Two things most developers use these days, an IDE, and a text editor. Rider is my IDE. I have been using Rider for developing cross-platform Xamarin applications on macOS since 2017. I used to miss Visual Studio on my Mac. Now that I have Rider, I don't even use Visual Studio. Xamarin App Development with Visual Studio Visual Studio 2020-09-03T09:50:11-07:00 Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin Deliver native Android, iOS, and Windows apps with a single shared.NET code base.
Visual Studio for Mac is available to install
Visual Studio for Mac builds on top of MonoDevelop, adding open sourced internals from Visual Studio and many new extensions to support new workloads. To get the latest available version, switch to the Stable updater channel after installing.
Supported on macOS 10.11 and later.
MonoDevelop for macOS is available from source
Please refer to the building guide for more information about how to install and configure your MonoDevelop.
- Ubuntu
- Debian
- Raspbian
- CentOS
1 Add the Mono repository to your system
The package repository hosts the packages you need, add it with the following commands.
Note: the packages should work on newer Ubuntu versions too but we only test the ones listed below.
Ubuntu 18.04 (i386, amd64, armhf)
Ubuntu 16.04 (i386, amd64, armhf)
Ubuntu 14.04 (i386, amd64, armhf)
2 Install MonoDevelop
The package monodevelop should be installed for the MonoDevelop IDE.
3 Verify Installation
After the installation completed successfully, it's a good idea to run through the basic hello world examples on this page to verify MonoDevelop is working correctly.
1 Add the Mono repository to your system
The package repository hosts the packages you need, add it with the following commands.
Note: the packages should work on newer Debian versions too but we only test the ones listed below.
Debian 10 (i386, amd64, armhf, armel)
Debian 9 (i386, amd64, armhf, armel)
Debian 8 (i386, amd64, armhf, armel)
2 Install MonoDevelop
The package monodevelop should be installed for the MonoDevelop IDE.
3 Verify Installation
After the installation completed successfully, it's a good idea to run through the basic hello world examples on this page to verify MonoDevelop is working correctly.
1 Add the Mono repository to your system
The package repository hosts the packages you need, add it with the following commands.
Note: the packages should work on newer Raspbian versions too but we only test the ones listed below.
Raspbian 9 (armhf)
Raspbian 8 (armhf)
2 Install MonoDevelop
The package monodevelop should be installed for the MonoDevelop IDE.
3 Verify Installation
After the installation completed successfully, it's a good idea to run through the basic hello world examples on this page to verify MonoDevelop is working correctly.
1 Add the Mono repository to your system
The package repository hosts the packages you need, add it with the following commands in a root shell.
Note: the packages should work on newer CentOS versions too but we only test the ones listed below.
CentOS 7 (x86_64)
CentOS 6 (x86_64, i686)
2 Install MonoDevelop
The package monodevelop should be installed for the MonoDevelop IDE.
3 Verify Installation
After the installation completed successfully, it's a good idea to run through the basic hello world examples on this page to verify MonoDevelop is working correctly.
MonoDevelop for Windows is available from source only
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Please refer to the building guide for more information about how to install and configure your MonoDevelop.
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Create amazing Android apps with C# and .NET- Bringing joy to Android development. Easily share code between iOS, Android and Windows devices. High-performance compiled code with full access to all the native APIs. Everything you love about .NET, including LINQ, Delegates and Events. Xamarin.Android makes creating Android apps easier than ever before.
Cross platform development
Thinking about supporting iPhone or iPad in the future? Reuse up to 90% of your existing C# code when porting from Android to iOS using Xamarin.iOS.
Reuse existing code
Use your favorite .NET libraries in Xamarin.Android applications. Easily bind third-party native libraries and frameworks. The Xamarin Component Store offers dozens of third-party libraries packaged for instant adoption.
Easy To Install
Installing the Android SDK can be time consuming, but Xamarin's all-in-one installer simplifies the process. Get everything you need with only a few clicks.
Visual Studio or Xamarin Studio
Xamarin.Android supports end-to-end development in Visual Studio—create, build, debug, and deploy apps from the comfort of Microsoft's IDE. Or use Xamarin Studio, a fully-featured IDE that is tailored for mobile app development.
Full featured
Xamarin.Android provides full access to standard Android APIs. Take advantage of the entire spectrum of rich functionality supplied by the platform.
Discover as you type
Explore APIs as you type with code autocompletion.
Write beautiful code.
With Xamarin.Android, you can harness the full power of C# and .NET. Write shorter, simpler, and more maintainable code using features like LINQ, anonymous types, lambdas, and more.
LINQ Support
Use LINQ in your Xamarin.Android projects to query, filter and select data from in-memory arrays, or from databases such as SQLite.
Work With XML Easily
Handling XML is quick and easy thanks to the built-in XDocument class—just one of the thousands of .NET APIs available when you use Xamarin.Android.
Event Handling & Delegates
Easily handle button presses and other UI events.
Make Use of Both Cores
Use Parallel LINQ to automatically distribute heavy work, like parsing large JSON results, over both cores in a multi-core device.
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