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How to stop Xcode from closing when opened from Xamarin Studio

I am working in Xamarin Studio. Sometimes I need to start Xcode in order to use its interface builder. The problem is that whenever I go back to Xamarin Studio, Xcode closes. This means that I have to re-launch Xcode every time I want to make an edit on the xib file. Is there a way to prevent this behavior?

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This behavior was changed in / around November time (after this question was asked) so this should no longer be the case. Please contact us if you still see this.



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You won't like it, but the answer is no. The rationale for this is simple. Each time Xamarin needs to launch Interface Builder, it creates a "proxy" project containing the appropriate files and headers .xib

. The idea is that once you've completed your changes, which may, for example, also include adding Outlets to the headers, Xamarin Studio will read the proxy project and sync any changes to the files .Designer.cs

.



As an alternative to using Xcode IB, you can try using the new designer integrated into Xamarin Studio (which can usually get the basics).

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