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Visual Studio 2019 for Mac Simulators Issue
Mohammad Radawan
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I'm new to coding in Mac, I've installed VS2019 on BigSur and I've already installed Xcode. The iOS simulators are working fine on Xcode, however they are not in VS. I've reinstalled visual studio after completely uninstalling it using the script from Microsoft, yet the same issue remains. Strangely, when I connected my Mac to my Windows machine the simulators are all there and working like a charm on Windows!!!
Here is what I've tried so far:
1- Reinstalled VS (Couldn't reinstall Xcode because my internet connection is so poor and I don't feel it matters)
2- Ran VS, Xcode, then reopened VS.
3- Changed the target framework in the 'info.plist' file.
Nothing works
Developer technologies | .NET | Xamarin
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Anonymous2021-07-29T07:22:41.767+00:00 I test it with XCode 12.5.1,
macOS big Sur 11.5.1,
VS for mac community 8.9.10,
minimum system version:7.0 in 'info.plist' file.II could see the simulator like following screenshot.
Please close your VS and XCode, use finder to open your project, delete the
binandobjfolder, then re-open your project by VS for Mac. -
Mohammad Radawan 106 Reputation points
2021-07-29T07:58:48.88+00:00 Xcode: 12.5.1
Visual Studio: 8.10.6
BigSur: 11.4
Didn't work, it's driving me crazy!!!! -
Anonymous
2021-07-29T08:04:38.96+00:00 You can try to this workaround by creating a new solution configuration DebugSim with iPhoneSimulator like this thread: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/308013/visual-studio-mac-configuration-iphone-simulator-i.html
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Mohammad Radawan 106 Reputation points
2021-07-29T08:09:17.717+00:00 Thank you very much I really appreciate your efforts, I'll give a try, I hope it work
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Mohammad Radawan 106 Reputation points
2021-07-29T08:24:20.207+00:00 What is the best Deployment target to be used?, I've tried the workaround and it did't work, I've read some of the solutions in the same forum and they didn't work as well
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Anonymous
2021-07-30T06:41:34.04+00:00 I set Deployment target to 8.0, this issue is related to the IDE, you can open a thread in VS developer community. https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/report?space=41&entry=problem
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