Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7 – Preview

Microsoft has released a preview version 15.7 of Visual Studio 2017.

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There are few improvements around Xamarin so could be quite interesting to see the release notes.As it is a Preview release, you shouldn’t use if for production code.

Release Notes

Updates

  • IntelliTrace?s step-back debugging feature is now supported for debugging .NET Core projects.
  • Debugging large solutions with /Debug:fastlink PDBs is more robust.
  • Visual Studio Tools for Xamarin can now automatically install missing Android API levels required by Xamarin.Android projects.
  • We added a limited preview of a new Python debugger based on the popular open source pydevd debugger.
  • We have improved Kestrel HTTPs support during debugging.
  • The Windows 10 Insider Preview SDK Build 17110 can now be installed as an optional component with the Universal Windows Platform.
  • We added support for NuGet package signatures.

Bug Fixed

  • .NET Core failed due to dependency on Microsoft.VisualStudio.AspNetDiagnosticPack.Msi.
  • Update to Visual Studio 2017T15.4 generates multiple package errors.
  • Add Option to Disable format on paste for razor code in razor/cshtml files.
  • Visual Studio auto formatter breaks complex razor code.
  • Update error: PackageId:Microsoft.VisualStudio.AspNetDiagnosticPack.Msi;PackageAction:Uninstall;ReturnCode:1603;.

Xamarin

This release includes Xamarin.iOS 11.10 and Xamarin.Android 8.3.

Automatic Android SDK Management

When a Xamarin.Android project is loaded, Visual Studio can now determine if the Android API level used by the project is missing from your machine and automatically install it for you in the background. To enable this feature, go to Tools > Options > Xamarin > Android Settings > Auto Install Android SDKs.

Download

You can download the Preview version of Visual Studio 2017 from here: https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/preview/

If instead of the preview version you want to use a stable one, give a look here: http://www.xamarinexpert.it/2018/03/05/vs2017-version-15-6-just-released/