Re: Visual Studio Code Download In Mobile
Rapheal Charlton
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I'm building an MDK app using Visual Studio Code (VS Code) for Android and the Web. I can deploy without any problems to Mobile Services and the Android app updates accordingly, however I cannot seem to deploy to the Web.
In BAS when I deploy I get several options: Mobile Services, Cloud Foundry, Mobile Services & Cloud Foundry, Local Dev Space. In VS Code I don't get these options, which I assume is why it does not seem to update my Web App when I deploy. Is there some configuration I'm missing, or is this a limitation of the VS Code MDK plugin?
One further question, when using `mdk build` and `mdk deploy` from my Mac the `bundle.js` which is generated is only the default webpack code. It does not contain any of my application code. If I run the exact same commands for the same project in BAS, the bundle looks correct and contains the bundled application code. Is there any additional command line arguments which are required when building/deploying locally? There are no errors so I'm a bit stumped.
Not sure what you mean by it not containing the bundled application code? Are you referring to BAS generating the zip for upload to mobile services versus just the bundle.js (with optional source map)?
Sorry I didn't explain myself very well. What I mean is that the `bundle.js` file which is generated when building or deploying, looks like the below. As you can see it is just an "empty" webpack bundle and does not contain of the application code. If I run the same commands in BAS, then this same file is much larger because it contains the application code (Pages, Rules, etc)
Thanks for clarifying. It looks like there is a problem with version 1.1.1. I will open a Very High ticket with the team to investigate. In the meantime you can install version 1.1.0 and try with that version.
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Hot reload is not an acceptable replacement for a good design-time XAML previewer. A design-time XAML previewer allows the developer to view their XAML easily during development. It does not require that the developer build the app and then also navigate to that specific page in the app, which can be tedious and annoying. Why should I need to build my app and then navigate through several screens to get to the correct page, when I could simply click on the XAML file and see the XAML preview?
i think you guys might need a designed outline for vscode, an option to install a pack that includes C#, C# Dev Kit, .NET MAUI and a Designer Preview which would probably be installed through the Visual Studio Code website.
Microsoft listens to us on GitHub, but they also listen to their direct customers, like large Microsoft shops (companies that mostly use their products), which they survey privately (which is not a bad thing).
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If you already have Visual Studio installed, rerun the Visual Studio Installer and select the same Mobile Development with .NET option for Xamarin (as shown earlier).
Xamarin exposes the native functionality of Android, iOS, and Windows as .NET classes and methods. Your apps have full access to native APIs and native controls, and they're as responsive as apps written in the native platform languages.
After you create a project, you'll use all of the productivity features of Visual Studio. For example, you'll use a designer to create your pages, and use IntelliSense to explore the native APIs of the mobile platforms. When you're ready to run your app and see how it looks, you can use the Android SDK emulator and run Windows apps natively. You can also use tethered Android and Windows devices directly. For iOS projects, connect to a networked Mac and start the iOS emulator from Visual Studio, or connect to a tethered device.
Depending on the complexity of your apps design, you might consider building it by using Xamarin.Forms templates in the Mobile Apps group of project templates. Xamarin.Forms is a UI toolkit that lets you create a single interface that you can share across Android, iOS, and Windows. When you compile a Xamarin.Forms solution, you'll get an Android app, an iOS app, and a Windows app. For more information, see learn about mobile development with Xamarin and the Xamarin.Forms documentation.
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If you want to create a single app that targets the full breadth of Windows 10 devices, create a universal Windows app. You'll design the app by using a single project and your pages will render properly no matter what device is used to view them.
Start with a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app project template. Design your pages visually, and then open them in a preview window to see how they appear for various types of devices. If you don't like how a page appears on a device, you can optimize the page to better fit the screen size, resolution, or various orientations such as landscape or portrait mode. You can do all of that by using intuitive tool windows and easily accessible menu options in Visual Studio. When you're ready to run your app, and step through your code, you'll find all of the device emulators and simulators for different types of devices together in one dropdown list that is located on the Standard toolbar.
First, install Visual Studio and the Mobile Development with C++ workload. Then, you can build a native activity application for Android, or an app that targets Windows or iOS. You can target Android, iOS, and Windows in the same solution if you want, and then share code between them by using a cross-platform static or dynamic shared library.
If you need to build an app for Android that requires any sort of advanced graphics manipulation, such as a game, you can use C++ to do it. Start with the Native Activity Application (Android) project. This project has full support for the Clang toolchain.
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You can consume that library in a Windows, iOS, or Android project, like the ones described earlier in this article. You can also consume it in an app that you build by using Xamarin, Java, or any language that lets you invoke functions in an unmanaged DLL.
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