When I had a play with Xamarin a few months back, you had to have/buy a Mac as well,
Confirmed by Xamarin support PG On 22 July 2015 at 14:42, Craig van Nieuwkerk <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe Xamarin Starter edition (https://xamarin.com/starter) is > bundled with Visual Studio 2015, but that edition not really feature rich > enough for much more than simple demo apps. To build something really > useful you will need to upgrade. > > Craig > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Folks, can anyone confirm, deny or clarify any of the following? >> >> Cross platform support in Visual Studio 2015 is totally dependent upon >> Xamarin, which is a separate purchase and you need to pay separately for >> targeting Android and iOS. VS2015 seems to be in direct competition with >> Xamarin Studio, although the latter runs on both Windows and iOS. A >> colleague tells me you have to play for Xamarin Studio, but the web site >> says it's free, so which is it? Can anyone report on the experience of >> writing, testing and deploying cross-platform apps from within Visual >> Studio? >> >> *Greg K* >> >> P.S. I just noticed that VS2015 Pro "real" was published 2 days ago, so >> I'm downloading the 3.8GB ISO now (the phone line running into the house is >> so hot that birds can't perch on it!). >> > > -- Peter Griffith MACS http://pgriffith.wordpress.com PH: 0408 832 891 08 8365 4993
