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MSVC Backend Updates in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2

August 1, 2019 Aug 1, 2019 08/1/19

Shikha Kaul

In Visual Studio 2019 version 16.2 we continue to improve the C++ backend with build throughput improvements and new and improved optimizations. These build on top of our MSVC backend improvements in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0 which we previously announced. We will be following up on many of the improvements here with their own blog posts...

Introducing AndroidX for Xamarin

August 1, 2019 Aug 1, 2019 08/1/19

Shikha Kaul

The Android Support Library has had a long history of over the last 7 years providing backwards compatibility to Android framework APIs. Over the years, this library has grown in adoption as the majority of Android apps in the Google Play Store use the Support Library in some fashion today...