Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 will include enhancements that allow Android developers to test their apps in less time.

The company has partnered with third parties like Xamarin to provide cross-platform development using .NET, but this integration lets developers use Visual Studio to build apps for Android and iOS.

Microsoft launched a first preview of Visual Studio 2015 in June 2014, noting at that Microsoft's goal was to release the product in calendar 2015.. Microsoft's "Roslyn" .Net compiler platform ...

And you can do it all right on your PC in your favorite development environment, Visual Studio. Even better, your apps share about 90 percent of their code, making cross-platform development ...

For App Center developers, this functionality is streamlined via the new Visual Studio App Center app available in the GitHub Marketplace. The new integration between App Center and GitHub means ...

Late last year, Microsoft launched Visual Studio App Center, its new unified mobile app development lifecycle solution for developers who want to write iOS, Android, Windows and macOS apps. The ...

Almost ironically, what Visual Studio 2015 doesn't support, at least for now, is the Windows 10 Universal App Platform (UAP). Of course, that's not exactly surprising.

The company previously has offered capabilities for Android and iOS in Visual Studio. A Microsoft official cited an enhanced installer as a key to the “15” preview.

Visual Studio 2022 is a 64-bit app and is faster than its predecessors. The updated developer tool will also have new icons, more personalization options, and facilitate real-time collaboration.

As the industry standard integrated development environment for any app, language, or platform, the regular retail price of $499 for Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 for Windows makes sense.