How to get xamarin for visual studio install#

How to get xamarin for visual studio install#

We now install the default Google Emulators, both Arm and x86. This actually gets its own section because it is a bit complicated. The first 3 are really important and you will want to grab those to compile with the latest and greatest. The installer sets us up for success with SDK 23 and the build tools needed, but I like to install the latest and greatest for API 24 and optionally you can pick SDK Platform 25: This is just good to know in general because you will need to update things every once in a while, but from Tools -> Android, you are able to get to the Android SDK and Emulators, letвЂ™s start with SDK Manager. You will then need to set the path in the tools-options menu:

If you donвЂ™t have a ењ†4 machine know that these are a few of the restrictions that may not work on your machine.

Installing the ењ†4 version on Windows is extremely important because it is needed for custom controls in the Android designer and also for the Xamarin.Forms Previewer to work. While the installer is nearly perfect, here is my recommendation.ДЎ.) Install the latest JDK 1.8 ењ†4 (currently 8u121) There are a few tweaks here that I must make to be happy for Android development. Since the Xamarin documentation is amazing on this go read it here. Some other work loads I recommend are pointed out including: For Xamarin development there is literally a Xamarin checkbox under mobile, it is the first choice and really the only choice you need: It is highly configurable, but the default for me of installing tons of stuff was super fast and installed in under 30 minutes! If you just do the core VS 2017 install it will be installed in under 5 minutes! That is crazy. You now pickВ вЂњworkloadsвЂќ of development that you want to install and it will take care of the rest. The installation is brand new and pretty awesome.