(As time of writing this post it is 4.1). If you have problems to connect, make sure you have installed the latests version, or at least the same version, of Xamarin for Visual Studio and also for Xamarin for Mac.

After a little while, the simulator should show off on your Mac.

To start the iOS simulator, just select simulator from the top in Visual Studio and then hit run. Next you want to hit “Connect…”, provide your password and you are ready to go. It will show your IP as result, propably at “en0” and after “inet”. If you do not know the address, open a terminal window again and type “ifconfig” on the prompt. Now this simulator actually runs on my Mac, not on the Windows, and here on the toolbar we have this icon Xamarin Mac Agent. The GetCalley software suite is SaaS, Android, iPhone, and iPad software. If your Mac is not listed here, hit “Add Mac…” from the bottom left corner and enter the IP address of your Mac. Then on the toolbar, I can either deploy it to my device because I have an iPhone or use one of the simulators, iPhone 4, 5, 6, iPad, and so on. OmniROM is our Android custom ROM variant, feature-packed but always with. If everything is setup correctly, it should look like that:īack on you Visual Studio you want to connect to your Mac via the agent. Open a new terminal window and type “whoami”, the result will be your actual username. If you are not aware of your username, just hit cmd + space and type “Terminal”. Next you want to add your username on the right side, at the “Allow access for” section, just hit the small plus sign on the bottom. Next select “Remote Login” on the left side of the “Sharing” window on your Mac. Like stated on the tutorial, just hit cmd and space and start to type “Remote Login” and then hit “Sharing”. You’ll see Android Emulator in the debug menu. If this if your first time building a Xamarin application, you’ll need to create a new Android Emulator.

If you’ve already done this, you can skip this step. Setup Xamarin Mac Agent in Visual Studioįirst you want to activate the remote login on your Mac. If you don’t have a device to deploy to, you’ll need to set up an Android emulator or use a device. If you first create a new Xamarin iOS project, a message box will appear to walk your through the required steps to setup your Xamarin Mac Agent.

Today I want to demonstrate how to setup Xamarin iOS in Visual Studio with the use of your Mac as a simulator for your iOS apps.įirst of all I assume that you already installaled Xamarin for Visual Studio, if not, please follow this documentation on MSDN.

Xamarin deploy to iphone emulator mac