diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index a18f252..11229e3 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
MIT License
-Copyright (c) 2022 Vijay Anand E G
+Copyright (c) 2022-2024 Vijay Anand E G
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/Assets/VijayAnand.FormsTemplates.1.5.0.nupkg b/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/Assets/VijayAnand.FormsTemplates.1.5.0.nupkg
deleted file mode 100644
index 5af04df..0000000
Binary files a/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/Assets/VijayAnand.FormsTemplates.1.5.0.nupkg and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/Assets/VijayAnand.FormsTemplates.1.6.0.nupkg b/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/Assets/VijayAnand.FormsTemplates.1.6.0.nupkg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad96b51
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/Assets/VijayAnand.FormsTemplates.1.6.0.nupkg differ
diff --git a/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/NuGetTemplates.pkgdef b/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/NuGetTemplates.pkgdef
index f649c74..574d4e6 100644
--- a/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/NuGetTemplates.pkgdef
+++ b/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/NuGetTemplates.pkgdef
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-[$RootKey$\TemplateEngine\Templates\VijayAnand.FormsTemplates\1.5.0]
+[$RootKey$\TemplateEngine\Templates\VijayAnand.FormsTemplates\1.6.0]
"InstalledPath"="$PackageFolder$\ProjectTemplates"
diff --git a/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates.csproj b/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates.csproj
index 11f7cc8..b7eea42 100644
--- a/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates.csproj
+++ b/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates.csproj
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
true
ItemTemplates\Xamarin.Forms
-
+
Designer
VsixManifestGenerator
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
compile; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive
-
+
runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive
all
diff --git a/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/license.txt b/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/license.txt
index e512a48..86c326b 100644
--- a/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/license.txt
+++ b/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/license.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
MIT License
-Copyright (c) 2022-2023 Vijay Anand E G
+Copyright (c) 2022-2024 Vijay Anand E G
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/release-notes.txt b/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/release-notes.txt
index d0737d1..e60e378 100644
--- a/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/release-notes.txt
+++ b/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/release-notes.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-What's new in ver. 1.5.0.0:
+What's new in ver. 1.6.0.0:
---------------------------
+1. Introduced an option to add a reference to Xamarin.Essentials.Interfaces NuGet package, an explicit option.
+
+v1.5.0.0:
+
1. Introduced an option to add references to all supported NuGet packages as a unified option
2. Option to add reference to the Shared Toolkit NuGet package
diff --git a/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/source.extension.cs b/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/source.extension.cs
index b9bcea2..fd4503c 100644
--- a/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/source.extension.cs
+++ b/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/source.extension.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ internal sealed partial class Vsix
public const string Name = "Xamarin.Forms Project and Item Templates";
public const string Description = @"Xamarin.Forms Project and Item Templates for building native apps for iOS, Android, UWP, macOS, Tizen from a single, shared C# codebase.";
public const string Language = "en-US";
- public const string Version = "1.5.0.0";
+ public const string Version = "1.6.0.0";
public const string Author = "Vijay Anand E G";
public const string Tags = "Xamarin.Forms, Mobile, iOS, Android, UWP, Desktop, Windows, Templates, Shell, Library, Visual Studio, Resource Dictionary, Xamarin, macOS, Tizen";
}
diff --git a/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/source.extension.vsixmanifest b/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/source.extension.vsixmanifest
index 30971ab..3bc44e1 100644
--- a/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/source.extension.vsixmanifest
+++ b/src/Extensions/XFormsTemplates/XFormsTemplates/source.extension.vsixmanifest
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-
+
Xamarin.Forms Project and Item Templates
Xamarin.Forms Project and Item Templates for building native apps for iOS, Android, UWP, macOS, Tizen from a single, shared C# codebase.
- https://egvijayanand.in/
+ https://egvijayanand.in/category/xamarin/
license.txt
- https://github.com/egvijayanand/xamarin-forms-templates
+ https://egvijayanand.in/
release-notes.txt
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