JetBrains Rider can use different Xamarin SDKs, for example the one from Visual Studio. NET projects into native applications, which can be deployed and executed on the emulator or a physical device. Using these assemblies, IDE and compiler resolve and build user code. NET type to represent the base OSX NSObject. There are two different Xamarin SDKs - for iOS/Mac and for Android.Īssemblies with. To develop Xamarin Applications you need to have a Xamarin SDK on your machine. If other tools that Xamarin relies on (for example, Android SDK, Android Emulator) are configured properly, you will be able to build and run your Xamarin application right from the JetBrains Rider IDE. Although currently JetBrains Rider does not provide a designer or a previewer for Xamarin forms, you can still benefit from code analysis, coding assistance, and debugging features in C#, VB.NET, and other languages, as well as from general IDE features, such as the integrated VCS client. JetBrains Rider supports creating and working with Xamarin applications for both Android and iOS.