Not appear Xamarin forms PCL projects in visual studio 2017 enterprise version 15.5.2

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I upgrade visual studio 2017 to version 15.5.2, when I create a new project of xamarin forms not show PCL (Portable Class Libraries) project that appear .net standard and Shared Projects.

I need to create some project PCL of xamarin forms, help me.

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Since a recent version the templates replace the PCL library with a .NET Standard library. And I suggest that you stick with it, as it will be the future.

You should be able to create a PCL library if you really want to and make it work. Also, as a workaround, you could create the project on Visual Studio for Mac. It doesn't have the updated templates (yet) and you will still be able to create the app with a PCL. Just copy that or commit it to source control and open it on Windows afterwards.