Xamarin Forms
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Most of us still code in VB, so this is pretty futuristic technology you are talking about.
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You do realize that it's against the CP rules to mention 'VB' in the Lounge? :) :)
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
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Just curious... Has anyone actually gotten Xamarin Forms to work in Visual Studio? I've tried installing it on 3 different PC's - Home, Company 1, and now Company 2 ... and in each case it's a nightmare getting it installed. Then, when it appears to be installed, I get countless compilation errors that say "Please install.... blah blah blah". So, anyone here actually have it working?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
I even didn't tried! :) IMHO Xamarin as a 3-rd party company don't reward attention. .NET is a MS platform and THEY are completely responsible for proper UI lib on Linux. But instead of burying clumsy WPF and making usable UI, MS just points finger "hey, see, these guys make something like UI!". WTF?!! Who is responsible for that UI? Nobody. So why we should waste time on "hand made" library w/o any support and quality assurance? ATM MS has only two robust combinations: Windows+WinForms & Windows+WPF. Last one is slow and clumsy, so only 1.5 combinations. :)
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Just curious... Has anyone actually gotten Xamarin Forms to work in Visual Studio? I've tried installing it on 3 different PC's - Home, Company 1, and now Company 2 ... and in each case it's a nightmare getting it installed. Then, when it appears to be installed, I get countless compilation errors that say "Please install.... blah blah blah". So, anyone here actually have it working?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
Its posts like this here and in other forums that have prompted me to consider offers like this. Apparently, Xamarin has been a mystery to more than a few folks. https://codecareeracademy.com/intro-to-crossplatform-mobile-xamarin/[^][^] Further, this is promoted by a popular meetup group here in our area address[^] Also , the instructor is a regular speaker at coding events.
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Just curious... Has anyone actually gotten Xamarin Forms to work in Visual Studio? I've tried installing it on 3 different PC's - Home, Company 1, and now Company 2 ... and in each case it's a nightmare getting it installed. Then, when it appears to be installed, I get countless compilation errors that say "Please install.... blah blah blah". So, anyone here actually have it working?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
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Just curious... Has anyone actually gotten Xamarin Forms to work in Visual Studio? I've tried installing it on 3 different PC's - Home, Company 1, and now Company 2 ... and in each case it's a nightmare getting it installed. Then, when it appears to be installed, I get countless compilation errors that say "Please install.... blah blah blah". So, anyone here actually have it working?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
I got it to work using VS2013. It was painful but worth it. I have two Corporate Apps running. Once you figure out the hundreds of little obstacles, you can get to a nice little code->deploy cycle.
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Just curious... Has anyone actually gotten Xamarin Forms to work in Visual Studio? I've tried installing it on 3 different PC's - Home, Company 1, and now Company 2 ... and in each case it's a nightmare getting it installed. Then, when it appears to be installed, I get countless compilation errors that say "Please install.... blah blah blah". So, anyone here actually have it working?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
After spending several fruitless hours I gave up and decided the old ways are best.
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Just curious... Has anyone actually gotten Xamarin Forms to work in Visual Studio? I've tried installing it on 3 different PC's - Home, Company 1, and now Company 2 ... and in each case it's a nightmare getting it installed. Then, when it appears to be installed, I get countless compilation errors that say "Please install.... blah blah blah". So, anyone here actually have it working?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
Use visual studio built in installer. Tick android development (xamarin) I have not run into troubles until now. The thing I hate about Xamarin is, the apk it produces is way too bloated. >_>
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Just curious... Has anyone actually gotten Xamarin Forms to work in Visual Studio? I've tried installing it on 3 different PC's - Home, Company 1, and now Company 2 ... and in each case it's a nightmare getting it installed. Then, when it appears to be installed, I get countless compilation errors that say "Please install.... blah blah blah". So, anyone here actually have it working?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
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Just curious... Has anyone actually gotten Xamarin Forms to work in Visual Studio? I've tried installing it on 3 different PC's - Home, Company 1, and now Company 2 ... and in each case it's a nightmare getting it installed. Then, when it appears to be installed, I get countless compilation errors that say "Please install.... blah blah blah". So, anyone here actually have it working?
If it's not broken, fix it until it is. Everything makes sense in someone's mind. Ya can't fix stupid.
Yes, but process could be better. I ended up with a fresh win 10 install. Then used the Zamyl universal template then I fixed each problem just to run an empty project. Was painful but eventually got through it. Good part of the problem is Different Nugett packages and then updates from his Xammer in. It's worth the effort though once you get a good stable install working in all platforms we care about, you literally have one C-sharp CodeBase. Used stackoverflow a lot. Product has come so far since it's mono days. Except for the installation issues that really is a mature good product