Xamarin Studio after update lost syntax highlighting scheme, can't import

Question

I just updated my Xamarin Studio to 4.0.2 (build 18), and now all my custom syntax highlighting is gone! When I tried to import my saved highlighting scheme, it silently failed. I noticed that the old highlighting scheme is saved in an XML format (as was also the case with MonoDevelop), and the new highlighting schemes seem to be exported in a JSON format.

Is there a way I can convert and import my saved highlighting scheme without doing it all manually?

Answer 1

EDIT: If the exported file ends with Style.jason it will import, e.g. MySyntaxHighlightingSchemeStyle.json.

This is coming from Mike Kruger of MonoDevelop via IRC. I tested it and it works perfectly. Thanks Mike!

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There is not yet an easy way to convert highlighting schemes from earlier versions of Xamarin Develop or MonoDevelop to the new Visual Studio-based scheme of Xamarin Develop 4.0.3. There is also not yet a way to import schemes into Xamarin Develop that have been exported by Xamarin Develop (like from one machine to another). Xamarin Develop can import Visual Studio-style XML-based schemes, but it only exports JSON-based schemes.

Mike Kruger of MonoDevelop mentions this in his blog: http://mikemdblog.blogspot.hk/2013/02/upcoming-color-importer.html

Related: I've exported my highlighting scheme in Xamarin Studio. Now how do I import it?

Answer 2

Just checked in IRC myself since I was having the same issue.

This is a breaking change with regards to themes with the latest release. You can import VS themes into XS now: http://studiostyl.es