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Visual Studio for Mac is an IDE from Microsoft for Mac users. Use this tag if you have a specific question about Visual Studio for Mac features and functionality, not just a question regarding your code. Please mention your exact macOS version, VS for Mac version, Mono version and Xamarin runtime versions when applicable. Information such as Xcode and Android SDK versions are also useful.

Microsoft released Visual Studio for Mac in 2017 (based on MonoDevelop 7.0 code base), to replace Xamarin Studio (it was based on MonoDevelop 6.0 code base).

Primarily it supports Xamarin (Xamarin.Mac, Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android) and .NET Core projects. Other project types might not be supported very well (due to Mono/.NET Framework compatibility).

Not every features of Visual Studio 2017 on Windows are supported by Visual Studio for Mac.

Product defects can be reported to Microsoft via Help | Report a Problem. Feature requests can also be raised via Help | Provide a Suggestion.

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How to fix "File named 'manifest.json' is missing from archive" error

Upon importing an application into Microsoft Teams' App Studio, I am presented with this error. How do I go about placing it into archive? I've created a test application in both VisualStudioMac and VisualStudio(Windows). I've created an application…
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Lost keybindings on Visual Studio 2019 for Mac

I´m trying to change the scheme for key bindings on Visual Studio for Mac, but it seems that in the update from 2017 to 2019 I lost the other options. The only option I have is the one shown below (I don´t have other options) Does anyone know how…
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How to fix: No executable found matching command "dotnet-dslc"?

I am conducting a literature survey for my thesis and was trying PROSE SDK by Microsoft. However, whenever I try to build the dependencies of the project from their sample [repo] (https://github.com/microsoft/prose), I get this error: Target…
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How could I add more android emulator devices in Visual Studio for Mac for Xamarin?

I want to add some new virtual devices for Android using Visual Studio for Mac so I could use them with Xamarin. I've followed…
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Xamarin WatchOS build error on VS for Mac 2019

On Visual studio for mac 2019, the default watchOS breaks on build with the error below. The phone-app project only builds successfully before adding the WatchOS project from VS project template. Help please. ERROR …
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Xamarin.iOS Error : This copy of libswiftCore.dylib requires an OS version prior to 10.14.4

Error: This copy of libswiftCore.dylib requires an OS version prior to 10.14.4 occurs while launching the iOS app using Xamarin.UITest for iOS. Environment : MAC OS- 10.14.4 Visual studio for mac (Enterprise) - 8.0.2 (build 23) Xamarin.iOS -…
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Configuration for Stripping Debugging Symbols in Visual Studio for mac

I need to remove the debugging symbols from the IPA file. I enabled the Strip native debugging symbols under Project Options -> iOS Build. I used the nm command to check and still I am getting symbol information from the iPA file. I tried the same…
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Adding a web reference in visual studio for mac

I want to add a web service reference in my ASP.NET Core 2.2 project in Visual Studio for Mac 'Community' Edition (7.8.3) Build 2. From an answer I read Add Service Reference in .NET Core in Visual Studio for Mac, right clicking on my project…
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Autosave in Visual Studio for Mac

I'm using Visual Studio for mac 2017 for my scripts in Unity, and it's very bad that every single time that I want to run my Project on Unity I have to Save all my files in Visual Studio. is there anyway that I can make my VS save files on the fly?
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Visual Studio for Mac - AppResource.Designer.cs Not Getting Regenerated

Visual Studio for Mac Community 7.7.4 (build 1) I went info one of my .NETStandard 2.0 projects and added a string MyLabelTitle to its AppResources.resx file. I reference this string in my code like so: AppResource.MyLabelTitle This will build…
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How to Set Local/Remote sources for NuGet in Visual Studio Mac

NuGet is not working on my Mac. It's trying to use a directory from a deleted project for every single project I make now. I'm not sure where the setting is at for NuGet on Visual Studio for Mac, but I am constantly (even after uninstalling then…
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The "ConvertResourcesCases" task failed unexpectedly. Xamarin Android build

When I build my Xamarin Android app with Visual Studio 2017 for Mac(7.7.4 build 1), Mono JIT compiler version 5.18.0.248 (2018-08/a4956c837e1 Fri Jan 25 16:13:12 EST 2019) I get the following…
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Seamless compilation on file change on Visual Studio for Mac (ASP .Net Core)

When compiling a ASP .Net Core project without debugging in Visual Studio for Windows, subsequent changes to C# files trigger a new seamless compilation when reloading the website. I tried it under VS Mac, but unfortunately it does not work. I…
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"No matching profiles found" with SiriKit in Visual Studio for Mac

I haven't found if anybody had similar problem. My Visual Studio for Mac project stopped seeing application provisioning profile after I added SiriKit support there. Just can't find it, nor automatically, neither when trying to set manually. I have…
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AppIcon not show on IOS with xamarin / Visual Studio Mac, but work with xcode

I have wasted now 3 days triying to put the icon on the app. I use https://makeappicon.com/ and download the files. Replace the AppIcon.appiconset folder. It not work. I try everything I found, including cleaning, erasing emulator, erasing vs…
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