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 gfke...@gmail.com 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!).
