Welcome. This guide will assist users running Windows install Visual Studio 2017 Community with the tools nessecary for Xamarin and Azure. If you are on a Mac, follow the guide here
This video will walk you through how to complete module one as well as creating a simple game using Xamarin.
- Device running Windows 10 (Any Version)
- 30GB of available space
- Download Visual Studio Community Installer from https://www.visualstudio.com/.
- Open the installer. You will be presented with a lot of options. For MSA right now, select "Xamarin Cross Platform" and "Azure Development".
- Select "Install" and wait for it to finish.
- Open Visual Studio 2017
- Select File > New Project
- Under Installed > Templates > Visual C#, select ‘Cross Platform App (Xamrin.Forms or Native)’ and click OK.
- Check the boxes ‘Xamrin.Forms’ and ‘Portable Class Library(PCL)’ then click OK.
This will create a blank Xamarin project for you. Deploy it and check it out!
IMPORTANT STEP For Module One, you need to change the UI to display your name somewhere.
It's now time to actually run your app! A screenshot of this is required for module one.
- With your newly created project, under the drop down you will see different android emulators to choose from.
We suggest you use VisualStudio_android-23_x86_phone.
- Try launching your app with the emulator by clicking the green arrow button, or pressing Ctrl + F5.
Your app should be installed on the emulator, and says "Welcome to Xamarin Forms!"
- In the Solution Explorers, navigate to 'MainPage.xaml', and proceed to change the text of the label. (e.g. Your name)
Go ahead, and relaunch the app to see the changes!