To keep build tool version consistency, I want to manually upgrade Xamarin on my desktop as well as my CI build server (not to be confused with a Xamarin mac build host). Running auto-update only works if I upgrade all machines at the same time.
So I go to download, and I thin I need to download Xamarin.Android - latest version is 4.0.1. No revision number is given here.
The thing is, I did run an update from Visual Studio the other day, and according to the about dialog, I'm now running "Xamarin.Android 6.0.1.10":
Xamarin 4.0.1.89 (413372c)
Visual Studio extension to enable development for Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android.
Xamarin.Android 6.0.1.10 (e98e962)
Visual Studio plugin to enable development for Xamarin.Android.
I've heard that the v4.0.1 relates to the Visual Studio plugin (I use VS on my desktop).
IN addition, I don't use Visual Studio on my CI build server; instead I have Xamarin Studio. When I look at pending updates for that, it's offering "Xamarin 4.0.1.93" - presumably not a Visual Studio plugin for Android Studio?
Is Xamarin telling me I'm downloading "Xamrin.Android 4.0.1" when really I'm downloading "Xamarin v4.0.1.?" which contains "Xamarin.Android v6.x.x.x".
My end-game is that I would like to be sure of what versions of Xamarin components are involved when building using MSBuild.
If I need to do a legacy build, I would like the legacy build tool to be used.
Update: I have started tracking versions myself here
Xamarin support got back to me. My understanding is:
The version number in the dropdown seems to be that of the installer that bundles both Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.iOS. It is not the version of Xamarin.Android.
Build tool version: "Xamarin.Android performs the build, so this is what you are looking for."
You can find out roughly what version of "Xamarin.Android" is bundled with "Xamarin" from the "Xamarin" Release Notes. The top line says something like Xamarin 4.0 updates Xamarin.iOS 9.4 and Xamarin.Android 6.0 releases.
More info from Xamarin:
On Windows you cannot download separate installers for Xamarin.iOS and
Xamarin.Android.
The Xamarin.VisualStudio package (also referred to as just "Xamarin")
includes Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android.
E.g., Xamarin 4.0.1.93 contains Xamarin.iOS 9.4.1.24 and
Xamarin.Android 6.0.1.10
The version number you see on the download page refers to the version
number of "Xamarin" - which, as above, includes Xamarin.iOS and
Xamarin.Android. This is the same when you are updating and see
"Xamarin 4.0.1.93" for example.
You need to install "Xamarin" even if you are using Xamarin Studio on
Windows as this includes Xamarin.Android.
and
We do issue separate installers for Xamarin.Android on OS X, so if you are able to use a Mac for your CI (e.g., with something like Jenkins), then this may be more viable.
Related
My current Xamrin app deveenvironment on vs2017 :
a)Xamarin.Android version v7
android references
b)Xamarin.Forms version 3.4
forms references
c)Xamrin SDK platoform 28,27 are sdk manager Tool screenshot
Reason for confusion :
a) When i googled for the documentation related Xamarin.Andorid references
#https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/design/package-summary it showed a message that it is deprecated
b)Also my Xamarin.Forms references are not the latest as per the release info # https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/release-notes/
c)But my android sdk are new to latest available in vs2017
Main question :
How is the Xamarin.version and xamarin.Forms affect my app development ?Should i upgrade to the latest versions of the same ( for that i need to install vs2019)?
If you could use the latest version of them, I will suggest that do that with no doubt.
You also could refer to Xamarin.Forms release notes and roadmap to know their difference betwenn their vesions.
About the version of Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2019 will support all the features of Xamarin now, however Visual Studio 2017 will not. Also can refer to the realease notes here.
I am hoping to work with Xamarin for a project, primarily to learn a little about cross-platform app development, and would prefer to stick to developing on Linux. This led me to attempt to work with the JetBrains Rider IDE, something that I believed to be fairly well documented, as per these resources:
Xamarin.Android on Linux (in coordination with its Ubuntu 19.04 update post)
Failed to load Xamarin Forms project with .NET Standard 2.0 Lib in Rider
0xFireball's Xamarin.Android on Linux guide with associated Rider/IDE setup
I've been able to install everything just fine, Android Studio and Rider were installed via JetBrains Toolbox (I also tried installing Rider manually, but it made no change), and I am able to create the project and configure the Android settings for the Xamarin project.
This is where my luck ends, since despite trying the various resources I've linked above, including reinstalling mono and dotnet-sdk multiple times, I get this error no matter what I try:
Xamarin SDK was not found: Rider was unable to find Xamarin SDK on
this machine. Xamarin-based projects will not be loaded. Please
install Xamarin SDK or change toolset.
I've tried following the instructions both on a manually installed Rider 2019.1.3 (Build #RD-191.7141.460) and Rider 2019.2 EAP (Build #RD-192.5895.291).
I'm fairly new to the world of Xamarin, so I'm not sure where to begin looking. What exactly is the Xamarin SDK (is it just Xamarin.Android?), and what should I be checking my setup for in order for Rider to detect the Xamarin SDK?
It appears that what Rider installs via its Environment page, is only the Xamarin Android package. Not the actually Android Studio SDK, which is needed to develop any android apps. You have to download that separately.
I just want to download a lower version of Visual Studio for Mac. The current version is 7.5.1 and I want to download 7.4.3.
Can anyone tell me where can I get that download file or link?
From some guesswork I found it by using this URL :
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-7.4.2.12.dmg
Not installed it tho.
From this, comment on the 9th May link seems like you have to open a support ticket?!?!
As an update on this topic, all of the recent previous Xamarin.iOS,
Xamarin.Android, and Xamarin.Mac packages are available in the
archives on the open source continuous builds server (under the
Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.MaciOS tabs). And the Mono Framework MDK
is similarly available in the Mono Project download archive. I have
now updated the 15.7 Release Xamarin Release Blog post to provide the
links to those locations. In many cases, the latest version of Visual
Studio for Mac will be backwards compatible with previous versions of
the Xamarin SDKs, so you can in many cases just install those earlier
Xamarin SDK versions over the current versions and leave Visual Studio
for Mac and Mono Framework MDK at the latest.
If you do need to get an older version of Visual Studio for Mac
itself, the best option at this time is still to create a support
incident to request the version you'd like. The updated info for
creating a Visual Studio for Mac support incident is to go to
Technical Support > Product: Visual Studio > Assisted Support on
https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/support/ and then select Visual Studio
Community/Professional/Enterprise 2017 for Mac.
I used to download previous releases from my Xamarin account page
which now doesn't seem to exist anymore.
At the moment, the direct link to the old downloads page
(https://store.xamarin.com/account/my/subscription/downloads) is not
yet set to redirect, so it is still possible to access that page, but
indeed that page is considered deprecated in favor of the open source
continuous builds archive at this time, and the previous versions
provided on that page are from the earlier Xamarin 15.5 Release rather
than the Xamarin 15.6 Release.
Bunch of other versions in case someone needs them:
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-7.3.0.797.dmg
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-7.3.0.799.dmg
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-7.3.3.5.dmg
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-7.3.2.12.dmg
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-7.4.0.1033.dmg
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-Preview-7.4.0.839.dmg
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-7.3.3.5.dmg
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-Preview-7.4.0.884.dmg
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-Preview-7.4.0.985.dmg
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-Preview-7.4.0.1026.dmg
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-Preview-7.5.0.933.dmg
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-Preview-7.5.0.1062.dmg
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-7.4.1.48.dmg
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-Preview-7.5.0.1161.dmg
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-Preview-7.5.0.1244.dmg
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-Preview-7.5.0.1222.dmg
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-Preview-7.6.0.711.dmg
https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-7.8.4.1.dmg
Note: These are from the index.xml files that VS4M downloads that includes all the matching packages for each release
You could also look for versions listed at the brew repository.
Use the url pattern https://dl.xamarin.com/VsMac/VisualStudioForMac-{version}.dmg.
I'm trying to install a nuget package (Xamarin.Firebase.Firestore) which requires a newer version of Xamarin.GooglePlayServices.Basement (60.1142.0, I have 42.1021.1), which in turn requires me to update the xamarin.android.support packages. When I try to update those, I get this error
"Package Xamarin.Android.Support.Design 27.0.2 is not compatible with monoandroid80 (MonoAndroid,Version=v8.0). Package Xamarin.Android.Support.Design 27.0.2 supports: monoandroid81 (MonoAndroid,Version=v8.1)"
I've tried changing my target android version to 8.1, I've also updated my SDK as well as the build tools. I'm running Visual Studio 15.6.1. As a last ditch effort, I tried deleting the Mono.Android V8.0 reference and then adding a new reference to V8.1, but whenever I do so, Visual studio just ends up adding the reference with the path pointing to V8.0, even though the reference I added was clearly pointing to V8.1.
Anyone has a clue how to resolve this issue?
tried changing my target android version to 8.1
You need to change the Target Framework that is used to compile your android application, not the Target Android version (but assumably you would set these two to the same, read the Understanding Android API Levels link below.
Visual Studio for Windows:
Visual Studio for Mac:
Target Framework – Specifies which framework to use in building your application. This API level is used at compile time by Xamarin.Android.
Minimum Android Version – Specifies the oldest Android version that you want your app to support. This API level is used at run time by Android.
Target Android Version – Specifies the version of Android that your app is intended to run on. This API level is used at run time by Android.
Understanding Android API Levels
Manifest Entries:
Visual Studio for Windows:
Visual Studio for Mac:
My company is developing corporate Windows 8.1 apps for use within the organisation. Although we are only targeting Windows 8.1, we are interested in developing our apps with a view to eventually target Android and/or iOS by using Xamarin.
So, we want to develop using PCLs that are compatible with Xamarin, but we haven't licenced it yet, since we're not ready. Can we simply install the PCL profiles for Xamarin so we can at least be assured that our classes will be compatible, if and when we are ready?
So you have couple of possibilities.
As m-y mentions in his comment you can install the trial and you will get the PCL profiles.
You can get someone else with the Xamarin tools installed to grab a copy of the PCL profiles on his machine (a bit harder to maintain).
You can buy the product (might not be what you want)
However, you could go ahead, make the PCL you are currently using and target it to WPA8.1 and Windows 8.1, and later on just change the profile and make the minor corrections it would take to get it working with Xamarin.
The profiles are not xamarin profiles - they are .net profiles which xamarin support.
The profiles are installed as part of visual studio 2013 - or can be installed as extensions to visual studio 2012.
If you select WindowsPhone Silverlight 8.0, .net 4.5 and Windows Store apps then this will allow you to build a profile 78 pcl library - which is one of the profiles xamarin support - and is a pretty good choice for modern development...