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Stable Release: Cycle 9

We are releasing our next major release, called Cycle 9, to our Stable channels.

Please check out the product release notes to see all the fixes and known issues for this release.

Please note that if you wish to use Xamarin.VS with VS 2012, you should not install this build, as it will overwrite that version on your machine.

If you see a behavior that looks suspicious in these versions, and if it isn’t clear whether one of the known issues in the release notes matches the problem, please file a quick bug report to let the team know.

If you notice an error in this blog post or have trouble downloading one of the installer packages, please let us know in the corresponding forum thread.

Known Issues

For a list of known issues, please refer to the Release Notes for the appropriate product.

Products Released

Upgrading and Downgrading

You can install this new version by checking for updates on the Stable updater channel.

You can downgrade back to the previous Cycle 8 Stable versions (from before February 22, 2017) by manually reinstalling each old package. See the “Get the latest stable version of Cycle 8” section on your account page: https://store.xamarin.com/account/my/subscription/downloads#cycle8. (If you do not yet have a Xamarin login, you can create one.) If you have any trouble downloading the previous versions from that link, would like to install an even earlier set of versions, or simply would prefer an email with all the installer links you need, feel free to email contact@xamarin.com.

Upcoming Release Dates

RC 1 – 01/10/2017

RC  2 – 01/18/2017

RC 3 – 01/24/2017

RC 4 – 01/31/2017

RC 5 – 02/07/2017

RC 6 – 02/14/2017

Stable – This Release!