Xamarin Visual Studio For Mac

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Kawai k4 system software. Visual Studio for Mac will create the new Xamarin.Mac app and display the default files that get added to the app's solution: Visual Studio for Mac uses the same Solution and Project structure as Visual Studio 2019. A solution is a container that can hold one or more projects; projects can include applications, supporting libraries, test applications, etc.

  • I had a look at it, so far seemed it was Xamarin Studio just renamed, but I am sure there is more than that to it.

  • Till vs is a preview, stay with XS. Then start to use vs and forget XS

  • @BradMoore said:
    I had a look at it, so far seemed it was Xamarin Studio just renamed, but I am sure there is more than that to it.

    If a company doesn't want to to piss off their user base they don't make dramatic changes in UI. That's just business. You have to migrate users step by step so you don't loose them. So yeah, it looks a lot alike.

    I've been listening to all the live stream of Connect() while at work for the last two days. It sounds like under the hood is another story. Its a trimmed down Visual Studio, with Xamarin Studio code imported where needed - and a XS-esque skin on top.

    The important thing is that the underlying code is in line with the planned direction of Visual Studio, will be able to take the VS extensions, use the deep diagnostic features of VS that were developed over years etc.

  • I've found the preview of 'VS for Mac' quite stable and helpful if you also need to use Visual Studio on a PC and are going back and forth between the two. Also, on VS for Mac, the UI for the Storyboard for iOS is better.

    The only drawback is that in VS you have only the light and dark themes. In Xamarin Studio, I'm addicted to changing the syntax highlighting scheme frequently.

  • edited May 2017

    Now that Visual Studio for Mac is officially released, seems the direction is to move to VS and leave XS behind. After installing VS for Mac, when I first attempted to open a solution in XS, it popped up with this message:

    Visual Studio for Mac is now available
    Visual Studio for Mac has all the features of Xamarin Studio, and much more!
    You can now delete the Xamarin Studio app from your machine.

    I've been a VS developer for years on Windows and still use it for server-side development. But, since I'm running on a Mac anyway, I've found XS more convenient to use for client-side development (instead of having to fire up my Windows VM all the time). With VS for Mac, it should provide that same level of convenience.

  • This isn't official.. But in the Visual Studio 2017 release event one of the Xamarin higher-ups said that XS wouldn't be receiving more updates. It was in one of the backstage interview video segments.

  • edited May 2017

    • Microsoft and Team at Xamarin suggest to migrate to VS4Mac - download from http://aka.ms/vs4mac

    • It was announced that Xamarin Studio will stop receiving updates in coming days to months hence everybody should move to Visual Studio for Mac.

    • You should uninstall existing setup for XS - https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/getting_started/installation/uninstalling_xamarin/ and then install the newer Visual Studio for Mac to avoid any potential conflicts. So far no issue for me.

    • You may review the announcement here (2 days ago): https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2017/B8095 Tnt video downloader for mac pc.

  • @HardikAnantMistry: Thanks for the link. When I started XS this morning, it prompted me for an update -- which I installed. When XS ran again, it immediately prompted me to install VS -- which I installed. And, as noted in my previous post, opening a solution in XS directed me to use VS and uninstall XS.

    VS seems to be working fine.

  • Visual Studio for Mac is still in preview--does this mean it is not release build? When I use VS4M, I only have the option to select 'Alpha' as the update channel.

    Is there more detail on when developers should migrate to VS4M? I'm uncomfortable doing so if it's still in alpha (or beta).

  • Keep trying to get the most stable version for you, the stable version is not any stabler than alpha or beta version!

  • Or just us Visual Studio for PC - like the majority of the industry. Remember you're using C#/XAML and .NET - why use anything other than the IDE that the creator of those languages has had out in the world since before those languages existed.

    Just through something like VMWare Fusion on your Mac and run the PC version of Visual Studio.

  • edited May 2017

    Looks like they have pulled VSfM stable. No matter how I install, I'm getting the preview version. Only has Alpha channel that wants to bomb the just released Android c# expression fix.

    Sigh. Must admit that I've been tracking flutter.io more vigorously these last past couple of weeks.

  • Hello guys. Visual Studio for Mac stable was released on 10 May and is no longer in preview: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/releasenotes/vs2017-mac-relnotes

    If you are not seeing the update then try reinstalling Visual Studio for Mac to make sure you are on the latest stable version. You can grab the installer from here: https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-mac/

  • @BytesGuy said:
    Hello guys. Visual Studio for Mac stable was released on 10 May and is no longer in preview: https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/news/releasenotes/vs2017-mac-relnotes

    If you are not seeing the update then try reinstalling Visual Studio for Mac to make sure you are on the latest stable version. You can grab the installer from here: https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/visual-studio-mac/

    I've done all that and more. Removing everything on my machine 4 times, using your uninstall script, using app cleaner, etc. I've tried the link from Xamarin, from Microsoft, from the popup inside XS. To no avail. All paths lead to the preview 9 build 2943.

  • @RossBender said:
    Visual Studio for Mac is still in preview--does this mean it is not release build? When I use VS4M, I only have the option to select 'Alpha' as the update channel.

    I see the same

  • Here's what I did, and where it got me. If this is the proper final version or not, I'm not sure any more - It would be nice if there was a version number on the documentation page. But it doesn't report as 'preview'.

    I had preview version 4.

    I got updates from within VS for Mac.
    That caused it to want to close, install relaunch.

    That got me to version 7.1 Community Preview.
    Got update again.
    close, install, relaunch again.

    That got me to 7.0 Community.. Not preview.

    Now.. If you ask me going from 7.1 and applying more updates to get to 7.0 is weird.

    But maybe just keep rehitting that 'check for updates' until it reports there aren't any more.
    Its fairly common for Microsoft products. Updates.. Fixes to updates.. Patches to fixes of updates.. To get to the next version in the chain that can then be updated to the next version.. then get the updates for that version. {lather, rinse, repeat until you can't get any more updates}

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  • Took the alpha channel bait of preview 9 build 2943.
    That gave me the 7.1 preview and a stable channel.
    Then Choose the stable channel to downgrade which gave me 7.0 community edition build 3146.

    Odd.

  • @void, I saw the same thing--must be a bug in the installer

  • Correct me if I'm wrong, but VS 2017 on Windows requires you to update to the new project structure. If you update from Xamarin Studio on Mac to Visual Studio for Mac, do you also need to update the project structure? If yes, this would only make sense if VS 2017 is used together with VS for Mac. Otherwise stay with XS on Mac?