Xamarin GTK#

I found it surprisingly cheeky to configure a Xamarin Forms project, for a desktop application, that compiles and runs on both Windows and Linux. I hope my efforts are helpful to you.

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Building on Linux

I am running on Ubuntu Bionic. These steps worked for me. Your mileage may vary.

1. Install Mono. I recommend following the steps for your Linux distro here. You will want to install the mono-complete package.
2. Install NuGet. sudo apt-get install nuget. This will pull the nuget package from the stable-bionic mono repository as set in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-official-stable.list
3. Navigate into the location where you cloned this repository.
4. Restore the NuGet packages: nuget restore
5. Build the code: msbuild
6. Run the program: mono src/xamarin.ui.gtk/bin/Debug/xamarin_rtsp_poc.gtk.exe

I also used Visual Studio Code and MonoDevelop to edit the code on Linux.

Building on Windows

I am running on Windows 10 Pro with Visual Studio Code 2017 CE.

1. Install Visual Studio 2017
2. Install GTK# for .NET
3. Set xamarin.ui.gtk as the start-up project
4. Build & Run the program.

This setup works with .NET v4.7 and Xamarin Forms v3.3.0.967583 on Windows 10, with Visual Studio 2017. I also used Visual Studio Code on Windows, as it is really nice to be able to manipulate the project files directly.

Contributing

I accept pull requests, just be aware of the permissive nature of the license.

License

The Unlicense