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User accounts made easy with Azure

October 20, 2017 Oct 20, 2017 10/20/17
Vahe Minasyan
One of the most common requirements for web applications is for users create accounts for the purpose of access control and personalization. While ASP.NET templates have always made it easy to create an application that uses a database you control to register and track user accounts, that introduces other complications over the long term. As ...

Plugin and Permission Changes with iOS 11

October 20, 2017 Oct 20, 2017 10/20/17
Vahe Minasyan
iOS 11 introduced some fun updates around permissions when accessing certain features on the device. I first noticed these changes when trying to access a user location with the Geolocator Plugin in a Xamarin.Forms application. To my surprise, nothing happened. Upon further investigation of the application’s Output, I noticed a message ...

Announcing the .NET Framework 4.7.1

October 20, 2017 Oct 20, 2017 10/20/17
Vahe Minasyan
Today, we are announcing the release of the .NET Framework 4.7.1. It’s included in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. .NET Framework 4.7.1 is also available on Windows 7+ and Windows Server 2008 R2+.  We’ve added support for targeting the .NET Framework 4.7.1 in Visual Studio 2017 15.5...

Step-back while debugging with IntelliTrace

October 20, 2017 Oct 20, 2017 10/20/17
Vahe Minasyan
Have you ever stepped while debugging, realized that you’ve taken one step too far, and wished you could step back? Or, while stepping, saw a variable change in an unexpected way, and wish you could go back a step and see what its value was before? Now you can, all without having to restart debugging to recreate the state again...

Bing Search API v7 and Bing Custom Search are now generally available

October 20, 2017 Oct 20, 2017 10/20/17
Vahe Minasyan
Microsoft Cognitive Services enables developers to augment the next generation of applications with the ability to see, hear, speak, understand, and interpret needs using natural methods of communication. Today, we are announcing the general availability of Bing Custom Search API and Bing Search API v7. Showcased at Microsoft Ignite 2017 just ...

Visual Studio 2017 Version 15.4 Released

October 13, 2017 Oct 13, 2017 10/13/17
Vahe Minasyan
Yesterday we released updates to several of our products: Visual Studio 2017 version 15.4, support for .NET Standard 2.0 in the Universal Windows Platform, and the release of Visual Studio for Mac version 7.2. We’ll talk about them briefly in that order, but as always, there’s a lot more information in the release notes for each product. ...

Updating Xamarin.iOS Apps for the iPhone X

October 13, 2017 Oct 13, 2017 10/13/17
Vahe Minasyan
There’s no doubt that one of the biggest announcements at WWDC this year was the iPhone X. The new Super Retina display is edge-to-edge on the device, creating an immersive experience we had yet to see on iPhones. With the new screen changes on the iPhone X, developers may be asking themselves, “What do I have to do update my app?” Let...

Build and Release Five-Star Apps Faster

October 13, 2017 Oct 13, 2017 10/13/17
Vahe Minasyan
The first step in the life of a mobile app is build automation, which builds the app and runs required tests to make sure the app follows required rules. Build automation is also the first step towards shipping high quality, five-star mobile apps. When building iOS and Android mobile applications, one of the main challenges is getting all the ...