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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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Having troubles running the standard Xamarin app

I just installed the new Visual Studio for Mac, but I cannot run the standard app on an emulator. It's the "hello world" app that's created by Visual Studio itself when you create a new project. I've tried to run it using the included emulator but…
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Visual Studio 2022 Mac: How to Compile SASS?

Is there a method to compile SASS files on Visual Studio 2022 for Mac? In the Windows version I had installed an extension to do this, but was unable to find something similar for Mac.
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Add a Razor element into a RazorPage but instead of use "html" syntax I would like to add using and instance

Using the Visual Studio for Mac I created a solution with name TestBlazorWebAssemblyProgressiveNetCoreApp using the wizard and I selected the sample of WebAssembly of Blazor selecting "Hosted ASP.NET Core" and "Progressive web Application". Then I…
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Why is there no .NET Core options displayed in the console app for Visual Studio for Mac?

I created a new Console App in Visual Studio for Mac. Right click the project => options => Build => General. I expect to see .NET core versions here. 3.1, 5.0, 6.0 apparently are .NET core versions. These look like standard .NET versions. So…
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Visual Studio for Mac Android Emulator Error with M1 Chip

New to developing on a Mac. Trying to get the Android Emulator to run. I have the newest MacBook Air with the M1Chip. When I go to run the simulator for Android I get this warning and the emulator never…
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No Cloud templates on Visual Studio for Mac

As title suggests i cannot see any cloud functions in VS Mac. I have reinstalled many times, clean installs, redone dotnet core 3 and 5. I can see the functions plug in within vs mac. I do have azure functions in VS Code for Mac But i cannot see why…
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Mac SourceTree merge seems to break branch

Working in Visual Studio Mac on a Xamarin.forms project. So: I had a bug with something called DeviceTokens in my "development" branch I went back and found a commit that didn't have the bug I made a branch from it called…
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Install extensions on Visual Studio 2017 Mac

I'm running the 2017 version of Visual Studio on my mac and I can't find any of the extensions that I need (that are available on windows). To get to the extensions I've done this: visual studio community -> extensions -> search the extensions I…
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Connecting Multiple Azure Repos to Visual Studio Mac

I want to connect the company's Azure Repos onto my VS for mac. On windows you can connect all the repos by connecting the account, this allows you to be able to search between the repos and select them to clone onto the pc. I've been trying to…
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Possibility to create a multiplatform desktop application on Visual Studio for Mac in C#, but build it on windows

as the title already mention my question is about the following: I 'm looking for a possibility to create a multiplatform desktop project on Visual Studio for Mac. After creating that, I'd like to just kinda "import" that project in Visual Studio…
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Visual Studio for Mac will not create a button click handler

I have seen this question but in my case when I type Clicked="" and choose the option to create the handler I see this: It won't let me create a handler. Code snippet:
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How can I change my project to build with MacOS DarkMode

I am colour blind and would like to take advantage of the dark mode in MacOS for my app. I saw this but I don't know if it is correct for my context. Being colourblind I am not in a position to choose my own colour scheme. I just want the standard…
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Is it possible to deploy xamarin.forms ios to iphone without apple developer accaunt?

I want to test my xamarin.forms application on my Iphone 11 pro witout Apple developer accaunt I try this but it nor work create swift app with xcode and use same bundle identifier from my xamarin.forms.ios app but this no work after swift app…
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ASP.NET Core 3.1 CORS error in VS for Mac

Initially, I started to develop my project on PC and now I'm trying to run it on Mac. When my front end tries to reach my web API endpoint, I'm getting the following error: Failed to load resource: Origin https://localhost:3000 is not allowed by…
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How to get Visual Studio Mac Community Edition is limited to use netstandard2.0?

I downloaded Visual Studio for Mac community edition. After updating it, I am noticing that it seems to be limited to netstandard1.5. I want a later version than that because I want to use WebClient. How do I do that? here are the details of my…
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