Build native iOS, Android and Windows apps in Visual Studio. Explore iOS
and Android APIs fluently with IntelliSense. IntelliSense inside Visual
Studio enables you to explore the expansive landscape of iOS and
Android APIs simply by typing. Quickly lookup types, methods and
discover API functionality without breaking your train of thought.
Develop native iOS apps on Windows.
Xamarin.iOS for Visual Studio allows you to develop native iOS apps on
Windows, with a paired Mac providing build services over the network.
Xamarin provides new Visual Studio features for iOS development,
including an iOS toolbar, File > New Project for iOS apps, and iOS
property pads.
Directly edit storyboards (iOS)
Double-click a storyboard file and edit it from the comfort of your
favorite IDE. Drag-and-drop controls to build screens, name controls to
create fields, and double-click to add handlers. No need to switch back
and forth between Xcode and your source code.
More accurate than Xcode (iOS)
View controllers and controls are a pixel-perfect representation of screens as they will appear when running on iOS devices.
Live-rendered custom controls (iOS)
Unlike Xcode’s Interface Builder, the Xamarin iOS Designer renders your
custom views just as easily as it renders UIKit controls–live, with
custom properties editable in the properties pad.
Never touch a line of XML (Android)
Easily create Android screens by dragging controls onto the app builder,
and configuring them using the properties pad. No need to get your
hands dirty with XML.
Design multiple resolutions at once (Android)
Programming Android apps isn’t easy, but the Xamarin Android Designer
simplifies things by previewing layouts across multiple screen
resolutions and device form factors simultaneously.
Perfect property editing (iOS and Android)
Quickly configure the appearance, layout, field names, and event handlers for controls and views using a sleek properties pad.
Use the tools you know and love.
Stay productive by continuing to leverage the entire Microsoft
ecosystem, including ReSharper, Team Foundation Server (TFS), TeamCity,
Jenkins and your favorite code coverage and profiling tools.
Debug like a pro.
Track down bugs using the full power of a modern debugger, which can
debug your app whether it's running in a simulator, or live on-device.
Set breakpoints, step through code and watch values change during
execution.
Award-winning features.
Microsoft awarded Xamarin the VSIP Modern Application Partner of the
Year in August 2013. Xamarin is also winner of the Visual Studio
Magazine 2013 Readers Choice award.
What's New in Version 3.9.533:
- Installer version has been updated.
- Apps' components have been updated to April 2015 build.