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- Mar 22, 2017 James Montemagno walks you through how Xamarin for Visual Studio 2017 makes it even easier to deliver fully native Android, iOS, and UWP.
- Visual Studio 2017 was launched on March 7, 2017 with many fresh and exciting features for Visual Studio developers. On February 24, 2016, Xamarin and Microsoft announced that Microsoft signed a definitive agreement to acquire Xamarin.
The topics in this section explain how to install and configureXamarin.Android to work with Visual Studio on Windows and macOS, how touse the Android SDK Manager to download and install Android SDK toolsand components that are required for building and testing your app, howto configure the Android emulator for debugging, and how to connect aphysical Android device to your development computer for debugging andfinal testing your app.
Windows Installation
This guide walks you through the installation steps and configurationdetails required to install Xamarin.Android on Windows. By the end ofthis article, you will have a working Xamarin.Android installationintegrated into Visual Studio, and you'll be ready to start buildingyour first Xamarin.Android application.
Visual Studio 2017 Tools for Xamarin. The Visual Studio 2017 IDE has recently been improved with new and updated tools for Xamarin, including XAML editor updates, integrated tools for iOS and Android updates, enhanced platform support, and new versions of Xamarin.Forms.
Mac Installation
Android Sdk For Xamarin Visual Studio 2017 Download For Windows 7
This article walks you through the installation steps and configurationdetails required to install Xamarin.Android on a Mac. By the end ofthis article, you will have a working Xamarin.Android installationintegrated into Visual Studio for Mac, and you'll be ready to startbuilding your first Xamarin.Android application.
Android SDK Setup
Visual Studio includes an Android SDK Manager that replaces Google'sstandalone Android SDK Manager. This article explains how to use the SDKManager to download Android SDK tools, platforms, and other componentsthat you need for developing Xamarin.Android apps.
Android Emulator Setup
These articles explain how to setup the Android Emulator fortesting and debugging Xamarin.Android applications.
Install Xamarin Visual Studio 2015
Android Device Setup
Add Xamarin To Visual Studio 2015
This article explains how to setup a physical Android device andconnect it to a development computer so that the device may be used torun and debug Xamarin.Android applications.
Visual Studio
Microsoft Mobile OpenJDK Preview
This guide describes the steps for switching to the preview release of Microsoft's distributionof the OpenJDK. This distribution of the OpenJDK is intended for mobile development.