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.

Microsoft’s new C# Dev Kit extension for Visual Studio Code turns the programmer’s editor into a complete development environment for .NET.

The Visual Studio Emulator for Android is a tool within the full Visual Studio 2015 suite, which Microsoft brought to Mac users for the first time back in April. It offers Android devs an easy and ...

In Visual Studio 2015, that cross-platform reach is going to include C++, too. Microsoft's development environment will include support for the Clang compiler and LLVM infrastructure for targeting ...

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.

Avalonia UI announced early access to a Visual Studio Code extension to help coders use the new milestone release of its flagship, cross-platform UI framework for .NET. The tool will package up the ...

Google released a Visual Studio extension for creating gaming apps for Android, targeting C++ developers. The Android Game Development Extension (AGDE) is part of the new Android Game Development Kit ...

Today, the Visual Studio Code team also released VS Code 1.60 for desktop platforms, which introduced workbench automatic language detection, editor inline suggestions in auto-complete, ...

If you’re a developer, you know that working quickly and effectively is key to success. Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a popular tool that can be fine-tuned for use without a mouse, making your ...

The new tool is currently available in preview, but it comes with the Visual Studio 2015 preview, so to get the emulator you’ll have to download the full package from the Microsoft Download Center.