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Xamarin.Forms and Windows Universal Apps
GutembergRibeiro
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Hello!
In the latest updates from Microsoft for Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1, they introduced the Universal Apps.
Wrapping up, it is nothing more then use the new Shared Projects included on VS2013 Update 2 so you can have a app developed sharing code and UI for PC, Tablet and Phone.
So, I wonder if is there any way now(or if it is on the roadmap for Xamarin.Forms) to not only support share UI and Code from Phones(iOS, Android, Windows Phone), but also support the Tablets and PCs with Windows 8.1.
If yes, I really appreciate a sample for it.
Thanks! I really appreciate any help!
Best regards,
Gutemberg
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@GutembergRibeiro the team already said it's coming, no eta yet.. but there will be universal app support, you can see that the Xamarin.Forms already targets to universal apps pcl profile (78)
Thanks for the reply! Awesome to know that it will be supported!
Any News on this topic?
I createed a unviesal app in a solution and after i created Xamarin.Forms shared in same solution.
How can i combine the two shared projects? I was wondering if i can do that!!
Any guidelines?
Seems we don't have yet the solution...
Err, profile 78 is actually covering the silverlight variant of Windows Phone, not the RT compatible one for universal apps. (please correct me if I'm wrong here, it is quite confusing..). At the moment, Xamarin.Forms is bound to Windows Phone Silverlight only, not the RT variant. Again, please correct me if I'm wrong.
At some point I think they will upgrade to PCL 259 or 151, and that will open up the way for universal apps.
For more info, take a look here:
danrigby.com/2014/04/16/xamarin-pcl-profile-notes/
and here:
blog.galasoft.ch/posts/2014/04/about-windows-phone-8-1-and-universal-apps/
@rogihee Looks correct to me.
So netcore 4.5.1 and wpa 8.1 will be required, which is covered by Profile151 and a handful of others; with Profile151 looking like the best option moving forward since it includes net451, i.e. the full .NET Framework 4.5.1 which is included 'out of the box' with Windows 8.1.
As a side notice, there are also weird differences between the RT and SL versions of Windows Phone, especially around the added API's in 8.1.
I'm working on Bluetooth Low Energy applications for example (added with Cyan and 8.1) and the same new API for that exists on both SL8.1 and RT8.1. But if you try to use it on SL, it throws an outright exception, when doing something like Device.FindAllDevicesAsync!
In other words: don't count on anything to be working correctly with Silverlight variant after this version, it does not even work at the moment. Xamarin will have to move to the RT variant as well at some point, or even better support both types for backwards compatibility!
How do I follow this thread? I would also like to be notified when a solution is ready.
@Poppie we do not update threads like this with feature info. The only place to 'suggest' and 'watch' feature requests is via UserVoice, or keep an eye on the release-notes with each new version.
Hi. Does any news about support Xamarin.Forms in Microsoft Universal Apps?
Any Updates?
Push it!
https://xamarin.uservoice.com/forums/258559-xamarin-forms-suggestions/suggestions/6189190-support-for-windows-store-applications-tablets-su
Great idea but if I were @TheRealJasonSmith I'd be waiting for the Windows 10 unified apps. Not that far off and seems to be the future.
Why would you wait? Universal apps are already there. So extending Xamarin.Forms to support universal apps instead of just classic Windows Phone 8.0 apps would cover Windows Store apps and Windows Phone 8.1 apps.
Hi all
It seems as there is something underway....
Have a look at the 1.3.5-Pre-1-thread (post of Jason):
forums.xamarin.com/discussion/comment/104652/#Comment_104652
Great news, thanks!
You're welcome
@ChWo
Yes, the are all called universal apps but I don't think they are going to be the same thing on Windows 10 as what we have now. Unlike now they will run on a "single unified Windows core". That alone is bound to fundamentally change things.
http://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2015/03/02/a-first-look-at-the-windows-10-universal-app-platform/
Still no update on this? Are they working on that at all?
@CTPAX (and @GutembergRibeiro, @clovis, @rogihee, @Poppie, @deandean, @RajilRavindran, @ChWo, @KevinFord):
I think, we will have to wait until the Win10-Launch has done...
(I have seen a Xamarin universal app in the MS-Demo to the VS2015-Launch)
See also here (including my screenshot):
http://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/comment/140879/#Comment_140879
I think, there should be news in the next few weeks...
Any dates? Announces?
It appears to be here.