

So the bigger question might be whether Visual Studio 2015 "Community" will be free.

NET developers can also setup Visual Studio 2011 Professional using the web installer too. This dialog will allow you to specify custom repositories as well soon. Developers can get free Microsoft Visual Studio 2011 download for Visual Studio 2011 Professional edition from MSDN following this download URL.VS2011 download is available in.
DOWNLOAD XAMARIN FOR VISUAL STUDIO 2015 FOR FREE ANDROID
Step 2: Set an external dependency id and a name for Xamarin Android Binding Project (will be generated). Let's say Xamarin Starter edition is free, but Visual Studio 2015 "Community" has an expiration date. I believe this Add-in for Visual Studio 2013 (and lately for Xamarin Studio) will help you with it: Step 1: Execute the command over 'References' folder.

Ensure Android and iOS are both selected and select Create. If you get a dialog box warning about firewall blocking some features, select the Allow access button. Enter AwesomeApp as the project name and select Create. (Check the Help menu, go to "About.", and click on your license status to check.) Select the Mobile App (Xamarin.Forms) template and select Next. Still, I don't know about you, but the Visual Studio 2015 RC "Community" edition I installed expires in less than 180 days. I do not know the limitations, or any expiration date, of this Starter Xamarin Account. In 2015 RC go to Tools, Xamarin Account to see your Xamarin license. If you go to the Visual Studio 2015 RC cross-platform and mobile apps page, then read and scroll to the bottom, it appears that Microsoft is including Xamarin, and upon installing it you do have, as James said, the Xamarin Starter edition.
