Visual Studio 2017 - Install Xamarin Forms 3 NuGet package into solution

Question

I have Visual Studio 2017 with Xamarin installed. I want to update to Xamarin.Forms 3

I understand that I have to use NuGet to install the Xamarin Forms 3 NuGet package.

However, to install to NuGet package I need to open a solution in Visual Studio first. When I open a solution and install the NuGet package - will this package (Forms 3) only be available for that solution? I need Forms 3 to be available for all new solutions that I will create in future...

Answer 1

If you have at least Visual Studio 2017 15.7 installed then the latest Cross-Platform project templates provided by Xamarin use the Xamarin.Forms 3.0 NuGet package.

For existing projects you have created you would need to update the Xamarin.Forms NuGet package yourself.