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ClintL
ClintL

Reputation: 1453

Can a xib be edited in Visual Studio

Is it possible to edit a xib within a Xamarin.iOS project in Visual Studio? I found this

https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/31353/is-it-possible-to-re-design-a-xib-in-visual-studio

but it is over a year old. Then there is this from a slightly later date contradicting the statement that you cannot open a xib in visual studio from Alan McGovern a Xamarin employee.

https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/55937/xamarin-5-10-xib-support#latest

When opening the xib within visual studio it appears to be trying to render the UI preview rather than giving some error about not being able to open in Visual Studio.

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Specs

Running in Visual Studio Professional 2015 connected to MAC with full support.

Xib

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<document type="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder3.CocoaTouch.XIB" version="3.0" toolsVersion="7706" systemVersion="14F27" targetRuntime="iOS.CocoaTouch" propertyAccessControl="none" useAutolayout="YES" useTraitCollections="YES">
  <dependencies>
    <plugIn identifier="com.apple.InterfaceBuilder.IBCocoaTouchPlugin" version="7703" />
  </dependencies>
  <objects>
    <placeholder placeholderIdentifier="IBFilesOwner" id="-1" userLabel="File's Owner" customClass="RISCAuction_AssignmentInfo">
      <connections>
        <outlet property="view" destination="2" id="RRd-Eg-VrN" />
      </connections>
    </placeholder>
    <placeholder placeholderIdentifier="IBFirstResponder" id="-2" customClass="UIResponder" />
    <view contentMode="scaleToFill" id="2">
      <rect key="frame" x="0.0" y="0.0" width="600" height="600" />
      <color key="backgroundColor" white="1" alpha="1" colorSpace="custom" customColorSpace="calibratedWhite" />
    </view>
  </objects>
</document>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1135

Answers (2)

Marakai
Marakai

Reputation: 1212

Make sure you have an established connection from Visual Studio to you Mac. That alone can take a while to happen. Watch in the lower left corner for messages, as well as for icon in the menu bar to turn green.

Even then, when opening the XIB it can take quite a while - a minute or so more in my case. And I use a decent PC with a Hackintosh VM on the same machine, so it certainly isn't network latency.

Upvotes: 0

ClintL
ClintL

Reputation: 1453

I guess the answer is yes. After trying to open the same xib for hours yesterday and watching it sit on the progress bar never opening today it does open. Not sure why it take so long but you can indeed edit xibs from VS.

Upvotes: 0

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