☝️To be able to export designs from Adobe XD to Zeplin, you need to have the desktop app installed on your computer.
Zeplin + Adobe XD. Product teams working in Zeplin will love this! With the Zeplin + Adobe XD integration you can easily share your XD designs and specs to give your team the insights they need and provide comments. Once you export, your team will have access to the designs in an organized way, with all the assets and code snippets to make the. As per the workaround shared in the answer, you can update XD back to XD 36.2 which is the latest so once downgraded, to XD 35 and re-installed Zeplin, create a new file and export it to Zeplin, it asked your permission, please allow.
When you have the latest versions of both Adobe XD and Zeplin installed, you will see a new menu item in the Export menu of Adobe XD. Follow these steps below to export a layer or artboard from Adobe XD to Zeplin.
Select any layer/artboard in your XD.
Select “File > Export > Zeplin”.
The shortcut for the last used export option is ⌥⌘E. So, next time you want to export designs to Zeplin, simply select the artboards and press Option, Command, E.
☝️ Use Ctrl + Alt + E on Windows.
This will take you to Zeplin where you can select the project you want to publish the artboards into. Designs are now live on Zeplin, along with all the specs, assets, and code snippets that developers can make use of.
Troubleshooting Export Issues
⚠️ If you’re experiencing an export issue, you can give the new Zeplin Adobe XDplugin a try.
You can install the new plugin from https://zpl.io/xd-plugin. Once the plugin is installed, you can export your designs from the menu up top: 'Plugins' > 'Zeplin for XD (Beta)' > 'Export Selected...':
Seeing File Location
Zeplin shows the file location on the right panel of the screen if you're the user who exported that screen and you're using the same machine that you used to export. You can directly open the design file in XD by clicking on the file name.
☝️ It's sadly not possible to import XD files directly into Zeplin just yet. You can only export your designs from the Export menu of Adobe XD.
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