The latest version of Visual Studio 2022 for Mac V17.6 Preview 4 build 1438 is now supported on MacinCloud Managed Servers with macOS Monterey or later. This version of Visual Studio currently supports the latest version of Xamarin.iOS. Try a Mac Server with Visual Studio for Mac pre-installed by obtaining a Managed Server Plan to quickly get started! 


If you do not see the latest version of Visual Studio 2022 Preview for Mac installed on your server, please contact our Support Help Desk to request a software update.



What's New?

  • Fixed issue that occasionally resulted in an empty Call Stack pad.
  • The IDE's inability to respond while attempting to load numerous tabs when opening a solution has been fixed.
  • Localization fix for "Start" page where the weeks are not localized
  • Right-clicking or double-clicking the solution in the Solution window would do nothing until the issue was rectified.
  • Fixed a problem where the toggled state of the Errors, Warnings and Messages buttons in the Errors window was not saved on exiting the IDE.


Installed Components:

  • .Net Core SDK 7.0.202, 6.0.407, 5.0.408, and 3.1.422
  • .Net Core Runtime 6.0.11
  • Xamarin.Android 13.2.0.0
  • Xamarin.Mac 9.1.0.5
  • Xamarin.iOS 16.2.0.5
  • Xamarin.Profiler 1.8.0.19



Xamarin.iOS Remote Build with Microsoft Visual Studio for Mac:

If you wish to utilize Xamarin's Build Host feature with MacinCloud Managed Server Plans, please select the "enable remote build port" add-on at checkout. This enables the SSH port on the Mac server account and allows Visual Studio for Windows work with the Mac account to provide remote build features. 



System Requirements:

Visual Studio 2022 Preview is supported on macOS Monterey and later.



External Resources:

Official Visual Studio for Mac 2022 Preview Release Notes

Visual Studio for Mac Support




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