Setting up Android Xamarin solution in Rider IDE doesn't detect framework

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Using a Mac with Rider IDE v2017.3.1 I'm attempting to create a new solution (project) which is a Xamarin application with a platform of Android. I'm getting an error message from framework stating "no target frameworks were found on this machine"

from what I've seen online it looks like I'm supposed to install a xamarin.android SDK (not android SDK provided by Google) but it appears this can only be added via Visual studios via the integrated SDK manager see here

I have already installed Mono and .NET Core SDK. Note if I click on any of the other platforms I don't get the above error message.

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androidxamarinxamarin.androidrider
Do you see this message while opening any other example Xamarin solution? Perhaps check requriements - install either Mono or .NET Core SDK or upgrade to Rider EAP 2018 (which I truly recommend). – Dominik Roszkowski

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To resolve this I downloaded visual studio for mac. (you'll have to provide name and email). This downloaded visual studio community edition unfortunately its ~4GB. However once the download was complete and installed I quit Rider and started it back up again and the error message was gone. Maybe there is a way to get around this that doesn't require you to waste 4GB but knowing Microsoft "thats just the way it is".