| gRPC C# on Xamarin |
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| EXPERIMENTAL ONLY |
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| 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. |
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| HINT: To download the package, please manually download the latest `.nupkg` packages from "Daily Builds" in [packages.grpc.io](https://packages.grpc.io/) 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. |
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| BACKGROUND |
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| The example project supports `Xamarin.Android` and `Xamarin.iOS`. |
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| For this sample, we've already generated the server and client stubs from [helloworld.proto][]. |
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| PREREQUISITES |
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| - The latest version Visual Studio 2017 or Visual Studio for Mac with Xamarin support installed. |
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| BUILD |
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| - Open the `HelloworldXamarin.sln` in Visual Studio (or Visual Studio for Mac) |
| - Build the solution (Build -> Build All) |
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| Try it! |
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| You can deploy the example apps directly through Visual Studio IDE. |
| Deployments can target both Android and iOS (both support physical device |
| deployment as well as simulator). |
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| [helloworld.proto]:../../protos/helloworld.proto |
