

Note that you’ll need to separately install Xcode if you want to develop for iOS or Mac. macOS: Allows you to build native Xamarin.Mac apps.iOS: Allows you to build native Xamarin or Xamarin.Forms apps targeting iOS.Selecting this will also install OpenJDK and the latest Android SDK, both of which are required for Android development.


Installationīefore writing any code, you’ll first need to download Visual Studio for Mac from. For more information on Visual Studio for Mac, see our documentation. It provides many of the same features as Visual Studio for Windows, such as a shared C#, XAML, and web editor. Do you find yourself with great ideas for the next awesome app, website, or game but you never get around to making that first leap into the unknown? Today, I’ll help you with that! In this blog post, I’m going to walk through how to get started with Visual Studio for Mac.
