Get Xamarin toolchain version information from command line

Question

I want to ensure that the correct version of mdtool, mono, the sdk and xamarin.android/ios is installed on our CI environment. For that, my idea is to add a version check in the Jenkins/Ant Buildprocess which prevents the build from executing, if the correct version is not installed.

I can receive all the relevant information from xamarin studio, but how do I get the same thing from the command line? Neither xbuild, nor mdtool provide me with a version. If I start a build with mdtool, the most relevant thing that comes up is this here:

build-android:
     [echo] Building for android
     [exec] XBuild Engine Version 3.2.6.0
     [exec] Mono, Version 3.2.6.0
     [exec] Copyright (C) Marek Sieradzki 2005-2008, Novell 2008-2011.

Is there a way to receive the complete version information?

Answer 1

For Xamarin.iOS you can run:

$ /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.iOS.framework/Versions/Current/bin/mtouch --version

and that will output something like:

mtouch 8.5.0.122 (107d1ad)

which is the version of Xamarin.iOS which shipped the mtouch command.

You can get something similar for Xamarin.Android using:

$ /Library/Frameworks/Xamarin.Android.framework/Versions/Current/bin/mandroid --version mandroid 4.16.0.44545666 Business