{"id":227570,"date":"2019-12-03T10:45:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T18:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/?p=227570"},"modified":"2022-06-09T10:36:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T17:36:10","slug":"tis-the-season-visual-studio-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/visualstudio\/tis-the-season-visual-studio-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Tis the Season for the Visual Studio 2019 v16.4 Release"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Giving Tree on Microsoft Campus<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Here in Redmond, glimpses of holiday <\/span>cheer<\/span> are<\/span> filling<\/span> ou<\/span>r<\/span> campus buildings as the season shifts to twinkling lights and frosty temperatures<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span> The Visual Studio team is <\/span>seiz<\/span>ing th<\/span>is time as an <\/span>o<\/span>pportunit<\/span>y<\/span> to <\/span>celebrat<\/span>e the <\/span>comradery<\/span> needed <\/span>t<\/span>o respond to<\/span> developer needs<\/span> and suggestions. Equally, we are reflecting over what we can improve in the upcoming year as well as plan product features to deliver.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is more notable is the generosity flowing within our various Microsoft locations. One primary means of meeting community needs is through our annual Giving Tree program. There are festive trees in every building decorated with ornaments of wish list items for a variety of charitable organizations.\u00a0 Teams and individuals are able to pick favorite tag item and gift them. To increase the impact, Microsoft matches the dollar amount for an additional gift to the charity! With giving in mind,<\/span> we <\/span>are anticipating<\/span> this release of Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 will <\/span>fill <\/span>your <\/span>wish<\/span> list item of <\/span>a more stable, productive<\/span> development <\/span>environment.<\/span> S<\/span><\/span>ince we started working on this release in August, we <\/span><\/span>have <\/span><\/span>i<\/span><\/span>mplemented<\/span> hundreds<\/span> Developer Community<\/span><\/a> suggestions and bug fixes.\u00a0 Let’s take a look at what you’ll find in this release.<\/span><\/p>\n

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GitHub publishing directly from Team Explorer<\/h3>\n

We know GitHub integration brings value to your developer experience.\u00a0 Therefore, we are excited to announce a previous extension making its way into the Visual Studio 2019 product. The ability to have GitHub publishing done directly from Team Explorer has been a favorite because of its seamless communication with GitHub repositories.\u00a0 For this reason, local repositories can be synchronized by clicking the Publish to GitHub<\/strong> button on the Team Explorer Synchronization page.\u00a0 This functionality has been a high priority of our teams, so we are eager to hear what you think.<\/p>\n

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Publish to GitHub from Visual Studio 2019 v16.4<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

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XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms<\/h3>\n

Next, XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms enables you to make changes to your XAML UI and see them reflected live without requiring another build and deploy. This feature significantly speeds up development to make it easier to build, experiment, and iterate on your user interface. Best of all is how much time you can save since you no longer have to rebuild your application for every tweak.<\/p>\n

Because your application is compiled using XAML Hot Reload, it works with all libraries and third-party controls, and is available for iOS and Android. Consequently, it works on all valid deployment targets including simulators, emulators, and physical devices. In the event that you are more curious, check out the XAML Hot Reload for Xamarin.Forms documentation<\/a> detailed by the team members themselves.<\/p>\n