Where to download Xamarin Studio

Nathan Sokalski 4,116

I don't know if this is the right place to ask this, but I don't know where else to ask. I would like to install Xamarin Studio (not a plugin or extension for Visual Studio 2019, although I also use that), but I can't find anywhere to download it. Where can I find it? Thanks.

Lex Li (Microsoft) 4,662 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-10-02T18:30:34.917+00:00

It seems that Microsoft removed all related downloads, so just forget about that obsolete product and move on to alternatives.
Kyle Wang 5,531 Reputation points

2021-10-04T05:49:07.34+00:00

@Nathan Sokalski Microsoft does not provide Xamarin Studio download link any more. All related links have been redirected to Visual Studio.
Nathan Sokalski 4,116 Reputation points

2021-10-04T15:47:09.813+00:00

Does that mean Xamarin Studio is no longer available anywhere and is no longer supported? I don't care if the link or download is from Microsoft (I didn't know it ever was), I just need somewhere to download it. My reason for trying to find it is because some tutorials (obviously for things I am not yet familiar with) I find give the steps using Xamarin Studio, so I figured it would be nice to have it available, even if I plan on doing the majority of my work in Visual Studio. I have also heard that (for some parts, at least) Xamarin has a better Xamarin Designer than Visual Studio (but that may be a matter of opinion, so I could be wrong there). Does it still exist at all, or should I just stop looking?
Lex Li (Microsoft) 4,662 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-10-04T18:44:22.347+00:00

"Xamarin has a better Xamarin Designer than Visual Studio" is no longer true. Even if you somehow find Xamarin Studio from an archive, it is far too old to support any current iOS/Android releases. In fact, all visual designers for mobile platforms (in VS) are obsolete and a new technology called Hot Reload is taking the place. The tutorials you are reading can be quite out of date if they point to Xamarin Studio, and I don't recommend you waste time on such either.
Nathan Sokalski 4,116 Reputation points

2021-10-04T19:11:56.693+00:00

I guess that is an acceptable answer. I am relatively new to Xamarin.Android (I do not use Xamarin.iOS or Xamarin.Forms), so I was probably not always realizing which things were out of date & when the problem was in my code vs when it was just a designer thing. I have been using Hot Reload, the only thing that can sometimes make that hard is the fact that you cannot use it until your code is good enough to run (when there are still bugs in the codebehind it can be hard to get to certain areas to do the designing). But it's good to know the current scenario. Thanks.

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MohamedAbofanas 91 Reputation points

2021-10-02T18:59:46.737+00:00

Hi, Firstly you need to find visual studio installer in your machine wich is by deffault in this path: C:\Users\MY-NAME\Downloads\Programs. Then open visual studio installer you will find your installed version of visual studio IDE, Press on modify go to desktop&mobile and choose mobile development with .NET. Go to the right corner and press modify.

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I hope this's the answer for your question.
Regards.
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Nathan Sokalski 4,116 Reputation points

2021-10-02T19:08:01.307+00:00

You obviously misunderstood my question. I am looking for Xamarin Studio, not a modification or configuration in Visual Studio.
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