The Xamarin SDK, meanwhile, will be offered under an MIT license and contributed to the. 'Simply interact with your app on device or in the simulator, and Test Recorder generates scripts that can be run on thousands of devices with Xamarin Test Cloud's automated app testing,' Xamarin said. Xamarin also will offer Test Recorder Visual Studio Plugin for generating mobile app test scripts within Visual Studio. These include iOS Simulator Remoting, for interacting with iOS apps without leaving Visual Studio, and iOS USB Remoting, for deploying and debugging apps from Visual Studio to an iPad or iPhone plugged into a Windows PC. To help C# developers build native iOS apps, the new IDE will have mechanisms to connect Visual Studio to a developer's Mac. The IDE integrates with Microsoft's Roslyn compiler platform and offers enhanced support for Microsoft's F# functional-first language, including backing for F# Portable Class Libraries.
Xamarin Studio IDE 6 for Mac OS X, for mobile development, brings its user interface and functionality closer to those of Microsoft's own Visual Studio platform. Cross-platform tools maker Xamarin is solidifying ties with its new parent company, Microsoft, while tackling app development for Apple iOS and Google Android with a series of technology rollouts today.
