Xamarin provides several different paths for learning to build native mobile apps for iOS, Android, and Windows in C#. From on-demand video training to deep-dive eBooks, we have you covered to help make learning mobile development easy.

Documentation

Download Xamarin Studio Community, a free IDE to create native Windows, Android, and iOS applications. Xamarin Studio created by Microsoft. Visual Studio for Mac has first-class support for Xamarin development on macOS, it has everything you need to build, design, and test stunning, high-performance apps on Mac with a fully-powered IDE. Stay productive with rich, in-line IntelliSense capabilities as you write C# code.

The Xamarin Developer Center is packed full of resources to help you get started with mobile development, including documentation on configuring your development environment, iOS, Android, Xamarin.Forms, and more. There is also lots of code available for you to dig into, including recipes, samples, and prebuilt applications.

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Video training

Xamarin University provides live, interactive mobile development training lead by Xamarin experts. Visual Studio Dev Essentials program offers five introductory mobile development classes on demand from Xamarin University, completely for free. Hands-on learners may also enjoy our self-guided learning. Developers interested in cross-platform mobile development with Xamarin.Forms may also be interested in our free Introduction to Xamarin.Forms video course available from edX.

Building Xamarin from source

You can compile your own Xamarin SDK libraries and tools by following the instructions in the readme for any individual project.

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Instructions for building individual open source Xamarin Component and Plugin projects can typically be found in the project’s README file.