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How to change the .NET framework of a Xamarin project in Visual Studio

I am working on an application and I would like to change its .NET framework. Usually this would be in the "Properties-> Application" section, but I could not find it anywhere for Android or iOS applications.

I know that I can create a new project and specify it (as seen in the figure), but it should be a different way to change it.

Thanks in advance.

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This is Xamarin’s decision to block the Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android projects to use the default .NET 4.5 profile, which offers huge benefits for compatibility with Microsoft. If Microsoft does not create profile 4.6 or 5.0, you will not need to switch.

You can read similar statements from several locations, such as "Our class libraries are now based on the .NET 4.5 profile,"

http://docs.xamarin.com/releases/ios/xamarin.ios_6/xamarin.ios_6.3/

This is obvious evidence.

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The reason is that neither Android nor iOS offer different versions of the .NET framework, there is only one profile, which we call the "Mobile profile".

The mobile profile is basically .NET 4.5 without System.Configuration and its dependencies, and it has been further configured to work on mobile devices.

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