Xamarin Live Player does not exist

Question

Using VS 2017 community 15.3 preview 5

Xamarin Preview is up to date and xamarin for visual studio is included , xamarin updater is installed but the xamarin live player button is not showing up .

Answer 1

There’s problems with the versions of Visual Studio. Now you first need to install the TestFlight app from apple and then from inside of it you download the newest version of Xamarin live player. I leave you the link where you can find it.

https://fastring.xamarinliveplayer.com/

Answer 2

I've struggled with a similar issue, I found that Xamarin Live Player is not enabled by default you need to do this yourself: Go to Tools> Options> Xamarin > Other > Enable Xamarin Live Player.

Answer 3

BETA RELEASE: 15.3 PREVIEW 5 does not include the Xamarin Live Player:

Note that this Beta version is a smaller release compared to the current Alpha preview. In particular, it does not include the Xamarin Live Player, Docker, Azure Functions, or Xamarin IoT preview features announced at Build. Please stay on the Alpha channel if you wish to continue to preview those features.

Re: https://releases.xamarin.com/beta-release-15-3-preview-5/