XCode 14.3 and Xamarin 16.4.0.15 on macos-12 images

[IainS1986]

Tool name

XCode and Xamarin.iOS

Tool license

Apple, inc

Add or update?

• Add
• Update

Desired version

XCode 14.3, Xamarin.iOS 16.4.0.15

Approximate size

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Brief description of tool

There's a breaking issue with Xamarin.iOS apps running on iOS 17 if they haven't linked away the references to deprecated NewsStand APIs.

Details can be seen here...
xamarin/xamarin-macios#18964

A fix has been published in Xamarin.iOS 16.4.0.15 - which I think also requires Xcode 14.3

Are there plans to update the macos-12 image with this update?

Current the macos-12 image appears to have Xcode 14.2 installed and Xamarin.iOS 16.0.0.72

URL for tool's homepage

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Provide a basic test case to validate the tool's functionality.

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Platforms where you need the tool

• Azure DevOps
• GitHub Actions

Runner images where you need the tool

• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• macOS 11
• macOS 12
• macOS 13
• Windows Server 2019
• Windows Server 2022

Can this tool be installed during the build?

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Tool installation time in runtime

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Are you willing to submit a PR?

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[mikhailkoliada]

Hello! Xcode 14.3 requires macOS 13+ to be used, but at the time we do not have plans to provide Xamarin bundles in macOS13, that is why we are unable to assist here, if you want the fix to be available you should switch to macos13.
I'm going to close the issue for now, if you have more questions, feel free to reach us out again in this ticket.

[IainS1986]

Does macos-13 image have Xamarin support? It wasn't listed in the installed tools/libraries

Just a bit confused, you say there's no plans to support Xamarin bundles in macos-13, but that we should switch to macos-13 for the fix to be available?

Do you mean for us to install during our pipeline?

[beeradmoore]

@IainS1986 , you should be able to create a custom build step and install Xamarin bundles with boots.