Hello iOS – Creating a Xamarin iOS app

In this recipe, we will be creating our first iOS application. This will be a Hello World type of application. Later on, we will change this application to use a .NET Standard 2.0 library.

Getting ready

Make sure you have completed the previous recipe and installed Visual Studio for Mac. Also, make sure you have XCode installed alongside Visual Studio for Mac.

How to do it...

1. Open Finder.
2. Click Applications in the left-hand pane.
3. Now, double-click on the Visual Studio icon.
4. Now, click on the New Project button.
5. In the Choose a template for your project dialog box, scroll down till you reach the other section.
6. Select Miscellaneous and, under Generic, select Blank Solution:

7. Now, click the Next button.
8. In the Solution Name: textbox, type Chapter8.Xamarin. Also make sure you have selected a proper location: 

9. Now, click Create.
10. Now, the Solution Explorer should look like this:

11. Now, Ctrl + click on the Chapter8.Xamarin label and select Add  | New Project.
12. Select App under...