Installing Xamarin with Microsoft Visual Studio 2017

Microsoft acquired Xamarin in February 2016, and it is including Xamarin with every release of Microsoft Visual Studio. Microsoft recently released Visual Studio 2017, and it also contains Xamarin. Today we discuss how to install Xamarin along with Microsoft Visual Studio 2017.

Xamarin included on any edition of Microsoft Visual Studio 2017. Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 available as Community 2017, Professional 2017, and Enterprise 2017. Here Visual Studio Community 2017 is free, and you can purchase Visual Studio Professional 2017 & Enterprise 2017 at Microsoft Store with discount by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 Promo Code.

Here we discuss Xamarin installation with Visual Studio Enterprise 2017. Download Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 at https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/whatsnew/

Double click on vs_enterprise__1829650588.1492620670.exe and follow the steps to install Visual Studio 2017.

Under Cross Platform Mobile Development, select C#/.NET (Xamarin) as shown below.

You may also require selecting Microsoft Web Developer Tools or Universal Windows App Development tools for targeting Windows 10.