I am running Xamarin Studio 4.2.4 on Beta update channel on OS X. I have just installed Mono 3.4.0 MDK. After the update, I started Xamarin Studio and it correctly defaults to the new Mono version.
Sadly, it also opened the 'check for updates' dialog and started downloading Mono 3.2.6 MDK.
Is there a way to prevent Xamarin Studio from downloading older versions of Mono, or disable downloading of Mono updates, while still allowing other updates (Xamarin.iOS, etc) to be downloaded?
I went to Xamarin Studio > Check for updates... and disabled the Check automatically option.
I've also joined the "alpha" update channel, which currently supports Mono framework 3.4.0.
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I'm trying to connect my Windows 10 to my Mac to build a Xamarin.Forms app as I've done in the past. However, I'm getting the following error:
Xamarin.iOS versions mismatch The Xamarin.iOS SDK version installed on
Mac is not compatible with this version of Visual Studio. Would you
like us to install Xamarin.iOS '11.14' for you? This will overwrite
any existing Xamarin.iOS installation on your Mac.
Indeed, the version on the Mac is 11.12.0.4. I'm on the stable channel, and it's telling me there are no updates. and I'm on the latest VS on my PC - 15.8.1.
I tried clicking 'Install' but it fails telling me that
There were problems installing...
Is there a way to solve this without uninstalling and reinstalling Visual Studio (which might not even help)?
After further searching the only solution at the moment seems to be to use the beta channel in order to install Xamarin.iOS 11.14 on the Mac.
However, the better solution seems to be to wait. It's supposed to be updated
really soon [Yes. That's a quote.]
Sources for all of that (and how to upgrade using the beta channel):
https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-macios/issues/4623
https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/311561/installing-xamarinios-1114-from-the-vs4win-connect.html
EDIT
Visual Studio for Mac has been updated. We're supposed to be able to update it and it's supposed to work now.
I would like to switch to Alpha channel in Xamarin Studio on Windows, the Update utility managed to download GTK# and Xamarin Studio 6.1.0 but failed to download Xamarin 4.2.0 and couldn't resume the download.
My question is where the temporary files are stored? and can I get a direct link to the latest alpha Xamarin 4.2 to download it and put in in the temp folder.
A third question is can I install 4.2 with XS while continuing with 4.0 on VS?
Edit: I get the path:C:\Users\X\AppData\Local\XamarinStudio-5.0\Cache\TempDownloadbut I want to know to resume a failed download or get the direct link because I can only find those of stable releases.
I get the error after updating Xamarin in Visual Studio which I had to do after a git pull. I have also applied the Xamarin updates in Xamarin Studio on my Mac build host. (Xamarin Studio > Check for updates).
The iOS SDK version '9.2' is not installed, and no newer version was found.
You can also modify the SDK version of your iOS project from visual studio in order to support older SDKs where you cant update the XCode or SDKs.
Open iOS project properties from Visual Studio.
Open iOS.Build tab
Set SDK version to 'Default'
Set Link Behaviour to 'Link Framework SDKs Only'
Save and Run the project
XCode needed updating to get the latest SDK.
The App Store told me there were updates, and mentioned SDK 9.2 in the summary so I updated.
It appears the cause was a commit on the csproj that bumped the SDK.
You can manually edit .csproj file and replace <MtouchSdkVersion>9.2</MtouchSdkVersion> with the version you actually have on your mac. This can be a solution when you use an old OS which does not offer updates for XCode.
I have a Xamarin.Forms project based on the shared template and VS2013.
I first have updated my machine from Win 8.1 to Win 10.
After doing that, I have tested the projects to my VS2013 installation. All projects including the .forms project have worked without problems.
Then I have installed VS2015 (unter Win 10).
After doing that, I cannot open my .forms-project unter VS2013 anymore.
Error message (translated to English):
Title: Check changes on project and solution.
This projects are not supported or there are changes needed that influences the project behavior so that the projects can be opened in this version of Visual studio.
Changes are automatically applied, so that the behavior is not influenced.
Not supported:
- Android-project
- iOS-Project
So… it seems as something from the VS2015 installation causes this error message in VS2013.
What do I have to do, to bring my project unter VS2013 to work again?
Done...
First, I have tried to remove the VS2013 add-on package “Get Xamarin” and reinstall the add-on package "Xamarin" (what - I think so - should be the new name of the Xamarin integration SW package).
This has not worked...
The installation then have crashed and showed a form with download-links for each piece of SW (including the Integration-SW Xamarin V3.11.1589).
I then have downloaded only the .msi to V3.11.1589 and started it.
By the setup, I was able to select the VS-Version where to install the SW (selected VS2013 as under VS2015 the SW already was installed).
After the installation, I was able again to open my project under VS2013 without error-message.
As I only had the chance to install the newest IS version and the newest V3.11.1589 have dependencies on the MAC (MAC OS at least Mac OS X 10.10.5, XCode at least 7, Xamarin.iOS at least 9.1), I was not able to connect to the MAC BH and had to update the MAC first to XCode 7.1 and the latest Xamarin Studio (about 4,5 gig to install).
After doing that, I have rebooted the MAC and also my PC, un-paired and re-paired the MAC Build Host with my PC and then was able to work again with my VS2013 installation.
Conclusion:
It seems, as the installation of VS2015 with Xamarin (at least on Win
10) removes an already installed Xamarin on an already installed
VS2013, so that the Xamarin projects cannot be opened anymore.
If VS2015 is installed (with Xamarin option), the Xamarin Integration SW V. V3.11.1589 is
installed to VS2015 (today). This is also the latest “stable”
release on the Xamarin page (but I don’t have found a dedicated
download-link for the .msi on the Xamarin pages).
So… as I think, that for VS2015 the
latest “official” version should be used, I think, you also should
install the latest version for the older VS version (so that you are
able to develop with the “old” VS version but also to migrate your
project to VS2015 what should be the target normally).
But, if you want to use this version (V3.11.1589) you also have to update XCode and Xamarin Studio on the MAC (what - depending on your Internet
connection - can take a few hours).
So… if you have the same problem, I suggest you to:
Search for the .msi to V3.11.1589 and install it (select only your “old” VS-Installation in the setup).
As I don’t have found a download link, I have posted in this thread (I think that an answer from Xamarin with a download-link should be added soon)
Update the MAC to XCode 7.1 and Xamarin Studio to the latest stable version (Xamarin.iOS, Version: 9.1.0.27)
Unpair the Build Host in the MAC
Reboot MAC and your development PC
Re-Pair the Build Host
After doing that, my VS2013 installation (Xamarin.Forms project) now works again.
I installed the latest Azure SDK 2.0 on my development machine, but can't find the "Upgrade" button to upgrade my current project to the latest SDK. Googling how to upgrade show that previous upgrades had an "upgrade" button when going to the Cloud Project -> Properties -> Application Tab and the upgrade button will be next to the Windows Azure Tools Version: October 2012.
Why wouldn't I see the Upgrade button? If I want to manually upgrade my project, what would the process of doing so be?
The current version of the SDK used is SDK 1.8
It turns out when I opened the Web Platform Installer to install the latest SDK, the item that said "...SDK... - Latest" wasn't the latest, but the February 2013 (1.8.1) update instead of the 2.0 SDK. I ended up uninstalling all Azure SDK's, restarted the machine and tried again.
This solved the issue and I was presented with a new option to install the 2.0 SDK. The trick was to uninstall all (including any PowerShell cmd's) Azure related products I could find in Product and Features (Win 8).