Explore iOS 10, tvOS 10, watchOS 3, and macOS Sierra Previews Today

Apple announced major updates to all of their operating systems and a smattering of new APIs for developers to explore at this year’s WWDC conference. We are excited for Xamarin developers to get their hands on these new APIs to start building beautiful native apps in C#, so today, we’re releasing our first set of previews for developers to start exploring iOS 10, tvOS 10, watchOS 3, and macOS Sierra along with supporting Xamarin-specific documentation to get you started.

iOS 10

iOS 10 has something for everyone. SiriKit unleashes the power of Siri for developers to integrate unique experiences into their mobile applications to enhance a slew of services. Notifications have been completely overhauled to schedule notifications based on geo-fencing or time and a new UI framework to allow enhanced customization has been added. This is just that start, as there are new APIs unlocked in HealthKit, HomeKit, Core motion, Foundation, Core Data, and many more as well. To get started, browse through our Introduction to iOS 10 documentation.

tvOS 10

Bring your apps to life on the big screen with the latest additions to tvOS including ReplayKit to live broadcast game play, PhotoKit to share photos with iCloud Photo Library and your apps, and easily integrate multipeer connectivity to your iOS apps. To get started, check out our Introduction to tvOS 10 documentation.

watchOS 3

Take advantage of the latest watchOS release, which dramatically speeds up performance and navigation of all apps. Performance is one thing, but there are also several new APIs to play with, including Fitness and Motion with access to real-time heart rate data, gyroscope, and accelerator. Enhance your existing apps with direct access to the Digital Crown, speaker audio, in-line video, SpriteKit, SceneKit, Apple Pay, and camera data from HomeKit-enabled accessories! You can get started today with our Introduction to watchOS 3 documentation.

*This initial release of watchOS 3 has a subset of the final APIs that will be available in the future.

macOS Sierra

These Apple previews aren’t just about mobile devices, as you can also start integrating the latest APIs in macOS Sierra (10.12) into your Xamarin.Mac applications. Our Introduction to macOS Sierra documentation is a great place to start.

Installing the Previews

You can download the Previews for Xamarin Studio on macOS directly from the Xamarin Developer site for each OS: iOS 10, tvOS 10, watchOS 3, and macOS Sierra. You will need to ensure that you have the latest Xcode 8 Beta installed, which can be run on macOS 10.11.5 (El Capitan) or newer for iOS, tvOS, and watchOS, and macOS Sierra for macOS Sierra development. Upcoming previews will add even more support for these platforms, including support for Visual Studio.