System Requirements for Xamarin.Forms

28 Apr 20217 minutes to read

The system requirements for using our Syncfusion Xamarin platform are as follows

Operating Systems

  • Windows XP
  • Windows Vista SP2
  • Windows 7 SP1
  • Windows 8, 8.1
  • Windows 10
  • Android 4.1 & later
  • iOS 9 & later

Hardware Environment

  • Processor: x86 or x64
  • RAM : 512 MB (minimum), 1 GB (recommended)
  • Hard disc: up to 3 GB of free space will be required.

Development Environment

See the link below for the recommended Xamarin development environments

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/cross-platform/get-started/requirements

Supported Platforms

The platforms supported by our Xamarin.Forms controls are listed in the table below.

Platform

Device Types

Controls

Supported versions

Android

Phone, Tablet

SfPdfViewer, SfCheckBox and Material theme support

API level 21 and later versions

All other controls

API level 19 and later versions

iOS

iPhone, iPod, iPad

All controls

iOS 9.0 and later versions

UWP

Desktop, Tablet

All controls

Windows 10 devices

macOS

iMac, Mac book, Mac mini

SfChart, SfDataGrid and SfListView

macOS 10.11 and later versions

WPF

Desktop

SfChart, SfDataGrid, SfListView, SfSchedule, SfBorder, SfButton, SfChip, SfSwitch, SfRadioButton, SfCheckBox, SfGradientView, SfSegmentedControl, SfTextInputLayout

Windows 10

Target Framework (Compile SDK Version) for Android

The target framework or compile SDK version of the application for the Android platform should be equal to or greater than the latest API available at the time of our release. More information on setting the target framework can be found at the following link.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/android/app-fundamentals/android-api-levels?tabs=windows#target-framework