Xamarin CodeAnalysis

Analyzers, code fixers and custom completion for Xamarin projects

Installing

In order to dogfood the enhanced code analysis, follow these steps:

Visual Studio

1. Configure a new feed in the Extensions settings pointing to https://xamci.azurewebsites.net/feed/xamarin/CodeAnalysis:

2. Once configured, click on Extensions > Manage Extensions and go to the Online tab. The new extension will be available under the Xamarin Code Analysis node:

3. After installation, the extension will appear under the Installed node:

Note the Version field on the details pane.

4. You can check for updates from the Online tab. Whenever a version newer than the one you have currently installed is available, you can just click Download and after restarting the IDE, it will be applied:

Building

First build:

• Open an administrator developer command prompt and run msbuild Xamarin.CodeAnalysis.sln /restore

This is necessary because the extension provides MSBuild targets that need to be symlinked from the Exp hive location to the VsInstallDir\MSBuild location, which requires elevation.

Subsequent/incremental builds:

• Just open Xamarin.CodeAnalysis.sln and build/run (using Xamarin.CodeAnalysis.Windows as the startup project on Windows)