You must install the component and add it to your android project before being able to use the APIs. After adding the Visual Studio Extension or Xamarin Studio Add-in, you must install the. From the projects references folder from previous steps, you can manually delete it. For Mac, the same files can be found in.
The Xamarin Component part of the EMDK includes the API libraries that you will use in your Android application. You must install the component and add it to your android project before being able to use the APIs.
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Watch This Guide Installing the Xamarin Component v1.0.3 After adding the or, you must install the EMDK for Xamarin component so it can be accessible from your projects. Note: This needs to only be performed once for the IDE. After the component is installed to the IDE, you must follow the steps below, in the Enabling for Android Projects section, for each project to enable the component.
Select EMDK Add Xamarin Component from the menu. After the component is installed, you will see this dialog: Enabling for Android Projects Once the Xamarin Component has been installed to the IDE, you need to add it to your Android project.
Create or Open an Android based project. Right click on the Project's Component folder in the Solution Explorer. Choose Edit Components. You must be logged into your Xamarin account in order to add the component. Choose Add to Project in the EMDK For Xamarin item of the Installed on this machine section. Be sure to pay attention to the version number you are adding, you may have multiple versions of the component installed.
See the section below for instructions how to remove components. The EMDK Component is now installed and listed in the projects Component folder.
Clicking on the Details link in the projects Edit Components page will give you access to more details about the component, like version information, documentation and samples. Check the for instructions to access more sample projects. The component and EMDK for Xamarin APIs are now accessible in your application.
To understand how to use the APIs, view source of one of our. Removing from Android Projects You can disable the EMDK for Xamarin component from a project, however please note that this does not permanently remove the component from the project cache or system. If you wish to permanently remove the component, please follow these instructions and the complete the steps in the Uninstalling section. Open an Android based project.
Right click on the Project's Component folder in the Solution Explorer. Choose Edit Components. Choose Remove in the EMDK For Xamarin item of the Included in this project section. Note: If the Symbol.XamarinEMDK library has not been removed from the projects references folder from previous steps, you can manually delete it. Uninstalling Components When a Xamarin Component is installed to either Visual Studio or Xamarin Studio, it will be available to add to all projects.
The component binaries are copied to a shared location and can only be removed manually. Additionally, after a component has been added to an Android project, the project folder will contain a cached version of the component even if you removed it from the project.