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anilewe
anilewe

Reputation: 389

Is it possible to run a Visual Studio for Mac project on Windows?

Can a project made in Visual Studio for Mac be opened and run in Visual Studio on Windows? I only have access to Mac, so unfortunately I cannot check it by myself.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1591

Answers (1)

adv12
adv12

Reputation: 8551

It depends on the framework and libraries you target. Obviously if you use MonoMac or something with a Mac-specific UI, it'll run only on the Mac, but if you're writing a console app targeting .NET Core, by default it'll run fine on Windows. To write a cross-platform UI, you could try a third-party framework like Avalonia.

Edit: I should add that the .csproj and .sln formats used by Visual Studio for Mac are the same used by VS for Windows, so in general a project or solution for a cross-platform app (.NET Core) or library (.NET Core or .NET Standard) can be read by either Visual Studio.

In fact, I run Parallels with Windows 10 on my Mac with my repos in shared folders and will compile my cross-platform apps from whichever side on which I wish to run them. (There are line-ending considerations and other minor annoyances, but it works.)

Upvotes: 2

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