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Xamarin Forms: How can I test a TV XF Application?

I am planning to develop a TV application which should run on Amazon Fire TV, ChromeCast, Roku and Apple TV. For this, I have created a Xamarin Forms project with Android and IOS projects. Is that type project support all the above-mentioned devices?

I have created 2 Android TV Emulators with different Resolution (Screenshot added below). When I run the newly created XF project on the TV emulator, nothing is showing on the emulator. Only a black screen is visible on the UI. For running a project into a TV emulator should I add anything else?

Emulator List:

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Emulator When running the Project:

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For IOS there are no TV Simulators available on my VS, only iPhone and iPad simulators are available on it. So How can I create a TV Simulator on VS for Mac?

Simulator List:

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Solution

  • Unfortunately , Xamarin.Forms didn't support build Application on Apple TV until now. The blog provide the steps about debug your app on Android TV but not on tvOS . If you do want to let it supports Apple TV , you should create a independent project . enter image description here