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NightHowler
NightHowler

Reputation: 167

XAML previewer for Visual Studio 2015. Is it available or are there any third party alternatives?

I am coming from android studio and am really missing the preview feature when editting XML code.

The Xamarin website says this: https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/xamarin-forms/xaml/xaml-previewer/

I find it essential to use the XML preview because I am still a beginner and learning.

Is there any way this can be done? Perhaps any third party apps if they exist?

Thanks In advance

Upvotes: 0

Views: 653

Answers (2)

Foyzul Karim
Foyzul Karim

Reputation: 4492

You can check Xamarin's own previewer which is integrated with Visual Studio. Please update your xamarin to latest installation. You may also need to rebuild the solution and then open/reopen the XAML file for preview. For details please check my blog post here.

Upvotes: 0

Peter Zhong
Peter Zhong

Reputation: 76

There some alternatives to Xamarin's own XAML previewers, but it is unclear whether those third parter alternatives would support XAML themes.

  1. Gorilla Player

enter image description here This one is particularly good for previewing the XAML live simultaneously across multiple platform. I think its available on windows but the level of integration with visual studio remains unclear. However, as their download page contains link for windows, it should support it.

You can access it from this link: http://gorillaplayer.com

  1. XenForms

XenForms is another promising Xamarin.Forms. You can Load, Edit, and Save XAML. This is the first WYSIWYG UI designer for Xamarin.Forms. This tool definitely support windows as a developing platform and windows phones. Unfortunately, it does NOT support drag and drop. Another great feature is that is it has some support for c# user interface as well as the XAML markups.www.xenforms.com

Upvotes: 1

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