Visual Studio for Mac Roadmap
This document provides a peek into what's next for Visual Studio for Mac. It captures some of the significant features we are currently committed to, and a rough timeframe for when you can expect to see them. It is not a comprehensive list of all new features in Visual Studio for Mac, but is intended to provide some visibility into our key investments. These feature sets and delivery timeframes are current, and are subject to change.
We welcome your suggestions! You can log your suggestions through the UserVoice forum.
2018 Q4 (October-December)
| Feature | Visual Studio for Mac Version | Availability | Workloads or Standalone Installer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Improved performance and reliability of the code editor. | 7.7 and higher | All Workloads | |
| Login and activate Visual Studio for Mac when running behind firewalls and proxies. | 7.7 and higher | All Workloads | |
| Improved IntelliSense with brace completions, smart indenting and lightbulbs. | 7.7 and higher | All Workloads | |
| Publish ASP.NET Core project to a folder. | 7.7 and higher | ASP.NET Core | |
| .NET Core 2.2 support. | 7.7 and higher | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core | |
| Azure Functions 2.0 support. | 7.7 and higher | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core | |
| Azure Functions auto-update for tools and templates. | 7.7 and higher | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core | |
| Xamarin.Forms 3.3 with Accessibility Improvements, CSS Improvements, and community contributions. | 7.7 and higher | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development | |
| Initial Xamarin.Android Build Performance Improvements. | 7.7 and higher | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development | |
| Improvements to the web editors (cshtml/html/css/JavaScript/JSON). | 8.0 | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core | |
| Add additional ASP.NET Core templates and template options. | 8.0 | .NET Core and ASP.NET Core | |
| New in-product acquisition flow for Android emulator. | 8.0 | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development | |
| Xamarin.Forms XAML property editor. | 8.0 | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development | |
| Xamarin.Android Designer improvements with support for Sample Data. | 8.0 | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development | |
| Xamarin.Forms 4.0 with CollectionView, CarouselView, and Shell workflow. | 8.0 | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development | |
| Xamarin.Android Designer improvements with initial support for constraint layouts. | 8.0 | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development | |
| Xamarin.Forms Previewer improvements. | 8.0 | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development | |
| Android API 29 Support. | 8.0 | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development | |
| Xamarin.Forms XAML Intellisense improvements. | 8.0 | .NET (Xamarin) Mobile Development | |
| Unity debugger performance and reliability improvements. | 8.0 | Unity Game Development | |
| Reduce the number of password prompts on install. | 8.0 | All Workloads | |
| Connect to Team Foundation Server/Azure DevOps. | 8.0 | All Workloads | |
| Activate Visual Studio for Mac using product keys. | 8.0 | All Workloads |