Xamarin Forms Live Preview
on Devices and Emulators
Leverage The Power Of Simulators
and Real Devices
Preview on phones, tablets and TVs in any orientation all at the same time!
Get your UI live previewed on specific platforms and versions.
No more platform specific compilation loop!
INSTALL
Install Gorilla Player on your iOS or Android devices and simulators.
CONNECT
Connect your devices and simulators to Gorilla Player server.
PREVIEW
Live preview your XAML changes on your devices and forget to compile over and over!
Leverage The Power Of Simulators
and Real Devices
Preview on phones, tablets and TVs in any orientation all at the same time!
Get your UI live previewed on specific platforms and versions.
No more platform specific compilation loop!
INSTALL
Install Gorilla Player on your iOS or Android devices and simulators.
CONNECT
Connect your devices and simulators to Gorilla Player server.
PREVIEW
Live preview your XAML changes on your devices and forget to compile over and over!
Smooth Visual Studio Integration On Mac And Windows
Use Gorilla Player Visual Studio Addin to interact with Gorilla Player on your devices and preview amazing UIs!
Preview Beyond Plain XAML Through Gorilla SDK
Preview everything:
- Derived Pages
- CustomRenderers
- External assemblies
- Styling done directly in the Xamarin Forms host platform
- Controls Templates
- MergedWith ResourceDictionaries
Add Design Time Data Easily
Feed your UI with sample data directly from XAML using JSON or C# objects
You can also use sample data to simulate your view models (you can play easily with its values to test different visual states of your UI).
Use our new Design Time Extractor Tool to extract all data from your solution and make it available for preview!
Prism Supported Out Of The Box!
Gorilla Player comes with support for Prism, making easier previewing your solution.
ResourceDictionary Heaven
Do you prefer working with styles, colors instead of a mess of inline attributes? No problem, Gorilla gives you instant preview for all kind of resources.
If you define resources in the same file or a different one (e.g. App.xaml), Gorilla will take care of it. Just work as you are used to.
Application and Page level support.
ContentViews Support
Enjoy the pleasure of working with modular XAML for your app. Watch while you build.
ContentViews are handy for reuse and modularization. Gorilla supports them out of the box.
Early XAML Warnings And Errors Notifications
Gorilla will look your code and will provide better feedback about issues.
- Get meaningful info about your XAML errors.
- Find the line and column where the error is.
- Get suggestions about how to get the best preview.
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with @GorillaPlayer you can work with Xamarin.Forms at the speed of light. really.
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