Can't get it work with android emulator on VS 2017 15.9.9 about xamlator

[ylatuya]

XAMLator can't be installed in the .net standard shared project, it has to be installed in the native project, the Android application in your case.
The visual studio addin is WIP in #16, it will be soon submitted to the market place

[Ultimatewidder]

Hello ylatuya,

thanks for the fast reply.

For my understanding you mean when I want to use this tool, I need to choose as project template Xandroid-XAML-App (Xamarin.Forms) and not the Cross-Platform template where I install it in the Android project?

Yours

[ylatuya]

You can use the .netstandard approach instead of the shared project one. If you look at the sample app in XAMLator, it's also using a .netstandard project to share code, but the XAMLator nuget is added to the application projects: XAMLator.SampleApp.Android, XAMLator.SampleApp.iOS, etc... instead of the .netstandard library project XAMLator.SampleApp.

[IoTFier]

Hi @ylatuya, Is the https://www.nuget.org/packages/XAMLator/2019.3.24.12 ready for Windows ?
I just downloaded one. Will appreciate your input.
Thanks

[Ultimatewidder]

@ylatuya: I tried the provided Samples but it also not working with them. Seems that something is wrong with my IDE configuration. I just wait until the nuget package releases.

[jsuarezruiz]

We will release the Visual Studio for Windows extension soon, are you testing with the extension installed compiling the code or without the extension?. Without the extension will not work.

[IoTFier]

@jsuarezruiz , I didn't have the extension installed. Is there a extension from the CI build that we can download before it is published in the marketplace ?

Besides hot-reload (which we are excited for), will XAMLator help us with the location of the errors where XAML may be failing / causing issues ? I think that's a very important need for Xamarin Forms development community. Thanks for everything. Can't wait longer... :)

[Ultimatewidder]

@jsuarezruiz

• I installed the nuget Xamlator package under the android project
• I start my emulated Android device
• add LoadApplication(new App());
  #if DEBUG
  XAMLator.Server.PreviewServer.Run();
  #endif in main activity
• Extras->Android->adb cmd "adb reverse tcp:8488 tcp:8488" typed
• start debugging, does not work

[ylatuya]

This won't work on Windows until we publish the Visual Studio plugin.
Closing this as duplicate of #16

[IoTFier]

@ylatuya , @jsuarezruiz - can you please advice us when will this extn be available for VS 2019 on windows? Thanks