iOS Simulator Black Screen Issue Windows

Question

I am having trouble with the iOS simulator and I was wondering if anyone else had the same problem or had any suggestions. I am very new to Xamarin; I just completed the Hello, World tutorial for iOS. I was able to build all with no errors. When I attempt to launch the app in the simulator, it displays a black screen.

I'm using an iMac running Parallels with Windows 10 and Visual Studio Enterprise 2017. I created a new Mobile App (Xamarin.Forms) project under Cross-Platform. Using the latest XCODE (v 12.0) in iMac to get the simulators.

Main Interface in Info.plist is set to "(not set)". I tried changing it to LaunchScreen but still get the black screen.

I created a hello world project in xcode and it works fine. Black screen issue is on Windows side. Let me know what I'm doing wrong. Thanks.

Answer 1

If you need to run iOS 14 , you will need a Visual Studio 2019 in PC.

Run Xcode 12 – Run Xcode 12 before updating and running Visual Studio for Mac or Visual Studio 2019, as it installs some tools that Xamarin requires.

And the Visual Stuido 2017 supports the last version is iOS 12 .

Run Xcode 10 – Run Xcode 10 before updating and running Visual Studio for Mac or Visual Studio 2017, as it installs some tools that Xamarin requires.