development activities section and confirming by the Modify button.
When navigating to Tools > Options > Xamarin, click on iOS Settings under Xamarin, and it will be there.
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Every time I start VS 2017 (Enterprise) on Windows 10, it opens the Settings > Update & security > For developers screen. Why does it do this, and how can I prevent it?
Installed workloads:
.NET desktop
UWP
.NET mobile (Xamarin)
I don't recall changing anything else during installation.
I had the exact same problem when opening a Xamarin project.
(Maybe it's related to the configuration request of the Xamarin Mac Agent)
I've found that enabling the developer mode on the settings stop the
panel to popup everytime.
It shows up because of the UWP workload (along with a notification in Visual Studio that you need a developer license to develop UWP apps):
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/get-started/enable-your-device-for-development
However, if you are writing software with Visual Studio on a computer for first time, you will need to enable Developer Mode on both the development PC, and on any devices you'll use to test your code. Opening a UWP project when Developer Mode is not enabled will either open the For developers settings page, or cause this dialog to appear in Visual Studio:
Developer mode lets you sideload apps, and also run apps from Visual Studio in debug mode.
Either switching to developer mode or modifying your Visual Studio installation to not include UWP will stop it from happening.
I'm having a problem with running the ios .cspoj file, when i want to start new project for iOS devices I get error that i have to install Xamarin. I have installed Xamarin program and still says that i need to install Xamarin for start ios project. I don't know what to do so i hope you guys can help me fix the problem.
Here is image of the problem
You said that you installed the "Xamarin program", but what exactly did you install? I cannot tell from your screenshot if you are using Visual Studio 2013 or Visual Studio 2015, but...
If you are using Visual Studio 2013, you will need to use the Xamarin Universal Installer(Just input your information and the file will be available to download).
If you are using Visual Studio 2015, then you can install Xamarin directly from within the Visual Studio 2015 installer window. Using Microsoft's guide from here you can:
...open Control Panel > Programs and Features, choose the Visual Studio 2015 item, and click Change. When the installer opens, click Modify
Check the following boxes:
Cross-Platform Mobile Development > C#/.NET (Xamarin)
For Windows 8+: Cross-Platform Mobile Development > Microsoft Visual Studio Emulator for Android
(Optional) If you plan on targeting Windows devices, also check Windows and Web Development > Universal Windows App Development Tools and/or Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.0/8.1 Tools
Click the Install button
Once installation is complete... check for Xamarin updates through Tools > Options > Xamarin or Tools > Options > Xamarin > Other, where you’ll find a Check Now
i'm very new to Xamarin using in Visual Studio 2015 update 3,i'm facing a problem full android tools option has disabled fist few days it was ok but now i recognize it has disabled for debugging i'm using external device only, what is the solution for it. Could you please any one suggest me better to identify the issue.
Check the settings you find here:
Most likely you need to go to Programs and Change your install for VS 2015 to ensure that you have at least one Android SDK selected.
I'm on the latest version of Visual Studio 2015 Community (14.0.24720.00 Update 1) on Windows 10. I'm currently developing a Cordova App for Windows 10, iOS and Android using the Visual Studio Tools.
When I right click on the Project, then go Store > Associate App with the Store, I can successfully log in, see my existing apps and select the one I want, but when I try to actually associate that app with my VS project, VS just crashes.
I've already tried repairing Visual Studio through Add or Remove Programs and also cleaning out my project/solution, but none of this worked.
Any advice?
Thanks!
I had the same issue. Apparently, this is a known problem with VS2015 Update 1 (with the latest Cordova tools support).
The current workaround is to choose "Create App Packages" instead of "Associate App with the store." When you do this, the proper association will be generated and you can test as usual. I was successful using this approach.
The fix in Visual Studio 2015 for this crash is now available in Visual Studio 2015 Update 2. Here's a link to the installer: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=691129
My Visual Studio 2015 notifies me that it has an update:
When I click on it I see this:
When I click the update button I get this:
Note, that the Update button is disabled.
How can I install this update?
Update: Apparently multiple people experience a similar issue but so far no resolution: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudio/archive/2015/10/10/10642055.aspx (See comments to the linked blog post)
Did you try running this installer (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=627168) to update the UWP tools to v1.1.1.
I had similar issues, this installer update worked. This is “Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 (KB3073097)” version 14.0.23315.
You can try to install Visual Studio 2015 Update 1. This is the latest version of Visual Studio 2015 by now and it contains "Tools for Universal Windows Apps (v1.2)" which is also the latest version.
Although you can use Visual Studio 2015 with Windows 8.1 to create Windows Universal Apps, but when running on OS earlier than Windows 10, some Visual Studio features for Windows Universal development may be degraded, such as you can only use the XAML designer if your development platform is Windows 10. And on Windows 8.1, you can’t run the Windows universal app locally (only on a remote Windows 10 device). You can use the emulators in Visual Studio, but not the simulator. For more information, please see Requirements in Develop apps for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP)
So if you are developing Windows Universal Apps, Windows 10 is strongly recommended.
I should note that I have the same problem and I AM using Windows 10.
The reason the UPDATE button is greyed out is because you cannot update anything. Everything is already installed, along with the latest version. Notice if you uncheck anything, the next button is active allowing you to remove components. Basically it is a bug still showing the update is not installed.
However, you can install a different version of the Windows 10 SDK (v10.0.10586.15 - Nov 2015) versus (v10.0.26624 - July 2015) by downloading it directly. Remember you should already have Tools for Universal Windows Apps (v1.2) instead of (v1.1.1).
I'm guessing the bug comes from the fact that the two items can be individually up-to-date, but the developer tools setup file may not be (technically it is v14.0.5806). Also the November SDK version is incorrectly labeled, the correct version should be (v10.1.10586.15). If you look in Programs and Features you can see it labeled two different things. Basically VS does not know the latest version is already installed.