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Updated date May 26, 2017 56k 0 6 How to test our Xamarin.iOS or Xamarin.Forms app without a Mac.

Run the app during the build process is very important and we cannot leave a platform without testing it.

Xamarin allows us to code in C just once and then deploy on the three platforms (Windows, iOS and Android), but without a Mac, the iOS environment might give us some problems.

In Visual Studio, where Xamarin is installed, we have the Xamarin Mac Agent that allows you to run iOS Simulator.

For commercial choice of Apple, the iOS app build and deploy process must pass through a Mac machine, so if you have a Windows machine, you need either a Mac or a Mac Cloud Service.

We can solve the lack of a physical Mac machine with a Mac Cloud Service.

There are many of those (take a look at the Web with your favorite browser), but, in this tutorial, Ill use MacinCloud ( ) and Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition.

Now, let me show you how to test a Xamarin.Forms Application in iOS environment without having a Mac.

Step 1 Launch Visual Studio and create a default Application.

For the purpose of this tutorial, there is no reason to change the auto-generated code.

Step 2 Now, you have to check all the settings to build and deploy the project.

To do this, you must set as startup project (right click on it) and make sure it is selected in Configuration Manager.

Connect with the Website, choose the appropriate solution and remember to check the Remote Build Port - SSH AddOn to allow you to use Xamarin Mac Agent.

Follow the instructions listed in it to get the first access to your virtual Mac machine.

Step 5 Now, you need to connect your Xamarin Mac Agent to your virtual Mac machine to be able to test your Xamarin.Forms app in iOS environment.

Xamarin Registration At MacinCloud

To do this, follow the next steps and remember the login credentials, which you received via email after the registration at MacinCloud.

Press CTRL F5 and you will see your Xamarin.Forms Application run in iOS Simulator.

Conclusions This article shows you how to complete the test of your own app also in iOS environment without a physical Mac machine.

This is a real opportunity to use Xamarin.Forms powers with the aim to deploy your Application in all the three mobile platforms.

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