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Rohit Verma
Rohit Verma

Reputation: 3785

Designer drag and drop option is not displaying to make mobile app using xamarin in visual studio 2017

I'm using xamarin to make a mobile app in Visual Studio 2017. I have to make UI for mobile app. I'm able to make UI using code but I want to use drag & drop option. I think we can use drag & drop to make UI instead of coding.

But I'm not able to find designer view. Any idea what I'm missing for it?

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Upvotes: 2

Views: 1455

Answers (2)

Gerald Versluis
Gerald Versluis

Reputation: 34013

There is no drag & drop designer for Xamarin.Forms.

You will have to compose the XAML by hand. You can, howeverm use tools like LiveXAML or the Xamarin Live Player and Xamarin Live Reload to see changes in your XAML without recompilation.

LiveXAML is third-party and paid but works rather well. Information can be found on: http://livexaml.com

More information on Live Player: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/tools/live-player/

More information on Live Reload: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/xaml/live-reload

Upvotes: 4

Daniel
Daniel

Reputation: 1545

There is no designer for Xamarin.Forms. You have to write code, but there are several tools for live previewing XAML, Xamarin Live Reload, Xamarin Live Player, LiveXAML and Gorilla Player for example.

Upvotes: 2

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