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APlayerAPlayer
APlayerAPlayer

Reputation: 23

Xamarin Continuously Breaks with Multiple Different Errors

Okay so I wanted to get into mobile development and decided to start with Android Studio, but I wanted to more easily reach both Android and IOS so switched over to Xamarin.

Honestly, Xamarin looks really cool and I have been trying so hard to get into it, but every time I open a new Xamarin project it seems to break right away before I really get to do anything.

Sometimes it asks me to update something so I do so before I begin development and it breaks, sometimes I run an initial build right when I make the project with no changes made and it breaks. Sometimes I do something as simple as adding a button or entry in the XAML code and it just breaks, and when I erase all my changes it is still broken.

I just want to know, is this just me or is this just how Xamarin is? I know there is a huge chance it is just me having no idea what I'm doing, but the project seems to break even when I follow updated tutorials and documentation. I have gotten errors even involving the file path it made.

Summary

The short time I used Android Studio I was able to get decently far into development and it still didn't break, but with Xamarin I am having a hard time just getting past the creation of the project without some error. Why is this? Does this happen to experienced Xamarin Developers or just for beginners?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 101

Answers (1)

Bruno Caceiro
Bruno Caceiro

Reputation: 7199

There are certainly issues in Xamarin Mobile Development. Those issues you are referering, happen to everyone from time to time (not that common these days though).

Ignore compiling errors (assuming its the programmer's fault), those issues are usually related with Visual Studio. So, the process is always the same:

  • Clean Solution
  • Delete bin/objs folders (if the clean has errors)
  • Restart Visual Studio
  • Rebuild

Upvotes: 3

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