Xamarin studio - this project type requires Xamarin.Android to be installed

Question

I have recently installed Win10, VS2017 Community and Xamarin Studio on my computer. My project is written in VS2017, and when I compile and run it on the device from VS2017 it all works fine, but when I open it in Xamarin studio, I get error "this project type requires Xamarin.Android to be installed". I installed monodevelop, gtk sharp, build tools fool. In Android SDK Manager I installed all I needed. Also, when I press "New solution" in Xamarin studio, it does not offer "Android project". None of the answers I found doesn't works for me. All of the above mentioned worked perfectly on Win7, except that that project was written in VS2015 Community! Need help. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I came across this same error, and the search results brought me here. Unfortunately, the solutions above are now out of date.

I eventually solved my problem, by going to Preferences -> Projects -> SDK Locations -> Android. Where it immediately showed a popup "SDK needs repair". I had to leave it to download the necessary components.

FYI, Xamarin Studio is now Visual Studio for Mac.

Answer 2

I ran into this issue as well. I had been developing in Visual Studio 2017 and wanted to switch to Xamarin Studio for working on layouts, since the designer and AXML intellisense is so much better.

What I discovered is that I needed to install a seperate Xamarin.Android package. I downloaded it from this link https://store.xamarin.com/account/my/subscription/downloads. The universal installer didn't work for me; it only offered to install a remote iOS emulator, Xamarin Profiler, and Xamarin Workbooks, so I downloaded the separate installer and it cleared the issue up.