Installing Xamarin

After installing Xcode, there are several other dependencies that need to be installed in order prior to developing with Xamarin's tools. Luckily, Xamarin has improved the experience by creating a neat all-in-one installer.

Install the free Xamarin Starter Edition by performing the following steps:

  1. Go to http://Xamarin.com and click on the large Download now button.
  2. Fill out some basic information about yourself.
  3. Download the XamarinInstaller.dmg file and mount the disk image.
  4. Launch Install Xamarin.app and accept any OS X security warnings that appear.
  5. Progress through the installer; the default options will work fine. You can optionally install Xamarin.Mac, but this topic is not covered in this module.

The Xamarin installer will ...

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