Questions tagged [visual-studio-mac-2022]
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Error compiling MAUI project - missing MonoAOTCompiler.Task
I'm creating a MAUI application targeting iOS and Android. I have been using Visual Studio 2022 for Mac version 17.3. That version doesn't really support archiving the app, so I installed version 17.4 preview 2.1. When I try to compile my app I get…

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How to create an extension for VS Studio 2022 for mac?
I have VS 2022 for Mac, latest released version 17.3.5.
I do not have the "IDE Extension" template:
I do have the AddinMaker plugin:
I do not have the Xamarin support installed in VS Mac 2022, do I need it to create extensions?

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Where is the "Publish" option in Visual Studio 2022 Mac
I recently set up Visual Studio 2022 (preview) on the Mac (M1) Version 17.3.
I spent quite a bit of time migrating an older .Net MVC (4.6.1) project and finally got it to build and run locally.
I them went to publish it to a test IIS server I run…

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What is the meaning of single circle breakpoint in visual studio?
I am using Visual Studio 2022 (Preview) for mac.
This is the usual breakpoint i applied after creating a project.
normal breakpoint
But as soon as i build the project the breakpoint changes into a single circle. It does not pause the program. Can…

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Nuget package restore using wrong source and failing in Visual Studio for Mac
I recently transferred a Xamarin project to a new MacBook in order to get everything up to date to the latest iOS version. I am using Visual Studio for Mac 2022.
This project uses Grial UI(version 3) and Telerik for Xamarin Forms which require…

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Visual Studio Mac 2022 database first scaffold dbContext
I trying to scaffold a MySql database for a new solution in Visual Studio 2022 for Mac. I have installed these packages:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design
MySql.Data.EntityFrameworkCore
Using the…

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How to make visual studio for mac xaml formatter auto self close tags
for example this code
format to:
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Visual Studio Windows and MacOs charset
I checked for previous posts but can't find an answer.
I created my .NET MAUI project at Visual Studio 2022 Windows. When i copy the project to MacOS (simple folder copy) and compile at Visual Studio for Mac, everything works fine.
But there seems…

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missing win-iphone identifier error while building Xamarin iOS after updating VS for Mac to 17.4.5
Has any one seen this issue?
My dotnet runtimes are as follows:
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.0 [/usr/local/share/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App]
Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 6.0.14…

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Visual Studio 2022 Mac Error: NuGet packages need to be restored before building. NuGet MSBuild targets are missing and are needed for building
I have a .Net 6 project, I am getting the below error.
Error: NuGet packages need to be restored before building. NuGet
MSBuild targets are missing and are needed for building. The NuGet
MSBuild targets are generated when the NuGet packages are…

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Is there any option to add SpecFlow Extension on VisualStudio for MacOS?
Visual Studio for Mac has option to add extension from Visual Studio > Extensions...
From the Extensions window, if I search Specflow and I see nothing is there.
Is there any option to install Specflow extension on Visual Studio for Mac?

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CreateAppHost task failed unexpectedly [Input String was not in a correct format]
Regardless of the type of project I tried, I got the following error when building:
The "CreateAppHost" task failed unexpectedly.
System.FormatException: Input String was not in a correct format.
This error refers to the file…

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Maui build and publication issues
I have a MAUI project that references 3 .dll's that are built with netstandard2.1. I am working on a Mac with Ventura MacOS and Visual Studio 2022 17.4.2. I am having a problem building the .ipa for the iOS platform. I can compile all of the…

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Xamarin.Forms: Could not start Xamarin.Forms Hot Reload session
I am working on a Xamarin project and HotReload does not work anymore since VS2022 Mac, it worked with VS2019 Mac. When I start the app on iOS Simulator I see the following message in XAML Hot Reload Window:
Could not start Xamarin.Forms Hot Reload…

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How to change tab size in Visual Studio 2022 for Mac?
I am using Visual Studio 2022 for Mac (currently v17.4). I want to change tab size as they are too big. I cannot see such option anywhere and even in the documentation it says it doesn't apply to Visual Studio for Mac. Is it possible that it isn't…

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