Xamarin does not recognize the installed XCode

Question

Hello,

I have installed visual studio for mac 2019 today in order to start learning Xamarin. My dev machine:

• Mac Book Pro with Big Sur version 11.2.3
• XCode version Version 12.5.1 (12E507)

After I created the first sample project, I noticed the message says it does not detect the installed XCode. Checked the vs configuration of the SDK location:

• /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

I use the command below to check my SDK installation. It shows the SDK location is the same as vs configuration.

% xcode-select -p
/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools

Attached is the content of "/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools".

I don't know what else is needed to make it work.

Thanks,
Frank

Answer 1

Hi CodeFL-8603,

Welcome to our Microsoft Q&A platform!

You can try to go to Visual Studio Preferences and select SDK Locations -> Apple. Click the button "Browse..." and select the Xcode under path Application.

Now the location is changed to /Applications/Xcode.app. Then restart Visual Studio.

If this doesn't work, add a slash at the end. Just like /Applications/Xcode.app/ and restart it again.

Regards,
Kyle

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