Visual Studio Community for Mac中BotBuilder模板存放位置咨询

Hey there! I’ve dealt with this exact confusion when working with Bot Builder templates on Visual Studio for Mac, so let’s break this down clearly:

First, here’s where Visual Studio for Mac looks for custom project templates by default:

• Project templates: Drop them in ~/Library/Application Support/VisualStudio/[VS_VERSION]/ProjectTemplates
  • Replace [VS_VERSION] with your installed version number (e.g., 17.0 for VS 2022 for Mac—you can find this in Visual Studio > About Visual Studio)
• Item templates (if you’re adding individual template files): Use ~/Library/Application Support/VisualStudio/[VS_VERSION]/ItemTemplates

Here’s the step-by-step to get your Bot Builder template working:

1. Unzip the Bot Builder template package you downloaded
2. Move the entire unzipped template folder (it should contain a .vstemplate file and other template assets) directly into the ProjectTemplates folder above
3. Restart Visual Studio for Mac completely—this is crucial for the IDE to pick up the new template

To confirm it’s installed:

• Open Visual Studio for Mac and go to File > New Project
• Use the search bar at the top to look for "Bot Builder"—your template should appear in the results

If it’s still missing, double-check these common issues:

• The template folder isn’t nested inside another subfolder in ProjectTemplates (it needs to be a direct child)
• The .vstemplate file in the template folder isn’t corrupted (try re-downloading the template package if needed)

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者CAJ