Creating Syncfusion^® Xamarin Application

9 Jan 20254 minutes to read

Syncfusion^® provides Visual Studio Project Templates for the Syncfusion^® Xamarin platform, allowing you to quickly develop a Syncfusion^® Xamarin application by just adding the needed Syncfusion^® NuGet packages for the control you want to use.

IMPORTANT

The Syncfusion^® Xamarin Project Templates are available from v16.2.0.41.

To create the Syncfusion^® Xamarin Application in Visual Studio, follow these steps

Check whether the Xamarin Extensions - Syncfusion^® are installed or not in Visual Studio Extension Manager by going to Extensions -> Manage Extensions -> Installed for Visual Studio 2019 or later, and for Visual Studio 2017 or lower by going to Tools -> Extensions and Updates -> Installed. If this extension not installed, please install the extension by follow the steps from the download and installation help topic.

1. Follow one of the instructions below to create a Syncfusion^® Xamarin project

   Option 1:
   Click Extensions->Syncfusion^® Menu and choose Essential Studio^® for Xamarin > Create New Syncfusion^® Project… in Visual Studio.

   

   NOTE

   In Visual Studio 2017 or lower, you can see the Syncfusion^® menu directly in the Visual Studio menu.

   

   Option 2:
   Choose File -> New -> Project. Opens a new dialog to create a new project. By filtering the project type with Syncfusion^® or using the Syncfusion^® keyword in the search option, you can get the templates offered by Syncfusion^® for Xamarin.

   

   In Visual Studio 2017 or lower, choose File > New > Project and navigate to Syncfusion > Cross-Platform > Syncfusion^® Xamarin Project Template in Visual Studio.

   

2. Click OK once you’ve given the project name, selected a destination location, and set the project’s Framework. The Project Configuration Wizard is now displayed.

3. Choose the Project, Android, iOS, and UWP by on/off in the following Project Configuration window to configure the Syncfusion^® Xamarin Application.

   

   Project Configuration:

   Assemblies From: Choose NuGet or Installed Location to load the Syncfusion^® Xamarin reference into Xamarin Application.

   NOTE

   Installed location option will be shown only when the Syncfusion^® Xamarin setup has been installed.

   Android

   1. Minimum Android Version: Choose the earliest Android version for which you want to provide support for your app.
   2. Target Android Version: Choose the Android version on which your app will run.

   iOS

   1. Target Device: Choose the Xamarin.iOS device of Xamarin.iOS project either Unified, iPhone/iPod, or iPad.
   2. Target Version: Select the Xamarin.iOS Project version.

   Choose controls: To create the Syncfusion^® Xamarin application, choose at least one Syncfusion^® control.

   NOTE

   If you want to add other Syncfusion^® Xamarin controls in the created Syncfusion^® Xamarin application, you can use our Syncfusion Xamarin toolbox

   

4. The Syncfusion^® Xamarin Application has been created when you click Create.

   NOTE

   Choose any one of the project type and controls from Project Configuration Wizard.

   

5. Based on the control selected, required Syncfusion^® NuGet/Assemblies and configuration have been added to the project.

   Net Standard /PCL

   

   

   Android

   

   

   iOS

   

   

   UWP

   

   

6. Then, Syncfusion^® licensing registration required message box will be shown if you installed the trial setup or NuGet packages since Syncfusion^® introduced the licensing system from 2018 Volume 2 (v16.2.0.41) Essential Studio^® release. Navigate to the help topic, which is shown in the licensing message box to generate and register the Syncfusion^® license key to your project. Refer to this blog post for understanding the licensing changes introduced in Essential Studio^®.