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Visual Studio 2017 for Mac version 7.8 (7.8.0.1624) released February 20, 2019. We fixed an issue where custom key bindings for Remove Unused and Sort (Usings) don't work.; We fixed an issue where switching from the application and returning, does not focus on the editor correctly.; We fixed an issue where the cursor in editor window is lost when switching applications. This guide applies to Visual Studio 2019, Visual Studio 2017, and Visual Studio for Mac. The Xamarin Android SDK Manager (installed as part of the Mobile development with.NET workload) helps you download the latest Android components that you need for developing your Xamarin.Android app. May 30, 2019 Visual Studio for Mac 2019 contains a preview of the next generation text editor for Visual Studio for Mac! This new text editor shares the same core components with Visual Studio Windows, with an entirely new, native user interface. New editor features in Visual Studio for Mac. At this time, the new editor supports C# files only.
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Release History
Release Highlights
Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5 (7.5.0.1254)
released May 7, 2018
Top Issues Fixed in this Release
Release in DetailInstallation and Setup
Performance
We are continuing our push to improve performance and reliability in the IDE. This release focuses on improving IDE startup time, which has decreased by as much as 50% for some users.
We're also fixing top issues and crashes as they come into the Developer Community site – please keep the feedback coming!
Performance fixes in this release include:
Source Code Editor
We've continued our effort on improving the C# source editor. This includes the following:
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NuGet
Azure Functions
Azure Functions is now integrated into Visual Studio for Mac. We now have a New Function template dialog (Figure 1), along with support for the .NET Core Preview SDK for Azure Functions.
Function Templates enable you to quickly create new functions using the most common triggers and templates. When a new Azure Functions project is created, it includes an HttpTrigger function.
You can access these by creating a new Azure Functions project, right-clicking on your project, and choosing the Add > Add Function… menu.
.editorconfig
You can add an .editorconfig file to your project or codebase to enforce consistent coding styles for everyone that works in the codebase. These settings take precedence over global Visual Studio text editor settings. This means that you can tailor each codebase to use text editor settings that are specific to that project.
Web Development
Editor support for Razor, JavaScript, and TypeScript have been some of the top web developer requests we have heard. In this release, we are introducing new editors for each of these languages.
Razor
With official support for Razor, you now have syntax highlighting and IntelliSense while editing your C# in .cshtml files (Figure 2):
JavaScript and TypeScript
The JavaScript editor has been rewritten, and now provides the core editor experience, including smarter colorization, IntelliSense, and brace completion.
Support has also been added for TypeScript editing (Figure 3); providing the same colorization, IntelliSense, and editor experience as JavaScript.
.NET Core
Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5 will be the first official release supporting the .NET Core 2.1 Preview SDK. You can read all about the .NET Core 2.1 Preview release in the announcement blog post.
Some of the top improvements include: faster build performance, closing gaps in ASP.NET Core and EF Core, improving compatibility with .NET Framework, GDPR and Security, microservices, and Azure. We've also added support for C# 7.2 in this release.
ASP.NET Core
Accessibility
XamarinXamarin.Forms
This release brings numerous bug fixes to improve the .NET Standard developer experience.
We've fixed the following problems when using Xamarin.Forms in a .NET Standard project:
We've fixed the following problems with code completion of XAML files:
Xamarin.AndroidAndroid Device ManagerVisual Studio For Mac Loading Sdk Component Information Failed Sierra Windows
We have further integrated the Xamarin Android Device Manager (Figure 5) into Visual Studio for Mac. This feature is still in Beta and is available as a replacement for the Android AVD Manager which was deprecated by Google in favor of a command line tool with the release of SDK Tools 26. The Device Manager allows you to quickly and easily create emulators and edit their configuration using the built-in property editor. It supports the latest emulators from Google and is able to download and install missing dependencies for you, so you don't have to switch to the SDK manager to install new system images. Emulators by default use quick boot for faster startup times (Figure 6).
This release features significant UX and UI improvements over the web preview version, and we've addressed many user-reported bugs.
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You can launch the Device Manager by choosing Tools > Device Manager.
Android SDK Manager
This release of the SDK manager (Figure 7) includes numerous improvements to reliability and performance, as well as some visual improvements. In addition, we've added support for a 'Recommended' Microsoft manifest, which contained verified versions of components that work with Xamarin applications. Components will only be offered for download when we support them.
We've fixed the following problems with Android:
For more information, see the Xamarin.Android release notes.
Xamarin.iOS
Registrar Optimizations
This is a set of optimizations that makes the dynamic registrar removable by the linker (under most circumstances). This results in:
For more information, see the Xamarin.iOS release notes.
Visual DesignersiOS Designer
Android Designer
Xamarin.Mac
For more information, see the Xamarin.Mac release notes.
Live Player
Xamarin Profiler
For more information, see the Profiler release notes.
App Center Test
The New Project dialog templates and categories now refer to App Center Test instead of Xamarin Test Cloud. The final configuration page of the New Project dialog shows App Center Test and the 'Learn more' link opens the App Center Test website. Getting started pages now show App Center Test and the link goes to the App Center Test website.
Other fixes
Visual Studio for Mac 7.5.1 (7.5.1.22)
released May 15, 2018
Visual Studio for Mac 7.5.2 (7.5.2.40)
released May 30, 2018
This release provides support for Apple Xcode 9.4.
In this release we fixed the following issues:
We also fixed the following issues with the new Android Device Manager:
Visual Studio for Mac 7.5.3 (7.5.3.07)
released June 19, 2018
This release brings Xamarin.iOS support for ClassKit entitlements. For more information about ClassKit, see Apple's ClassKit guide.
In addition to ClassKit support, we resolved the following issues:
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Visual Studio for Mac 7.5.4 (7.5.4.3)
released July 23, 2018
This release addresses the following issues:
Known Issues
The following is a list of all existing known issues in Visual Studio for Mac version 7.5.
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