How to set proxy in visual studio 2015

Question

I'm Using Visual Studio 2015 for Xamarin app development and I'm working behind corporate proxy, I need to set the proxy(http proxy) to the Visual studio 2015, so how could I get such window to set proxy ?

Answer 1

Find devenv.exe.config in your installation directory.

Now open this text file and add the node <defaultProxy> inside the node <system.net>.

<system.net>
<defaultProxy useDefaultCredentials="true" enabled="true">
    <proxy bypassonlocal="true" proxyaddress="http://yourproxyaddress.net:8080" />
</defaultProxy>
</system.net>

If your proxy requires authentication, you should add those as parameters in the proxy URL

<system.net>
<defaultProxy useDefaultCredentials="true" enabled="true">
    <proxy bypassonlocal="true" proxyaddress="http://Username:[email protected]:8080" />
</defaultProxy>
</system.net>

Answer 2

For the folks that are behind a proxy and using Visual Studio 2017 on Windows 10, this is what I did.

1. Type "setting" or "proxy" in the search bar and select Settings or the link pointing to Network & Internet > Proxy
2. At the bottom you will see Manual proxy setup
3. Turn on the Use a proxy server and put your company address and port and any other setting you moght find relevant (like bypass for local addresses)