Can I run Xamarin Studio in a virtualized Windows 10 environment? or
Can I use Visual Studio 2017 Enterprise under a virtualized Windows 10 environment to do Xamarin mobile application development?
Yes, you can run VS2017 in a VM. Note that Xamarin Studio (XS) is now only supported on the Mac.
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I am trying to create a desktop application for windows using Xamarin Visual Studio but i cannot find WPF application. I saw in other S.O questions that Visual Studio does support.
Do i have to install any plugin?
Open the Visual Studio 2017 installer and select modify. Make sure the windows workflow is selected and press continue. This will add support for WPF and windows forms apps
WPF is not supported in Visual Studio for Mac
WPF is not cross-platform, it is Windows desktop only. And there is no "plugin" that changes this.
So if you want to create a WPF desktop application you should use Visual Studio on Windows and nothing else.
Previously WPF Performance Suite was part of Windows SDK.
I have Windows 10 and VS 2015 Update 3.
This page https://developer.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk says: Windows 10 SDK is available with VS Update 3.
I can see Windows Performance tools (WPA) but not WPF Performance Suite.
Here is what I have in my apps on Windows..
I'm following a tutorial regardning submitting your Windows Phone app for beta test. In the tutorial I'm propmt to use the "Store test kit" from the "Projects" menu in Visual Studio. I'm using Visual Studio Express 2013 and the option for "Store Test Kit" isn't there. Has it been replaced?
I'm developing for Windows Phone 8.1 and I'm using Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows.
Maybe this link provides useful information.
If you are developing a Windows Phone 8.1 app:
You must install and run Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 Insider Preview.
You must install Windows App Certification Kit version 3.3 or version 10, which is included in the Windows SDK for Windows 8.1.
You must also install the Windows Phone 8.1 SDK for developing phone apps.
Download Certification Kit => Link, SDK should be included within Visual Studio
I just installed Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition on Windows 8 and when I go to create a new project, all the apps I see are for Silverlight.
Is this how it should be or did I miss some SDK or something?
You can't target WP8.1 on Windows 8 - you need Windows 8.1.
WinRT apps (i.e. non-Silverlight) on Windows Phone are only compatible with Windows Phone 8.1.
Upgrade Windows to 8.1, and make sure you also have the latest WP8.1 SDK installed.
Basically your dev machine's Windows version must at least match the target Windows version (including Windows Phone).
I have downloaded and installed Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Phone. Is there a way to be able to code WPF apps for Windows too? Can I upgrade Visual Studio, because at the moment I can only create windows phone apps. Haven't found anything on the web.
Thanks in advance!
You need to get Visual Studio Express for Windows Desktop (or a paid SKU) to develop WPF applications.
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/products/visual-studio-express-for-windows-desktop
This version is for Desktop apps.
Did you install "Express for Windows Phone"? Perhaps try "Express for Windows Desktop"?
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/products/visual-studio-express-for-windows-desktop
(must admit I've not tried express in a while, but it looks like they are different installers. I've always found Visual Studio works well side-by-side with different versions these days, so I imagine you can install both.)