Can't install Mono for Android for Visual Studio

Question

When i try and install Mono for Android it won't install the plugin for Visual Studio. I have Visual Studio Ultimate 2010. Also when reading the installer log it shows an error when downloading the installer manifest.

[2011-11-30 09:03:00.386] [Info] Retrieving installer manifest.
[2011-11-30 09:03:00.386] [Info] Downloading from 'http://xamarin.com/download/InstallerManifest.xml'.
[2011-11-30 09:03:00.688] [Exception] Failed to download installer manifest from 'http://xamarin.com/download/InstallerManifest.xml'
[2011-11-30 09:03:00.688] [Exception] System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.
[2011-11-30 09:03:00.688] [Exception] at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
[2011-11-30 09:03:00.688] [Exception] at WindowsInstaller.Utilities.DownloadUrl(String url, Action`3 doDownload)
[2011-11-30 09:03:00.688] [Exception] at WindowsInstaller.Utilities.GetInstallerManifest()
[2011-11-30 09:03:00.688] [Info] Installer manifest not found at 'http://xamarin.com/download/InstallerManifest.xml'`

Has anyone else had this problem?

Edit

I've downloaded the windows installer from the beta releases on http://android.xamarin.com/Releases/Mono_for_Android_1/Release_1.9.0. From there you can download the Visual Studio plugin directly. This shouldn't be the way to install the plugin but for an easy workaround it's good enough.

Answer 1

I've notified the people at Xamarin about this issue, it should be resolved shortly.

Answer 2

This is not a problem. The installer uses its built-in copy of the manifest, you can safely ignore the exception. As for the VS not seeing the plugin - did you restart the IDE? If yes, then also make sure that the plugin was able to find the copy of Android SDK installed by the installer.

marek