Previously, I worked with Xamarin.iOS on Mac and everything was OK. Yesterday, I started playing with Xamarin.Android on Windows. And it appeared to be not so great experience. Numerous small errors which are very frustrating (and all this with super basic project, basically, just new Andorid app with one layout):
Resource.designer.cs are not updated from time to time - had to restart the studio
Resources ids are not updated in Resources dialog (the dialog, which can be opened from properties view), though they are updated in Resource.designer.cs (for example, after file renaming).
was not able to save modified xml file because Studio told be that it has been in use (though it was not). Had to close it without saving. Then restarted the Studio and file appeared to be saved with my modifications.
But the worse thing happened today when it is no longer possible to drop any single widget from Toolbox to the view. New controls appears only when adding them directly in the xml. First guess was that JDK 7, which I installed recently, somehow caused this. Uninstalled it - did not help. Uninstall all software which have been installed after Xamarin Studio installation yesterday including everything installed with Xamarin Studio, and reinstalled the Studio - still can not drop widget. Thus, currently, the software is simply unusable for me. Which is sad. I understand, that this will not happen for all. However, I can not say that my machine is somehow so unique, that XS will not work correctly on it. I just wonder, how many people uses it on Windows. Or maybe the vast majority is using the plugin to Visual Studio.