Xamarin Studio XAML Previewer for Xamarin.Forms using Windows

Question

I'm using Windows and downloaded Xamarin Studio to build Xamarin Forms app. I saw that there is a XAML Previewer available if i update Xamarin studio using Alpha channel. So I updated everything using this alpha channel as described in documentation, but the XAML Previewer is not apearing on my Xamarin Studio. Some blog posts explain how to do this, but I saw that they are using Mac's. Is XAML Previewer available only when using Mac?

Answer 1

I don't know where you got Xamarin Studio for Windows but it was discontinued when Microsoft took over since they want you to use Visual Studio.

Therefore the XAML preview is only available on Mac. It will be available for Visual Studio at some point but as far as I know there is no timeline for that.

There are however some alternatives:

• Gorilla Player
• XenForms
• Xamarin Forms Player

Answer 2

The XAML preview pane is shown automatically when viewing XAML for editing. The preview pane can be shown or hidden by pressing the Preview button in the top-right corner of the document window.