I need to publish my android app that make it with visual studio enterprise 2017 and get IOS version of My App.
How to do this?
If you wish to compile your Xamarin application on iOS, you must have a Mac machine and deploy your app through there. You are not able to deploy an iOS version of your application on Windows, unless you are tethering to a Mac device through LAN for example using Visual Studio 2017.
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I have installed Xamarin studio for mac today.
I have seen an ad for Visual Studio for Mac preview.
I do not understand what are the difference between those 2 products...
Thanks
Like #SushiHangover told, Xamarin Studio will be replaced by Visual Studio.
If you access the xamarin's page today (https://developer.xamarin.com/releases/studio/xamarin.studio_6.3/xamarin.studio_6.3/), you will se the alert:
Update for May 10, 2017: Xamarin Studio 6.3 is the final release of
Xamarin Studio. We recommend that developers now use Visual Studio on
both Windows and Mac. Visual Studio for Mac has all the features of
Xamarin Studio, adds cloud and web development, and contains
improvements for cross-platform mobile development.
and this one...
Visual Studio for Mac is replacing Xamarin Studio
Xamarin is a company that was founded in 2011 by engineers that created mono framework.
On early 2016 Xamarin and Microsoft announced that Microsoft signed a definitive agreement to acquire Xamarin. The acquisition value was something between $400 and $500 millions.
More information at wikipedia. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xamarin)
I am new to Xamarin and I am thinking of developing an application both in iOS and Android using Xamarin.forms.
I have looked through the Xamarin licenses but I am unsure if the free or community license includes Xamarin.forms or will I need a paid license to use Xamarin.forms.
Xamarin.Forms is included in the community editions
Does this mean no more Starter Edition?
Yes. Visual Studio Community
and Xamarin Studio Community editions give many more developers the
ability to develop Xamarin apps without Starter’s limitations on size
or functionality.
Can Xamarin.Forms apps be built from any Visual
Studio edition, including Community?
Yes.
From Xamarin FAQ
Since Xamarin is now free and open-source, I installed its Visual Studio integration.
Everything looks fine with one exception - I can't figure out what I need to do to create a Mac App (not an iOS app).
Thanks
It's not possible to create Mac apps in Visual Studio.
See the requirements for developing for Xamarin.Mac here.
The 'official' answer from Xamarin posted on their forums is:
Right now, we have no items on our public roadmap related to
integration with Visual Studio. As you noted, developing for OS X
requires tight integration with Xcode, and you'd need to be in front
of a Mac anyway to test.
It has been an item of feedback we've received in the past, however.
Like all feedback, we'll consider it for future versions.
Right now, you can use Xamarin Studio community edition (if the
community edition license applies to you) or use your Visual Studio
Professional/Enterprise license.
See:
https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/63760/how-is-native-mac-going-to-be-handled-by-visual-studio-xamarin#latest
Currently I explore the Visual Studio 2015 RC and realized that Xamarin Studio is integrated into Visual Studio and its installer. My Question is: Is Xamarin from now on free in Visual Studio?
Updated March 31st, 2016:
We have announced that Visual Studio now includes Xamarin at no extra cost, including Community Edition, which is free for individual developers, open source projects, academic research, education, and small professional teams. There is no size restriction on the Community Edition and offers the same features as the Pro & Enterprise editions. Read more about the update here: https://blog.xamarin.com/xamarin-for-all/
Be sure to browse the store on how to download and get started: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/pricing/ and there is a nice FAQ section: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/support/
Yes, Xamarin is now free in Visual Studio
I asked the same question to Xamarin support team, they replied with following:
You can develop an app with Xamarin for commercial usage - there is no extra charge! We only require you to comply with Visual Studio's licensing terms,
which means that in companies of less than 250 employees with less than $1million USD annual revenue, you may use Visual Studio completely free (including Xamarin) for up to 5 developers.
However after you pass those barriers, you would need a Visual Studio license (which includes Xamarin).
Refer the screenshot below.
Visual Studio 2015 does include Xamarin Starter edition https://xamarin.com/starter
Xamarin Starter is free and allows developers to build and publish simple apps with the following limitations:
Contain no more than 128k of compiled user code (IL)
Do NOT call out to native third party libraries (i.e., developers may not P/Invoke into C/C++/Objective-C/Java)
Built using Xamarin.iOS / Xamarin.Android (NOT Xamarin.Forms)
Xamarin Starter installs automatically with Visual Studio 2015, and works with VS 2012, 2013, and 2015 (including Community Editions).
When your app outgrows Starter, you will be offered the opportunity to upgrade to a paid subscription, which you can learn more about here: https://store.xamarin.com/
Seems like now it's free for small teams and students, according to Scott Hanselman post https://twitter.com/shanselman/status/715568774418595840
https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/pricing/
Visual Studio Community
FREE
A free, full-featured and extensible IDE for Windows users to create
Android and iOS apps with Xamarin, as well as Windows apps, web apps,
and cloud services.
Students
OSS development
Small teams
and
Xamarin Studio Community
FREE
A free, full-featured IDE for Mac users to create Android and iOS apps
using Xamarin.
Students
OSS development
Small teams
If you go to the visualstudio.com Visual Studio 2015 RC cross-platform and mobile apps page, then read and scroll to the bottom, it appears that Microsoft is including Xamarin, and upon installing it you do have, as James said, the Xamarin Starter edition. In 2015 RC go to Tools, Xamarin Account to see your Xamarin license. I do not know the limitations, or any expiration date, of this Starter Xamarin Account.
Still, I don't know about you, but the Visual Studio 2015 RC "Community" edition I installed expires in less than 180 days. (Check the Help menu, go to "About...", and click on your license status to check.)
Let's say Xamarin Starter edition is free, but Visual Studio 2015 "Community" has an expiration date. So the bigger question might be whether Visual Studio 2015 "Community" will be free.
Without Xamarin though, Microsoft is offering C++ tools for cross-platform development, but scroll down to the bottom of the page and you might be surprised or confused at the download link description.
Visual studio community edition is bundled with xamarin and which is free as well.
No, it only contains a free 30 day trial. But I think there would be a package if you buy Visual Studio + Xamarin.
Xamarin is now owned by Microsoft So it completely free to use on Windows and mac as well.
Yes, Microsoft announced that xamrin is now free with VS15 and other latest versions.
Visual Studio is now including Xamarin also. You can download Xamarin Studio but this link
Make sure to get the Community Edition. it's Free to use