Adding Objective C Syntax Highlighting to Visual Studio

Question

I started to try out the new Windows Bridge for iOS (Project Islandwood). The samples work fine, but there is no code highlighting at all. I found a VS Extension called "objc-syntax-highlighting" in the bin folder and was wondering if this adds code highlighting. But when I try to run it it says

VSIXInstaller.NoApplicableSKUsException: This extension is not installable on any currently installed products.

I found the following lines in the error log

8/7/2015 2:19:21 PM - Supported Products : 8/7/2015 2:19:21 PM - Microsoft.VisualStudio.Pro 8/7/2015 2:19:21 PM - Version : [12.0]

Any chance to install this on VS 2015?

Cheers!

Caroylncarp

Please create and add the Tag winobjc :) – Caroylncarp

Answer 1

Ok, there is currently a bug in the extension. But it works when opened the Extension file (it is a zip file) and added my VS Version to the vsixmanifest: I changed this

  <Installation>
    <InstallationTarget Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Pro" Version="[12.0]" />
  </Installation>

to this

  <Installation>
    <InstallationTarget Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Pro" Version="[12.0]" />
    <InstallationTarget Id="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Pro" Version="[14.0]" />
  </Installation>

Caroylncarp