Setting up the Xamarin development environment

Overview

This tutorial explains the steps a developer needs to follow to be able to develop and test native C# Xamarin applications for Android or iOS devices. These steps include installing Visual Studio.

Prerequisite: As you setup your Xamarin development environment, make sure to also read the Setting up the Persistent Mobile Foundation development environment tutorial.

Development

Xamarin applications are developed using Microsoft Visual Studio. Visual studio can be installed on Mac OS or Windows.

Visual Studio can be downloaded at Visual Studio Downloads

What’s Next

Now that the Persistent Mobile Foundation and Xamarin development environments are set up, continue to the Quick Start category to experience PMF, or to All Tutorials to learn specific aspects of PMF development.