# FormsGtkLive

**Live XAML** development for Xamarin Forms Apps using Gtk Backend.

<img src="images/live-layout-linux.gif" alt="Livel XAML Edit" Width="400" /> <img src="images/live-layout-error-linux.gif" alt="Errors" Width="400" />  <img src="images/update-layout-linux.gif" alt="Livel XAML Edit" Width="400" /> 

***NOTE**: Work in progress!. You can find an Visual Studio for macOS add-in based on this project [here](https://github.com/jsuarezruiz/xamarin-forms-visual-studio-addin).*

## Setup

Clone this repository. Open the solution in **FormsGtkLive.sln** with Visual Studio and press F7.

## Usage

To live develop XAML you open the **FormsGtkLive** tool. Any XAML file included in the same folder as the  tool will be previewed.

The tool can also detect XAML markup **errors**.

![](images/errors.png)

## Feedback 

Please use [GitHub issues](https://github.com/jsuarezruiz/FormsGtkLive/issues) for questions, comments, feature requests, or if would like to vote on what others are recommending.

## License

Code released under the [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).