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authorGravatar jzeferino <jorgevalentzeferino@gmail.com>2018-08-02 14:48:35 +0100
committerGravatar GitHub <noreply@github.com>2018-08-02 14:48:35 +0100
commit1b36ca622c536057a555aea41e81e614a271c8db (patch)
treee553d1f8e4c022e76862890c5065d76b2af08887 /examples
parent44ed592cf0ec4b4c83d56366bc584f4719e42424 (diff)
Improved Xamarin example doc.
Xamarin Studio is no longer preferred for Xamarin development, we should use Visual Studio for Mac. Also added more info on how to use the nuget package source.
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-rw-r--r--examples/csharp/HelloworldXamarin/README.md11
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diff --git a/examples/csharp/HelloworldXamarin/README.md b/examples/csharp/HelloworldXamarin/README.md
index 4394dcc0c4..7bbc8cc5e7 100644
--- a/examples/csharp/HelloworldXamarin/README.md
+++ b/examples/csharp/HelloworldXamarin/README.md
@@ -6,23 +6,26 @@ EXPERIMENTAL ONLY
Support of the Xamarin platform is currently experimental.
The example depends on experimental Grpc.Core nuget package that hasn't
been officially released and is only available via the [daily builds](https://packages.grpc.io/)
-source.
+source.
+NOTE: To downlaod the package please manually [download](https://packages.grpc.io/archive/2018/07/a3b54ef90841ec45fe5e28f54245b7944d0904f9-d24c85c7-32ed-4924-b9af-80e7a4aeb34d/index.xml) the .nupkg file into a local directory. Then add a nuget source that points to that directory (That can be done in [Visual Studio](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/tools/package-manager-ui#package-sources) or Visual Studio for Mac via "Configure nuget sources"). After that, nuget will also explore that directory when looking for packages.
+
+
BACKGROUND
-------------
-The example project supports Xamarin.Android and Xamarin.iOS
+The example project supports `Xamarin.Android` and `Xamarin.iOS`.
For this sample, we've already generated the server and client stubs from [helloworld.proto][].
PREREQUISITES
-------------
-- The latest version Xamarin Studio or Visual Studio 2017 with Xamarin support installed.
+- The latest version Visual Studio for Mac or Visual Studio 2017 with Xamarin support installed.
BUILD
-------
-- Open the `HelloworldXamarin.sln` in Visual Studio (or Xamarin Studio)
+- Open the `HelloworldXamarin.sln` in Visual Studio (or Visual Studio for Mac)
- Build the solution (Build -> Build All)
Try it!