How do I get the option to create an iOS solution in Xamarin Studio?

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I've installed Xamarin Studio and I can create Android solution just fine. I don't have the option to create iOS projects though.

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I've tried reinstalling multiple times but no change. Running Windows 8.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 12 '13 at 19:22

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I dug up a forum post that states that Xamarin Studio only supports iOS on Mac. I didn't see this anywhere in any of the tutorials or documentation so hopefully this will help someone else.

answered Mar 12 '13 at 19:22

jdehlin

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this has changed: http://docs.xamarin.com/guides/ios/getting_started/introduction_to_xamarin_ios_for_visual_studio – brandeded Apr 10 '13 at 01:42
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As described in the linked article you can only develop/build iOS apps on Windows using Visual Studio. In my question I was trying to discover a way to do so using Xamarin Studio, which is a stand alone IDE for developing Xamarin apps (as well as other C# applications). As far as I can tell that is not possible and I believe the answers provided by @Whoami and myself stand correct. – jdehlin Apr 11 '13 at 02:15
Correct, you can only build iOS apps on a Mac. – brandeded Apr 11 '13 at 13:09

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 13 '13 at 05:16

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I tried installing Xamarin in Mac OS, and i could able to create successfully iOS project both in the simulator as well as in the iPhone Device.

answered Mar 13 '13 at 05:16

Whoami

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As stated in my answer below, I discovered this from digging up a forum post on the subject. I'll give you the answer for the effort, though. – jdehlin Mar 14 '13 at 14:14

How do I get the option to create an iOS solution in Xamarin Studio?

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