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Styling for Multiple Device Resolutions

June 28, 2019 Jun 28, 2019 06/28/19

Jayme Singleton

Guest Post: Develop applications with a design specific to one resolution that looks good on all the platforms and manage device resolutions by doing general validations such as making sure controls aren’t cut off that are reachable, visible, usable, etc. Learn More.

Migrating MacOS Apps to 64-bit Before the Apple Transition

June 26, 2019 Jun 26, 2019 06/26/19

David Ortinau

Apple has been moving towards 64-bit only applications on macOS for a number of releases. Though new Xamarin.Mac applications target 64-bit by default, any existing Xamarin.Mac applications that target 32-bit must be migrated to 64-bit to continue working in the future. Learn more.

Faster Xamarin.Android Builds & Smaller Dex Files

June 24, 2019 Jun 24, 2019 06/24/19

Jonathan Peppers

One of our current focus areas in Xamarin.Android is build performance and reducing the multidex count. Developer productivity is directly impacted by the "inner dev loop": the time it takes to make a small code change and see the result on a device or emulator. Performance is a feature!

Get Started with Free Xamarin Training on Microsoft Learn

June 21, 2019 Jun 21, 2019 06/21/19

Adam Patridge

Learn how to build cross-platform mobile applications with the new Xamarin.Forms content on Microsoft Learn; A new and completely free platform where you can earn points and badges, level up, and advance your development skills.

New Xamarin.Forms XAML IntelliSense in Visual Studio for Mac

June 19, 2019 Jun 19, 2019 06/19/19

Pierce Boggan

Visual Studio 2019 for Mac version 8.2 is now available as a preview, featuring significant improvements to the XAML editing experience for Xamarin developers. The Xamarin.Forms XAML editing experience on Mac is now powered by the same engine that drives WPF, UWP, and Xamarin.Forms IntelliSense on Windows. Learn More!

Automatic Android SDK Management

June 17, 2019 Jun 17, 2019 06/17/19

Jon Douglas

Continuously improving the experience with Automatic Android SDK Management tools that are used under the hood to build, deploy, and debug your Android applications. Enabled by default, Auto SDK will provide you with various prompts throughout the lifecycle of your app’s development. Learn more!

Xamarin Podcast: Xamarin.Forms 4 And So Much More!

June 14, 2019 Jun 14, 2019 06/14/19

Matt Soucoup

Co-hosts Matt Soucoup and James Montemagno cover the latest in .NET, C#, Xamarin, and Azure topics relevant to Xamarin developers. This week's topic: Xamarin.Forms 4.0 with even more amazing features!

Grial UI Kit: Building Beautiful Xamarin.Forms Apps, Faster

June 12, 2019 Jun 12, 2019 06/12/19

Leonardo Rodriguez

See how the Grial UI Kit from UX Divers provides XAML templates, custom controls, helpers and resources that accelerate the creation of Xamarin.Forms apps. We make it dead simple for .NET developers to build beautiful cross-platform apps, fast.

Join the Microsoft Team at Xamarin Developer Summit

June 10, 2019 Jun 10, 2019 06/10/19

James Montemagno

This July, the community-run, Xamarin Developer Summit is set to launch in Houston, Texas! This conference is packed full of amazing Xamarin sessions by experts from around the world. We are excited to partner with the conference to have PM & Engineering members from the Xamarin, Azure, and App Center teams present on the latest in Xamarin!

Use Maps to Display and Navigate Users with Xamarin.Essentials

June 7, 2019 Jun 7, 2019 06/7/19

James Montemagno

Browse the Xamarin.Essentials Maps documentation to learn about all of the great cross-platform native APIs with additional implementation and limitation details. Xamarin.Essentials is open source on GitHub where you can report issues, ask for features, and contribute to the library.

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