Xamarin Development

Xamarin How to

Way 1: Visual Studio 2017 (Recommended for Windows)

1. Go to visualstudio.com
2. Download Visual Studio 2017 installer
3. When you execute the installer, you can find Mobile Development with .NET(Xamarin) in workroads check it
4. Install Visual Studio 2017
5. Done

Now you are ready to start developing with xamarin. If you have already installed VS2017, it's okay. Just execute the installer then you can edit your workloads.

Way 2: Xamarin (Recommended for VS2015)

1. Go to xamarin.com
2. Go to Product-Xamarin Platform
3. Insert infos and download
4. Install the Xamarin Platform
5. Done

If your download is too slow try Way3.

Way 3: SDK Manager

If your download is too slow, it might be downloading android SDK is too slow.

1. Download and install VS (If you already have VS skip this step)
2. Execute SDK Manager from your search in Windows
3. Download the latest SDK
4. Try Way 2 again.

Way 4: (for MAC)

How to Develop

Step 1: Git

Install git to your computer.

• for Windows Download

1. Download git for windows from link above.
2. Install

• for Mac Download

1. Download git for mac from link above.
2. Install

Set your GitHub account.

Open your terminal(git bash for windows).

# do not leave out quotes
$ git config --global user.name "your username"
$ git config --global user.email "your git email"

using SSH key (you can skip this)

Open your terminal again(git bash for windows). And follow the steps in here.

Download our project repository.

Open your terminal again(git bash for windows).

# if you are using SSH
$ git clone [email protected]:SGCSRelease/ReleaseApp.git
# if you are not using SSH
$ git clong https://github.com/SGCSRelease/ReleaseApp.git

Make a new branch!!! (Important)

This is important because developing in a new branch makes the master branch safe. Okay, open your terminal and go to your repo.

# you should leave out those quotes
$ git branch "branch name"
$ git checkout "branch name"

Step 2: Start Developing

Now you are all set. Please be happy with developing :)