Start the process by downloading a small setup.exe file from the Xamarin site, which will determine the components you need to complete the installation. Xamarin has adopted the use of a comprehensive all-in-one installer to make the process easier. There’s also a new 3.0 release of MonoDevelop, the open-source integrated development environment (IDE) that runs on Linux, Mac OS X and Windows.įor the purpose of this review we tested using both MonoDevelop and Visual Studio 2010 on 32- and 64-bit Windows 7. Now you can drag and drop UI elements on a XAML design surface right in Visual Studio.
The recent release of Mono for Android 4.2 brings with it new support for building a user interface (UI) in the form of the Xamarin Designer. We may make money when you click on links to our partners.
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