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Wassim
Wassim

Reputation: 551

How to generate an .apk file from Xamarin.Forms Project using Visual Studio?

I have a Xamarin.Forms project that I'd like to distribute as an apk; however I cannot find how to generate a .apk file in Visual Studio - how would I do this?

Upvotes: 52

Views: 109176

Answers (5)

Saksham Chaudhary
Saksham Chaudhary

Reputation: 637

Steps to Create APK in Visual Studio 2022:

  1. Build app in RELEASE mode.
  2. Right Click on Android Project > Properties > Android Options > Uncheck “Use Fast Deployment”, if checked.
  3. Right Click on Android Project > Archive.
  4. Distribute > AdHoc > Add signing Identity by clicking on "+" icon and fill the details as shown in image below.
  5. Save the app and you’re done.

Upvotes: 4

Mohamad Mahmoud Darwish
Mohamad Mahmoud Darwish

Reputation: 4175

Try The Following Steps:

  1. You need to change Your Project Mode from debug to release.

  2. Rebuild your project.

  3. Go to Solution Explorer -> Android project (right click) --> Archive --> Distribute -- AdHoc --> Sign & Add Details --> Save As

The APK is Ready To Publish in Play Store

Upvotes: 29

Ganesh Parikh
Ganesh Parikh

Reputation: 244

Firstly your project should be in Release Mode Then simply Right Click on your android Project and select "Export Android Package (.apk)"

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Your .apk file will be created in your project directory

Upvotes: 12

jfmg
jfmg

Reputation: 2666

You can find your APK or IPA file in your bin folder from your project. So in Android it is located here: Project.Droid/bin/MyAppName.apk

This might not be the case when you build with the App Store configuration or maybe there are other problems with the Xamarin IDE. In that case you can do a right click on your project and choose Archive for Publishing which will save your artefact here ~/Library/Developer/Xamarin/Archives/. Alternatively right click on your project and choose View Archives

Upvotes: 5

Maikel Willemse
Maikel Willemse

Reputation: 713

When using Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 with the latest Xamarin tools (which is v4.2.2.6 when writing this answer), right click your Android project and select "Archive..." as described here:

https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/deployment,_testing,_and_metrics/publishing_an_application/part_1_-_preparing_an_application_for_release/#Compile

This will open the Archive Manager and begins the process of archiving the App bundle. When the archiving is finished, you can click on the button "Distribute..." at the right bottom corner of the Archive Manager to create a signed APK. This is described here:

https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/android/deployment,_testing,_and_metrics/publishing_an_application/part_2_-_signing_the_android_application_package/

Note: if you do not use a signed APK, you will probably get a parse error if try to install on an Android device.

Upvotes: 56

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