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Visual Studio 2015 setup: Third-party dependencies

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This article summarizes the third-party applications that are required when you install Cross Platform Mobile Development tools from Microsoft Visual Studio 2015.

Original product version:   Visual Studio 2015
Original KB number:   3060693

Dependencies between Visual Studio tools and third-party applications

If you installed Cross Platform Mobile Development features, you must use additional third-party software to work with those projects. For the dependencies between Visual Studio tools and third-party applications, see the following table.

Third-party software Lets you ... Required by Cross Platform Mobile Development for C#/.NET (Xamarin) Required by Cross Platform Mobile Development for HTML/JavaScript (Apache Cordova) Required by Cross Platform Mobile Development for Visual C++ Mobile Development
Android NDK Develop native dynamic shared libraries, static libraries, and native-activity applications for the Android platform. Yes No Yes
Android SDK Build and create packages for the Android platform. Yes Yes Yes
Apache Ant Create deployment packages for different platforms. No Yes Yes
Git CLI Download and use custom plug-ins. No Yes No
Joyent Node.js Download and manage dependent packages. No Yes No
Oracle Java Development Kit Perform the build steps for Android. No Yes No
Websocket4Net Enable debugging on Windows 7 computers. No Yes No

Third-party information disclaimer

The third-party products that this article discusses are manufactured by companies that are independent of Microsoft. Microsoft makes no warranty, implied or otherwise, about the performance or reliability of these products.

Applies to

  • Visual Studio Enterprise 2015
  • Visual Studio Express 2015 for Windows Desktop
  • Visual Studio Express 2015 for Web
  • Visual Studio Express 2015 for Windows 10
  • Visual Studio Professional 2015
  • Visual Studio Community 2015