On Android, we added a template for a navigation drawer using DrawerLayout and another for bottom tabs using BottomNavigationView. We updated the master-detail template on iOS to use UISplitViewController for both iPhone and iPad, so the experience is consistent. Some of our older templates were out of date, and we wanted to make it easier to use modern UX patterns seen in apps today. In addition to removing templates in this release, we also added new templates. We’ll expand these in the future, so send us feedback on which options you would like to see. On Android, you can choose the minimum version required to run the app. For iOS apps, you can select which type of devices to target. The wizard also gives you some basic options to customize the template. Selecting either will open a wizard, so you can choose the specific template you want.
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Now, there’s a single iOS App or Android App template for each platform. Improved Template Experience Template WizardĪnother reason the new project window felt cluttered was that each platform had individual templates for different app types. For example, there’s no longer an “iOS” node that contains individual sub-categories for each device type all iOS templates now live under a single “iPhone and iPad” node.
Not only did we pare down the number of templates, we also made some of them easier to find. We reduced the total number of Xamarin templates in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 down to 15! We heard feedback from both new and existing developers that this could lead to confusion over which template you should use. Easier to DiscoverĬurrently, when you open a new project window in Visual Studio 2017, you’re presented with almost 80 Xamarin options. In this post, we’ll cover the changes we’ve made to make discovery easier and improvements to the templates themselves to help you get started faster. We’re continuing to improve the template experience in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 with updates to the Android and iOS project templates.
NET Standard support and customization options, including the ability to choose which platforms to target. As such, we’ve updated our Xamarin.Forms project templates in Visual Studio 2017 version 15.5 to include. They should be easy to find and set you up for success from the start. Whether you’re new or a seasoned Xamarin developer, project templates are an important part of the app building journey.
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