Where is Windows Phone Simulator for Xamarin Forms?

Question

I have created a Xamarin forms multi-platform project. Using Xamarin Studio Community 6.3.

The project contains three folder. Project and Project.iOS and Project.Droid.

I have implemented most of code inside the Project folder which is supposed to be shared across all platforms.

When I choose to Run the project there are only options for project.iOS and project.Droid, what about running on Windows phone? I can't seem to find that option either on Xamarin Studio or Visual Studio Community 2017.

Also when I look into some of the samples downloaded from Xamarin websites. I see included projects which are no longer supported by Xamarin Studio. I'm new to Xamarin mobile development and I used to hear that it supports all platforms including windows. So are there any major changes I should know about or any mandatory tools I may have neglected ?

Answer 1

I don't think there is a Windows emulator for a mac computer.

If you have a windows computer with visual studio 2017 you can choose to install the emulator with the installer.

PS: for the second part of your questions, new things get added to Xamarin which end up in not supporting every version.

For example I use async methods to get data from WCF service en put them in my local database. Async methods are supported in Xamarin. However your computer needs at least Xamarin.Android version 4.8+ to be able to utilize async methods.