How to develop iOS app using Xamarin Studio on Windows?

Question

I\'m evaluating a Xamarin Studio indie license which does not include VS integration - Correct me if I am wrong. But I want to know if it\'s possible to use Xamarin Studio t

Answer 1

We can use xamarin studio in Mac OS only. If you want to use xamarin in windows you need to download xamarin plug in to visual studio from xamarin.com. Also you must need Mac Os as virtually running on windows for debugging and seeing output. User interface design should only performs on Mac OS Xcode SDK. So only we need Mac OS virtual machine on windows. In visual Studio IOS project file having .xib file (i.e) Xcode Interface builder, in that file only we need to design user interface configurations using xcode on Mac OS.

Answer 2

http://docs.xamarin.com/guides/ios/getting_started/introduction_to_xamarin_ios_for_visual_studio/ says

Xamarin iOS for Visual Studio allows iOS applications to be written and tested on Windows computers, with a networked Mac providing the build and deployment service.

So I think you can do developing and testing (debugging?) but not building nor deploying. CMIIW.

Answer 3

Currently it is not possible to develop for iOS using Xamarin Studio on Windows.

If you want to use Windows, you can use Visual Studio.

If you want to use Xamarin Studio, you can do so on a Mac.

Note that you will always need a Mac around, even if you're using Visual Studio.

Answer 4

Using Mac build Host you can do but you'll need the networked mac for developing and debugging too.

or else you can use Xamarin Live Player using which you can debug,develop and deploy the app completely in windows without the help of any Apple system but to sign and release the app to appstore you will need Apple System though

Answer 5

Currently it is not possible to run Apple iOS emulator on windows.

See the official documentation given on url Installing Xamarin.iOS on Windows in Xamarin Developer Documentation which says :-

There are some tasks that Xamarion.iOS for Visual Studio currently cannot do i.e No iOS simulator on Windows – The iOS Simulator runs on Mac OS X, so it’s necessary to switch to the Mac’s screen when testing on the simulator

Answer 6

While not specifically answering the question, it should be noted that it is possible to develop for iOS in Visual Studios using a connected Mac as a build host. This connected Mac could either be through the network or can even be a VM running from your Windows machine.