9/23/2023 0 Comments Xojo vs xamarin![]() You have to use Xcode for that and then make sure its changes synchronize back with Visual Studio for Mac. In particular I was surprised that Visual Studio for Mac does not have a built-in layout editor to design your Mac app’s UI. I should warn you: it is very long and frankly a bit complicated for such a simple app. ![]() When the button is clicked, the label displays the number of times it has been clicked. Since Visual Studio for Mac is just a rebranded Xamarin Studio, I was able to find a tutorial on the Xamarin site called “ Hello, Mac” that shows you how to create a simple Mac Cocoa app with a button and a label. Although it can technically create two types of desktop apps (cross-platform desktop apps using Gtk# and native Cocoa Mac apps), it cannot create native Windows, Linux or Raspberry Pi desktop apps. Essentially Visual Studio for Mac is new branding for Xamarin Studio (Microsoft bought Xamarin in 2016), so Visual Studio for Mac looks and works nothing like Visual Studio for Windows.Īfter the 15-minute download and installation process, where I was asked for my admin password three times, the first thing that surprised me is that Visual Studio for Mac is a bit limited in how it can create desktop apps. As a former Visual Studio developer who left that world for the fun, fast development that is Xojo, I had to check it out to see how it compares to Xojo.įirst, if you’ve ever used Visual Studio on Windows before, be aware that Visual Studio for Mac is not the same thing. At the recent Build conference, Microsoft released the final version of Visual Studio for Mac.
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