Build Xamarin apps with VS Code to M1 Macs, iPhones & Android

Based on everyone's feedback, I have purchased an external mic, that I will try to use for future videos
You read it right, you don't need to open an IDE, start building apps in the terminal!

Here's the article talked about in the video:
blog.devgenius.io/build-xamarin-apps-with-vs-code-…

I have seen several questions on different forums, of developers asking how to build Xamarin Apps using the terminal. The primary software/program used for Xamarin cross platform development is Microsoft's Visual Studio. Visual Studio is classified as an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that is used to build Xamarin apps. So, it has all the functionality you would need to build, debug and publish apps. This naturally makes Visual Studio bulky & slower. Modern software development has moved away from IDE's towards the use of lightweight text editors because they are nifty and quick with changes. Microsoft's Visual Studio Code is the most popular text editor among developers.

Note that the steps below do not support debugging, and the build will not work for iPhones and Macs if you have not correctly setup your Development Certificate and Provisioning profile in the Apple Developer portal. However, you can follow these steps to get temporary ones setup.