This article introduces the Telerik UI for Xamarin.Forms Project Wizard for Visual Studio for Mac. The project wizard is a Visual Studio add-in that improves the getting started experience for Telerik customers. It provides a project template that is pre-setup with all requirements to run our components so the customers can start writing their apps right away.
Installing on Mac. With this release, we’re introducing a new way to access the Xcode 10 preview support in Visual Studio for Mac. From now on, you’ll be able to access all the necessary bits for Xcode 10 within the IDE, through an updater channel named “Xcode 10 Preview”.
Installation
First, you have to download the ProjectTemplateXamarin.mpack file from the Telerik UI for Xamarin product download page inside your Telerik account. Go to Download Product Files for exact steps on how to navigate to the download page.
Then, you have to install the project wizard add-in package. Open the Visual Studio Extension Manager and select the Install form file... option. Figure 1 shows how to access the Extension Manager.
Figure 1: Accessing Visual Studio Extensions
Once you have accessed the Extension Manager, the following dialog will appear and you should look for the Install from file option.
Figure 2: Reaching the Extension Manager
Navigate to the ProjectTemplateXamarin.mpack file.
Figure 3: The ProjectTemplate location
![Studio Studio](https://thedon.me/content/images/size/w2000/2016/09/vsselectiosproject.png)
If the add-in is successfully added to Visual Studio, you should see it in the IDE extensions section.
Restart Visual Studio for Mac to complete the installation.
New Telerik Forms App
Now you can create a new project using the Telerik Project Template.
Figure 4: Create New Project Dialog
![Visual studio community for mac Visual studio community for mac](/uploads/1/2/5/8/125850250/802562447.png)
The Telerik Forms App template can be found in Other > Miscellaneous section.
Figure 5: Telerik Forms App template
Follow the steps to setup your app.
When you are done the project will contain all required packages and binaries and you can start writing your app right away.
See Also
Xamarin Studio & Visual Studio for Mac add-in to open xib and storyboard files with Xcode Interface Builder by default.
Installing
Xamarin Studio:
- Download the
.mpack
file of the release v1.0 - Launch Xamarin Studio, open the Xamarin Studio menu and select Add-ins...
- In the bottom left of the Add-in Manager dialog, click Install from file...
- Choose the
.mpack
file you downloaded in step 1. - When prompted, select Install
Visual Studio for Mac:
- Download the
.mpack
file of the release v1.3 - Launch Visual Studio, open the Visual Studio menu and select Extensions...
- In the bottom left of the Extensions Manager dialog, click Install from file...
- Choose the
.mpack
file you downloaded in step 1. - When prompted, select Install
About
Created by Colby Williams, mostly by copy/pasting code from David Karlaš.
Licensed under the MIT License (MIT). See LICENSE for details.