Xamarin Blank App (Native) template missing in Visual Studio 2015 - xamarin

I have installed all the tools for development with Xamarin in Visual Studio 2015, but somehow I do not see Blank App (Native) template when I create new project. I am only able to use Blank Apps (Xamarin Forms) template. I have already tried to reinstall Xamarin, reinstall Visual Studio install all the Xamarin sdks separately, but still no success. Have you please any idea, how to get the template to the list?


Try this(from msdn):
In Control Panel, open Programs and Features, choose the Xamarin item,
and click Change. In the setup wizard for Xamarin that appears, click
Next and then Change. In the list of optional features to install,
expand Xamarin for Visual Studio 2015, choose will be installed on
local drive, and click Next to proceed with adding the feature.


VS 2015 caches a lot and that usually means a lot of troubles.
Close Visual Studio 2015.
After restoring Xamarin, go to C:\Users\user_name\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\VTC and type on the search box cache.bin
NOTE - You will only see those files if you set the show hidden files option.
Delete all cache.bin files.
Reopen VS2015. All your Xamarin templates will be there and they show the appropriate icon.


Visual Studio updated Xamarin Blank App option to Mobile App (Xamarin.Forms). Once you have selected the Mobile App (Xamarin.Forms) option, you can create a Blank App as you like.
I make an creating directions GIF.

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After the VS 2015 install -the only caveat was projects created initially in Xaramin Studio and then Opened in VS 2015 to needed to have the build configuration in the project tweaked. If not you could not get the project to build and then be deployed to an emulator or device for debug testing.

We have a few troubleshooting steps on our Knowledge Base that you can find here:
https://kb.xamarin.com/customer/en/portal/articles/1643349-missing-visual-studio-extensions-after-installation
Note: Some of these steps have older versions listed in the respective paths. You should use the latest version number available.

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