Getting started with Xamarin.iOS

Remarks#

Xamarin.iOS allows you to create native iOS applications using the same UI controls you would in Objective-C and Xcode, but with the flexibility and elegance of a modern language (C#), the power of the .NET Base Class Library (BCL), and two first-class IDEs - Xamarin Studio and Visual Studio - at your fingertips.

For more information on installing Xamarin.iOS on your Mac or Windows machine, refer to the Getting Started guides on the Xamarin developer center

Versions#

Version	Release Date
1.0	2009-09-14
2.0	2010-04-05
3.0	2010-04-16
4.0	2011-04-06
5.0	2011-10-12
6.0	2012-09-19
7.0	2013-09-18
8.0	2014-09-10
9.0	2015-09-17
9.2	2015-11-17
9.4	2015-12-09
9.6	2016-03-22

Detailed info for each release can be found here: https://developer.xamarin.com/releases/ios/

Get Started in Xamarin Studio

Browse to File > New > Solution to bring you up the new project dialog
Select Single View App and press Next
Configure your app by setting your app name and organization ID, and press Next:
Set your Project name and Solution name, or leave as the default name. Click Create to create your project.
To run your application, select the Debug | iPhone 6s iOS 9.x configuration, and press the Play button:

6. This will launch the iOS Simulator, and will display your empty application:

Get Started in Visual Studio

Browse to File > New > Project to bring you up the New Project dialog.
Navigate to Visual C# > iOS > iPhone and select Single View App:

3. Give your app a Name and press OK to create your project. 4. Select the Mac Agent icon from the toolbar, as illustrated below: 5. Select the Mac that will build your application from the list (make sure you Mac is set up to receive the connection!), and press Connect: 6. To run your application, select the Debug | iPhoneSimulator configuration, and press the Play button: 7. This will launch the iOS Simulator on the Mac, and will display your empty application:

Hello, World

Double click on the Main.Storyboard file.
Set View As to iPhone 6:
Drag a label and a button from the Toolbox to the design surface so that it looks like the image below:
In the Properties pad, give the label and button the following properties:

nothing	Name	Title
Label	lblClicks	[blank]
Button	clickMe	Click Me!

Add the following code to the ViewDidLoad method inside the ViewController class:

clickMe.TouchUpInside += (sender, e) =>
{
    totalClicks++;
    if (totalClicks == 1)
    {
        lblClicks.Text = totalClicks + " Click";
    }
    
   else {
       lblClicks.Text = totalClicks + " Clicks";
   }
};

Run the application