Xamarin now free, part of all Visual Studio editions
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This announcement means that every Visual Studio, from the free Community edition right up to the Enterprise edition, now has access to the Xamarin tooling so that developers can build applications for Android and iOS (though iOS development continues to need access to an OS X machine) using the .NET and C# tools they love. There are no restrictions to this inclusion, either.
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Some enterprise-oriented Xamarin features are still restricted, and developers will need a Visual Studio Enterprise subscription to use these.
:confused::confused: I'm still not convinced that Xamarin's tools are the right way to go - the only shop I know that tried it had enough problems they switched to ReactNative(?) instead - but if you want to try it out or are trying to port a large .net app instead of doing greenfield development; being able to try it without needing to buy additional licenses is always a plus. Also, is this bundled in the just released VS2015 Update 2; or will we have to wait for the next patch to try it?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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Ars Technica[^]Quote:
This announcement means that every Visual Studio, from the free Community edition right up to the Enterprise edition, now has access to the Xamarin tooling so that developers can build applications for Android and iOS (though iOS development continues to need access to an OS X machine) using the .NET and C# tools they love. There are no restrictions to this inclusion, either.
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Quote:
Some enterprise-oriented Xamarin features are still restricted, and developers will need a Visual Studio Enterprise subscription to use these.
:confused::confused: I'm still not convinced that Xamarin's tools are the right way to go - the only shop I know that tried it had enough problems they switched to ReactNative(?) instead - but if you want to try it out or are trying to port a large .net app instead of doing greenfield development; being able to try it without needing to buy additional licenses is always a plus. Also, is this bundled in the just released VS2015 Update 2; or will we have to wait for the next patch to try it?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
Really cool! Xamarin is great, Xamarin Forms is awesome, still a lot of bugs and room to improve but nevertheless AWESOME!! Only the price was a real turn off. :-D